Son of ‘Mr. McFeely’ follows in his ‘Speedy Delivery’ footsteps on ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’

PITTSBURGH — A second-generation Newell will make a “Speedy Delivery” on PBS’s “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” the animated spin-off of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” according to our news partners at TribLive.

Alex Newell, the 39-year-old son of Pittsburgh actor David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and continues to make occasional public appearances as the character, makes a brief cameo in the filmed-in-Pittsburgh.

Alex Newell has been a postal carrier for about five years and made his “Speedy Delivery” debut at the Pittsburgh unveiling of the Mister Rogers postage stamp in 2018. Alex studied sports management in college, worked for John Elway’s Colorado Crush arena football team, studied acting and appeared in some independent films. After moving back to Pittsburgh following a stint in Los Angeles, Newell sought out a new line of work.

“I’m diabetic and was looking for jobs that have good health insurance and benefits, and I wanted to be outdoors, didn’t want to work inside and do the indoor cubicle thing,” Alex said. “I was thinking, it will be kind of funny if I got the (USPS) job, and then I ended up getting it. It’s pretty ironic.”

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