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