With Sam Taylor, Newmeyer co-directed Lloyd in films including Safety Last!

Newmeyer also had an extensive directing and acting resume in other comedy short films.

Prior to his film career, Newmeyer played professional baseball.

[6] Newmeyer was the original director of the first short in the Our Gang series, also titled Our Gang; his version tested poorly, and producer Hal Roach scrapped most of the footage and remade the short with Robert McGowan as the director.

Newmeyer, after directing numerous other shorts at Roach, returned to the Our Gang series in 1936 to direct The Pinch Singer, Arbor Day, Mail and Female and the feature film General Spanky.