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Lanham, Maryland & Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2009, p.234 He also played the President of the Court on ''Crimes of Passion'' from 1970 to 1973.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newlands, Anthony English male television actors English male film actors 1925 births 1995 deaths 20th-century English male actors