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Sam Newfield

Sam Newfield, also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American film director. He directed over 250 feature films from the silent era until 1958. He also directed one- and two-reel comedy shorts, training films, industrial films and TV episodes. He would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era.

Family and education
Newfield completed one year of high school, according to the 1940 US census. His brother Morris Neufeld was a stage actor, according to the 1930 US census. ==Pseudonyms==
Pseudonyms
Sam Newfield was credited as Sherman Scott and Peter Stewart on a number of films he made for the PRC. He used these names in order to hide the fact that one person was responsible for so many of PRC's films. ==Partial filmography==
Partial filmography
Partial filmography is listed below for the different names he used. As Sam NewfieldBig Time or Bust (1933) • Reform Girl (1933) • Under Secret Orders (1933) • The Important Witness (1933) • ''Beggar's Holiday'' (1934) • Undercover Men (1934) • Marrying Widows (1934) • Bulldog Courage (1935) • Racing Luck (1935) • Timber War (1935) • The Traitor (1936) • ''The Lion's Den'' (1936) • The Fighting Deputy (1937) • The Gambling Terror (1937) • Trail of Vengeance (1937) • The Feud Maker (1938) • The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) • Six-Gun Trail (1938) • The Invisible Killer (1939) • The Fighting Renegade (1939) • Frontier Crusader (1940) • Marked Men (1940) • Secrets of a Model (1940) • Texas Renegades (1940) • The Mad Monster (1942) • Tiger Fangs (1943) • The Black Raven (1943) • I Accuse My Parents (1944) • Swing Hostess (1944) • The Monster Maker (1944) • ''His Brother's Ghost'' (1945) • Shadows of Death (1945) • The Lady Confesses (1945) • ''Rustlers' Hideout'' (1945) • Apology for Murder (1945) • White Pongo (1945) • Gas House Kids (1946) • Fight That Ghost (1946) • House-Rent Party (film) (1946) • Outlaws of the Plains (1946) • Jungle Flight (1947) • Money Madness (1948) • Western Pacific Agent (1950) • Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951) • Lost Continent (1951) • Lady in the Fog (aka Scotland Yard Inspector) (1952) • The Gambler and the Lady (1952) • Outlaw Women (1952) • Thunder over Sangoland (1955) • The Wild Dakotas (1956) • The Three Outlaws (1956) • Frontier Gambler (1956) • Last of the Desperadoes (1956) • Wolf Dog (1958) • Flaming Frontier (1958) As Sherman ScottHitler, Beast of Berlin (1939) • I Take This Oath (1940) • ''Billy the Kid's Gun Justice'' (1940) • ''Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals'' (1941) • ''Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' (1942) • The Flying Serpent (1946) • Lady at Midnight (1948) • The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948) • The Wild Weed (1949) As Peter StewartGun Code (1940) • Black Mountain Stage (1940) • Adventure Island (1947) • The Counterfeiters (1948) • State Department: File 649 (1949) Film statistics Between 1923 and 1930 Newfield directed over 50 comedies. Feature films statistics per year, starting with 1933, are summarised in the following table. ==See also==
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