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
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
as Captain Manzini
Oliver Twist (1948)
as Artful Dodger
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
as Matthew Mugg
Henry V (1944)
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Stagecoach (1986)
as Trevor Peacock
Vice Versa (1948)
as Dick Bultitude
Lucy in London (1966)
as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
X: The Unknown (1956)
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
as Marine Clarke
Boris and Natasha (1992)
as Sal Manelli
Sweet November (1968)
as Charlie Blake
Port Afrique (1956)
as Pedro
Outrage! (1986)
as Victor Coles
Up to His Neck (1954)
as Tommy
Fire Down Below (1957)
as Miguel
The Man Inside (1958)
as Ernesto
Tank Force! (1958)
as Private "Tiger" Noakes
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
as Heironymous Merkin
The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
as Daniel Quilp
The Last Man to Hang (1956)
as Cyril Gaskin
Dors: The Other Diana (1990)
Actor
High Flight (1957)
as Roger Endicott
Above Us the Waves (1955)
as Engineer, X2
Highly Dangerous (1950)
as Operator (uncredited)
Blade in Hong Kong (1985)
as Tommy T
The Good Companions (1957)
as Maurice Milbrau
The Bandit Of Zhobe (1959)
as Cpl. Stokes
The Guinea Pig (1948)
as Miles Minor
Idol on Parade (1959)
as Jeep Jackson
In the Nick (1960)
as Dr Newcombe
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
as Hooky Hook
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Bob Baden
Malibu (1983)
as Wilson Mahoney
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
The Heart of a Man (1959)
as Johnnie
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
as Charlie Ritchie
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
as Edward
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
as Sweeney
Blondes: Diana Dors (1999)
as self
The Lady is a Square (1959)
as Freddy
Those People Next Door (1953)
as Bob Twigg
Polly: Comin' Home! (1990)
as Dabney Mayhew
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977)
Actor
Linda in Wonderland (1980)
as Himself
Coins in the Fountain (1990)
as Alfred Bancroft
The Blue Peter (1955)
as Fred Starling
Vote for Huggett (1949)
as Dudley
Jazz Boat (1960)
as Bert Harris
Top of the Form (1953)
as Percy
This Is Joan Collins (2022)
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Adventures of Dusty Bates (1947)
as Dusty Bates
Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
as Jimmy Knowles
Let's Get Married (1960)
as Dickie Bird
The Beatles Forever (1977)
as Self
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus (—)
as The Ringmaster
Jack of What Trade? (1952)
as Mike Edwards
Image of Love (1964)
as Self - Narrator