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