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?".
Movie | David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust | Self (archive footage) | 2012-06-22 |
Movie | Boris and Natasha | Sal Manelli | 1992-04-17 |
Series | Pebble Mill | Unknown | 1991-10-14 |
Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Dabney Mayhew | 1990-11-18 |
Movie | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Captain Manzini | 1987-08-22 |
Movie | Outrage! | Victor Coles | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Stagecoach | Trevor Peacock | 1986-05-18 |
Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Tommy T | 1985-03-15 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Malibu | Wilson Mahoney | 1983-01-23 |
Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
Movie | Happy Birthday, Las Vegas | 1977-10-23 | |
Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Sweeney | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp | 1975-11-07 |
Movie | Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Heironymous Merkin | 1969-03-19 |
Movie | Sweet November | Charlie Blake | 1968-02-08 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Matthew Mugg | 1967-12-05 |
Movie | The Small World of Sammy Lee | Sammy 'Lee' Leeman | 1963-04-20 |
Movie | Let's Get Married | 1960-03-22 | |
Movie | Jazz Boat | Bert Harris | 1960-06-01 |
Movie | In The Nick | Dr Newcombe | 1960-06-17 |
Movie | Idol on Parade | Jeep Jackson | 1959-03-24 |
Movie | The Lady is a Square | Freddy | 1959-02-03 |
Movie | The Bandit Of Zhobe | Cpl. Stokes | 1959-04-01 |
Movie | The Heart of a Man | Johnnie | 1959-08-06 |
Movie | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Hooky Hook | 1959-10-01 |
Movie | Tank Force! | Private "Tiger" Noakes | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | The Man Inside | Ernesto | 1958-09-07 |
Movie | The Good Companions | Maurice Milbrau | 1957-04-22 |
Movie | Fire Down Below | Miguel | 1957-05-30 |
Movie | High Flight | Roger Endicott | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Edward | 1957-06-01 |
Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Unknown | 1956-02-22 |
Movie | Port Afrique | Pedro | 1956-06-18 |
Movie | X the Unknown | LCpl. 'Spider' Webb | 1956-09-21 |
Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee | 1956-10-30 |
Movie | Above Us the Waves | Engineer, X2 | 1955-03-29 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | The Blue Peter | Fred Starling | 1955-11-01 |
Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Marine Clarke | 1955-11-16 |
Movie | The Weak and the Wicked | Bob Baden | 1954-02-02 |
Movie | Those People Next Door | Bob Twigg | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Top of the Form | 1953-02-01 | |
Movie | Highly Dangerous | Operator (uncredited) | 1950-12-06 |
Movie | Vote for Huggett | Dudley | 1949-02-01 |
Movie | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Charlie Ritchie | 1949-05-23 |
Movie | Don't Ever Leave Me | Jimmy Knowles | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | Vice Versa | Dick Bultitude | 1948-01-28 |
Movie | Oliver Twist | Artful Dodger | 1948-06-28 |
Movie | The Guinea Pig | Miles Minor | 1948-10-26 |
Movie | The Adventures of Dusty Bates | Dusty Bates | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Henry V | Boy in English Camp (uncredited) | 1944-11-24 |
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