Anthony Newley
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?".
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Films (65)
Dame Joan Collins : Une actrice glamour mais sans fard
2022 · Self (Archive Footage)
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999 · self
Boris and Natasha
1992 · Sal Manelli
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990 · Dabney Mayhew
Coins in the Fountain
1990 · Alfred Bancroft
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987 · Captain Manzini
Stagecoach
1986 · Trevor Peacock
Outrage!
1986 · Victor Coles
Blade in Hong Kong
1985 · Tommy T
Malibu
1983 · Wilson Mahoney
Linda in Wonderland
1980 · Himself
Sammy Stops the World
1978 · Original Music Composer, Writer
The Beatles Forever
1977 · Self
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
Peter Pan
1976 · Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975 · Daniel Quilp
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975 · Sweeney
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 · Songs, Lyricist, Writer
Summertree
1971 · Director
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969 · Heironymous Merkin, Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
Sweet November
1968 · Charlie Blake
Doctor Dolittle
1967 · Matthew Mugg
Lucy in London
1966 · Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
Stop the World — I Want to Get Off
1966 · Writer, Songs, Lyricist
Image of Love
1964 · Self - Narrator
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963 · Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
In the Nick
1960 · Dr Newcombe
Let's Get Married
1960 · Dickie Bird
Jazz Boat
1960 · Bert Harris
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959 · Hooky Hook
The Heart of a Man
1959 · Johnnie
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959 · Cpl. Stokes
Idol on Parade
1959 · Jeep Jackson
The Lady is a Square
1959 · Freddy
The Man Inside
1958 · Ernesto
Tank Force!
1958 · Private "Tiger" Noakes
High Flight
1957 · Roger Endicott
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957 · Edward
Fire Down Below
1957 · Miguel
The Good Companions
1957 · Maurice Milbrau
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
X: The Unknown
1956 · LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
The Last Man to Hang
1956 · Cyril Gaskin
Port Afrique
1956 · Pedro
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Marine Clarke
The Blue Peter
1955 · Fred Starling
Above Us the Waves
1955 · Engineer, X2
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 · Bob Baden
Up to His Neck
1954 · Tommy
Those People Next Door
1953 · Bob Twigg
Top of the Form
1953 · Percy
Jack of What Trade?
1952 · Mike Edwards
Highly Dangerous
1950 · Operator (uncredited)
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949 · Jimmy Knowles
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 · Charlie Ritchie
Vote for Huggett
1949 · Dudley
The Guinea Pig
1948 · Miles Minor
Oliver Twist
1948 · Artful Dodger
Vice Versa
1948 · Dick Bultitude
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947 · Dusty Bates
Henry V
1944 · Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
· The Ringmaster
Terms and Conditions Apply: The Cinema of Robert Ellis Miller
Séries (31)
Legends
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Lakes
1997 · The Bishop
Style Challenge
1996
Anna Lee
1994 · Frederick Slinger
Gone to Seed
1992 · DI Keet
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Tonight at 8.30
1991 · George Pepper, Henry Gow
The Upper Hand
1990 · Nick, Nick Murray
Alice in Wonderland
1985 · Mad Hatter
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Phil Halloran
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Insp. Frost
Madame's Place
1982 · Self
Fame
1982
Simon & Simon
1981 · Nigel Casey
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Peter Riddley-Smythe
CBS Library
1979 · Doctor Doolittle
Hart to Hart
1979
Cher
1975 · Self
The Don Knotts Show
1970 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest / Various Characters, Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
Stryker of the Yard
1961
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1960 · Gurney Slade, Writer, Creator
The Anthony Newley Show
1960
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · Ned
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self