Anthony Newley
- Acting
- September 24, 1931 · London, England, UK
- April 14, 1999
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
Filmography
- This Is Joan Collins · Self
- David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust · Self
- Legends · Self
- Blondes: Diana Dors · Self
- The Lakes · The Bishop
- Style Challenge
- Anna Lee · Frederick Slinger
- Gone to Seed · DI Keet
- Boris and Natasha · Sal Manelli
- Pebble Mill · Self
- Tonight at 8.30 · George Pepper, Henry Gow
- Polly: Comin' Home! · Dabney Mayhew
- Coins in the Fountain · Alfred Bancroft
- Dors: The Other Diana
- The Upper Hand · Nick, Nick Murray
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie · Captain Manzini
- Stagecoach · Trevor Peacock
- Outrage! · Victor Coles
- Alice in Wonderland · Mad Hatter
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Phil Halloran
- Blade in Hong Kong · Tommy T
- Murder, She Wrote · Insp. Frost
- Malibu · Wilson Mahoney
- Madame's Place · Self
- Fame
- Simon & Simon · Nigel Casey
- Magnum, P.I. · Peter Riddley-Smythe
- Linda in Wonderland · Self
- CBS Library · Doctor Doolittle
- Hart to Hart
- Sammy Stops the World · Music, Writer
- The Beatles Forever · Self
- Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
- Peter Pan · Songs, Music
- The Old Curiosity Shop · Daniel Quilp
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time · Sweeney
- Cher · Self
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · Lyricist, Songs
- Summertree · Director
- The Don Knotts Show · Self
- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? · Heironymous Merkin, Director
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Sweet November · Charlie Blake
- Doctor Dolittle · Matthew Mugg
- The Carol Burnett Show · Self
- Lucy in London · Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
- Stop the World — I Want to Get Off · Writer, Songs
- Image of Love · Self
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- The Small World of Sammy Lee · Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Stryker of the Yard
- The Strange World of Gurney Slade · Gurney Slade, Writer
- In the Nick · Dr Newcombe
- Let's Get Married · Dickie Bird
- Jazz Boat · Bert Harris
- The Anthony Newley Show
- Killers of Kilimanjaro · Hooky Hook
- The Heart of a Man · Johnnie
- The Bandit Of Zhobe · Cpl. Stokes
- Idol on Parade · Jeep Jackson
- The Lady is a Square · Freddy
- The Man Inside · Ernesto
- Tank Force! · Private "Tiger" Noakes
- High Flight · Roger Endicott
- How to Murder a Rich Uncle · Edward
- Fire Down Below · Miguel
- The Good Companions · Maurice Milbrau
- The Battle of the River Plate · Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
- X: The Unknown · LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
- The Last Man to Hang · Cyril Gaskin
- Port Afrique · Pedro
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard · Ned
- The Cockleshell Heroes · Marine Clarke
- The Blue Peter · Fred Starling
- Above Us the Waves · Engineer, X2
- The Weak and the Wicked · Bob Baden
- Up to His Neck · Tommy