Wayne Newton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-04-03 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Wayne Newton

Biography

Wayne Newton is a singer and stage performer from the 1960s to the present. He is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German as well as Native American (specifically Powhatan and Cherokee) ancestry. In the 1960s, he was a very popular singer with a very clean cut youthful appearance, with hits like "Danke Schon". However, because he had a high pitched voice, many joked (wrongly) that he was effeminate or even gay, and Johnny Carson made Newton the butt of his jokes, but when Newton threatened Carson, he stopped telling the jokes. In the 1970s, he reinvented himself with a completely different image, and became more successful than ever! He has performed over 30,000 solo shows in Las Vegas which has earned him the nicknamed of "Mr. Las Vegas". He has also appeared in a few movies from the 1950s to the present, usually in cameo roles as himself. As of 2020, he is still alive at the age of 78!

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Dancing with the Stars

    Dancing with the Stars

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • Full House

    Full House

  • Hacks

    Hacks

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • According to Jim

    According to Jim

  • The Amazing Race

    The Amazing Race

  • Renegade

    Renegade

  • The Pretender

    The Pretender

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • 7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • North and South

    North and South

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

  • My Wife and Kids

    My Wife and Kids

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Ally McBeal

    Ally McBeal

  • Match Game

    Match Game

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

    Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Smokin' Aces

    Smokin' Aces

  • Licence to Kill

    Licence to Kill

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

    The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

  • The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas

    The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas

  • The Dark Backward

    The Dark Backward

  • 80 Steps to Jonah

    80 Steps to Jonah

  • Elvis Meets Nixon

    Elvis Meets Nixon

  • Valiant

    Valiant

  • Vegas Vacation

    Vegas Vacation

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001)

    Glen Campbell | Live Anthology (1972-2001)

  • Who's Your Daddy?

    Who's Your Daddy?

  • Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

  • Celebrity Family Feud

    Celebrity Family Feud

  • Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

    Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

  • Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

    Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

  • Best of the Best 2

    Best of the Best 2

  • Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars

    Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars

  • Mr. Bill Does Vegas

    Mr. Bill Does Vegas

  • Joys

    Joys

  • A Night to Die For

    A Night to Die For

  • The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

  • 40 West

    40 West

  • Night of the Running Man

    Night of the Running Man

  • Stealing Chaplin

    Stealing Chaplin

  • Getting Back to Zero

    Getting Back to Zero

  • Visit Fabulous Las Vegas

    Visit Fabulous Las Vegas

  • Vegas: The Story of Sin City

    Vegas: The Story of Sin City

  • Puppy Love

    Puppy Love

  • Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

    Happy Birthday, Las Vegas