Anthony Newley
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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
Credits
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)
Actor
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)
Actor
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