Name
Anthony Newley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-09-24
Deathday
1999-04-14 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Biography
Anthony Newley was born in Hackney, London, England, to Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, a shipping clerk. He was attracted to acting, after seeing an ad for a child actor in a Fleet Street window. He attended the Italia Conti Stage School from the age of 14 and, two years later, played the Artful Dodger in David Lean's film, Oliver Twist (1948). Newley was called up to the Army for his National Service and, by the late 1950s, had a hit song Idol on Parade (1959), while in the movie of the same name. He married his first wife, Tiller Girl Ann Lynn in 1956 but it was a rocky marriage and they divorced in 1963. He was in the pop charts seven times in 1960, twice at Number One with "Why?" and "Do You Mind?" written by Lionel Bart. In 1961, he collaborated with Leslie Bricusse on the hit stage show, Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966). After long runs in London and on Broadway, it was made into a film, starring Millicent Martin, with the hit song "What Kind of Fool Am I?".
Known For
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When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of hi...
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In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to k...
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Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry ...
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Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on ener...
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Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking...
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A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just the...
- 1948 Oliver Twist as Artful Dodger
- 1956 X: The Unknown as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
- 1987 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie as Captain Manzini
- 1967 Doctor Dolittle as Matthew Mugg
- 1955 The Cockleshell Heroes as Marine Clarke
- 2012 David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust as Self (archive footage)
- 1977 The Beatles Forever as Self
- 1963 The Small World of Sammy Lee as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
- 1968 Sweet November as Charlie Blake
- 1957 How to Murder a Rich Uncle as Edward
- 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? as Heironymous Merkin
- 1958 The Man Inside as Ernesto
- 1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time as Sweeney
- 1960 Jazz Boat as Bert Harris
- 1959 The Bandit Of Zhobe as Cpl. Stokes
- 1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro as Hooky Hook
- 1959 Idol on Parade as Jeep Jackson
- 1975 The Old Curiosity Shop as Daniel Quilp
- 1958 Tank Force! as Private "Tiger" Noakes
- 1947 The Adventures of Dusty Bates as Dusty Bates
- 1953 Those People Next Door as Bob Twigg
- 1990 Polly: Comin' Home! as Dabney Mayhew
- 1977 Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
- 1956 Port Afrique as Pedro
- 1959 The Heart of a Man as Johnnie
- 1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Charlie Ritchie
- 1957 Fire Down Below as Miguel
- 1948 Vice Versa as Dick Bultitude
- 2022 This Is Joan Collins as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1990 Coins in the Fountain as Alfred Bancroft
- 1985 Blade in Hong Kong as Tommy T
- 1960 In the Nick as Dr Newcombe
- 1955 The Blue Peter as Fred Starling
- 1959 The Lady is a Square as Freddy
- 1957 High Flight as Roger Endicott
- 1953 Top of the Form as Percy
- 1960 Let's Get Married as Dickie Bird
- 1949 Don't Ever Leave Me as Jimmy Knowles
- 1956 The Battle of the River Plate as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
- 1954 Up to His Neck as Tommy
- 1986 Stagecoach as Trevor Peacock
- 1957 The Good Companions as Maurice Milbrau
- 1966 Lucy in London as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
- 1956 The Last Man to Hang as Cyril Gaskin
- 1948 The Guinea Pig as Miles Minor
- 1949 Vote for Huggett as Dudley
- 1983 Malibu as Wilson Mahoney
- 1986 Outrage! as Victor Coles
- 1954 The Weak and the Wicked as Bob Baden
- 1955 Above Us the Waves as Engineer, X2
- 1944 Henry V as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
- 1980 Linda in Wonderland as Himself
- 1950 Highly Dangerous as Operator (uncredited)
- 1992 Boris and Natasha as Sal Manelli
- Soon Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus as The Ringmaster
- 1990 Dors: The Other Diana
- 1999 Blondes: Diana Dors as self
- 1952 Jack of What Trade? as Mike Edwards
- 1964 Image of Love as Self - Narrator
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Insp. Frost
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Peter Riddley-Smythe
- 1982 Fame ( 2 episodes )
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Phil Halloran
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1970 The Don Knotts Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Pebble Mill ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 The Strange World of Gurney Slade ( 6 episodes ) as Gurney Slade
- 1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard ( 1 episode ) as Ned
- 1961 Stryker of the Yard ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Anthony Newley Show ( 3 episodes )
- 1996 Style Challenge ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Cher ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1985 Alice in Wonderland ( 2 episodes ) as Mad Hatter
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 CBS Library ( 1 episode ) as Doctor Doolittle
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 The Upper Hand ( 1 episode ) as Nick
- 1990 The Upper Hand ( 2 episodes ) as Nick Murray
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Legends ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1982 Madame's Place ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The Lakes ( 1 episode ) as The Bishop
- 1992 Gone to Seed ( 1 episode ) as DI Keet
- 1994 Anna Lee ( 1 episode ) as Frederick Slinger
- 1991 Tonight at 8.30 ( 1 episode ) as George Pepper
- 1991 Tonight at 8.30 ( 1 episode ) as Henry Gow
