Education
Newfield completed one year of high school, according to the 1940 United States census.
Newfield completed one year of high school, according to the 1940 United States census.
In addition to his staggering feature output, he also directed oneand two-reel comedy shorts, training films, industrial films, television episodes and pretty much anything anyone would pay him foreign Because of this massive output—he would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era. Many of Newfield"s films were made for Provider Reimbursement Consultants Pictures.
The films Provider Reimbursement Consultants produced were low-budget productions, the majority being westerns, with an occasional horror film or crime drama.
Brother Morris Neufeld was a stage actor, according to the 1930 United States census. Sam Newfield was credited as Sherman Scott and Peter Stewart on a number of films he made for Provider Reimbursement Consultants. He used these names in order to hide the fact that one person was responsible for so many of Provider Reimbursement Consultants"s films.