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?".
89 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 89
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Simon & Simon
1981
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Fame
1982
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Pebble Mill
1991
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Legends
2006
The Upper Hand
1990
Madame's Place
1982
Cher
1975
The Lakes
1997
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
Alice in Wonderland
1985
The Don Knotts Show
1970
Anna Lee
1994
Doctor Dolittle
1967
Oliver Twist
1948
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987
Style Challenge
1996
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Stagecoach
1986
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
X: The Unknown
1956
Boris and Natasha
1992
Henry V
1944
Gone to Seed
1992
CBS Library
1979
Fire Down Below
1957
Above Us the Waves
1955
Vice Versa
1948
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1960
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957
Malibu
1983
The Guinea Pig
1948
The Man Inside
1958
Lucy in London
1966
Blade in Hong Kong
1985
This Is Joan Collins
2022
Idol on Parade
1959
Sweet November
1968
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975
Coins in the Fountain
1990
Highly Dangerous
1950
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
The Blue Peter
1955
High Flight
1957
Vote for Huggett
1949
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
The Heart of a Man
1959
Port Afrique
1956
Jazz Boat
1960
The Good Companions
1957
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963
Those People Next Door
1953
Blondes: Diana Dors
1999
Tank Force!
1958
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012
Outrage!
1986
The Last Man to Hang
1956
The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975
The Lady is a Square
1959
In the Nick
1960
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
Let's Get Married
1960
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
The Beatles Forever
1977
The Anthony Newley Show
1960
Linda in Wonderland
1980
Up to His Neck
1954
Top of the Form
1953
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
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Jack of What Trade?
1952
Image of Love
1964
