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