Anthony Newley
Acting
- Born:
- 1931-09-24
- Died:
- 1999-04-14
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
This Is Joan Collins
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Legends
Blondes: Diana Dors
The Lakes
Style Challenge
Anna Lee
Gone to Seed
Boris and Natasha
Pebble Mill
Tonight at 8.30
Polly: Comin' Home!
Coins in the Fountain
Dors: The Other Diana
The Upper Hand
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Stagecoach
Outrage!
Alice in Wonderland
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Blade in Hong Kong
Murder, She Wrote
Malibu
Madame's Place
Fame
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
Linda in Wonderland
CBS Library
Hart to Hart
The Beatles Forever
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
The Old Curiosity Shop
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Cher
The Don Knotts Show
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
The Dick Cavett Show
Sweet November
Doctor Dolittle
The Carol Burnett Show
Lucy in London
Image of Love
The Hollywood Palace
The Small World of Sammy Lee
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Stryker of the Yard
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
In the Nick
Let's Get Married
Jazz Boat
The Anthony Newley Show
Killers of Kilimanjaro
The Heart of a Man
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Idol on Parade
The Lady is a Square
The Man Inside
Tank Force!
High Flight
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Fire Down Below
The Good Companions
The Battle of the River Plate
X: The Unknown
The Last Man to Hang
Port Afrique
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
The Cockleshell Heroes
The Blue Peter
Above Us the Waves
The Weak and the Wicked
Up to His Neck
Those People Next Door
Top of the Form
Jack of What Trade?
Highly Dangerous
What's My Line?
Don't Ever Leave Me
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Vote for Huggett
The Guinea Pig
Oliver Twist
The Ed Sullivan Show
Vice Versa
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Henry V
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
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