Anthony Newley
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1931-09-24
- Died
- 1999-04-14
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Antony Newley · Anthony George Newley
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
TV Shows (31)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Insp. Frost
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Hart to Hart
1979
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Peter Riddley-Smythe
Style Challenge
1996
The Upper Hand
1990
as Nick / Nick Murray
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Phil Halloran
Fame
1982
Madame's Place
1982
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Host
The Lakes
1997
as The Bishop
Legends
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Ned
Cher
1975
as Self
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
Tonight at 8.30
1991
as George Pepper / Henry Gow
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Mad Hatter
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Anna Lee
1994
as Frederick Slinger
Gone to Seed
1992
as DI Keet
CBS Library
1979
as Doctor Doolittle
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1960
as Gurney Slade
The Anthony Newley Show
1960
Movies (59)
Oliver Twist
1948
as Artful Dodger
Doctor Dolittle
1967
as Matthew Mugg
Vice Versa
1948
as Dick Bultitude
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987
as Captain Manzini
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Marine Clarke
Henry V
1944
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
Fire Down Below
1957
as Miguel
Boris and Natasha
1992
as Sal Manelli
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
In the Nick
1960
as Dr Newcombe
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Daniel Quilp
Up to His Neck
1954
as Tommy
Idol on Parade
1959
as Jeep Jackson
Stagecoach
1986
as Trevor Peacock
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957
as Edward
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
Sweet November
1968
as Charlie Blake
X: The Unknown
1956
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
as self
Port Afrique
1956
as Pedro
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990
as Dabney Mayhew
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
as The Ringmaster
Above Us the Waves
1955
as Engineer, X2
Outrage!
1986
as Victor Coles
Blade in Hong Kong
1985
as Tommy T
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
as Heironymous Merkin
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Bob Baden
Tank Force!
1958
as Private "Tiger" Noakes
Those People Next Door
1953
as Bob Twigg
Highly Dangerous
1950
as Operator (uncredited)
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
as Hooky Hook
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947
as Dusty Bates
The Man Inside
1958
as Ernesto
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Miles Minor
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
as Jimmy Knowles
Top of the Form
1953
as Percy
The Blue Peter
1955
as Fred Starling
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Charlie Ritchie
This Is Joan Collins
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
as Cpl. Stokes
The Good Companions
1957
as Maurice Milbrau
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975
as Sweeney
High Flight
1957
as Roger Endicott
Image of Love
1964
as Self - Narrator
Lucy in London
1966
as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
The Lady is a Square
1959
as Freddy
Jazz Boat
1960
as Bert Harris
The Heart of a Man
1959
as Johnnie
Jack of What Trade?
1952
as Mike Edwards
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Cyril Gaskin
Vote for Huggett
1949
as Dudley
Malibu
1983
as Wilson Mahoney
Coins in the Fountain
1990
as Alfred Bancroft
Let's Get Married
1960
as Dickie Bird
Linda in Wonderland
1980
as Himself
The Beatles Forever
1977
as Self
About 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 Gir… With 90 credits spanning from 1944 to 2022, Anthony Newley has appeared in 59 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anthony Newley Movies
- Oliver Twist (1948) — as Artful Dodger
- Doctor Dolittle (1967) — as Matthew Mugg
- Vice Versa (1948) — as Dick Bultitude
- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) — as Captain Manzini
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) — as Marine Clarke
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