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Newton's stage appearances include Professor Marvel/the Wizard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Franz Liebkind in The Producers, and Max in The Sound of Music.
On 27 October 2008, it was announced that he would be taking over the role of The Wizard in the Melbourne production of the musical Wicked, after the sudden death of Rob Guest. He played his first performance on 12 November 2008. The production closed on 9 August 2009 and transferred to Sydney from 12 September 2009. Newton continues to play the role on the national tour, which began in January 2011, opposite Lucy Durack as Glinda, Jemma Rix as Elphaba, David Harris as Fiyero and Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible. In 2011 he was part of the Australian cast performing Wicked in Singapore.
His film roles include
- Doctors & Nurses (1981) .... Mr Cody
- Fatty Finn (1980) .... Mr. Finn
- The Wannabes (2003) .... Himself
- Remembering Nigel (2007) .... The Agent
Newton published an autobiography Bert!: Bert Newton's Own Story in 1979.
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