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?".
Movie | David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust | Self (archive footage) | 2012-06-22 |
Series | The Lakes | The Bishop | 1997-09-14 |
Series | Style Challenge | Unknown | 1996-09-02 |
Series | Anna Lee | Unknown | 1994-02-27 |
Movie | Boris and Natasha | Sal Manelli | 1992-04-17 |
Series | Pebble Mill | Unknown | 1991-10-14 |
Movie | Coins in the Fountain | Alfred Bancroft | 1990-09-28 |
Movie | Polly: Comin' Home! | Dabney Mayhew | 1990-11-18 |
Movie | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Captain Manzini | 1987-08-22 |
Movie | Stagecoach | Trevor Peacock | 1986-05-18 |
Movie | Outrage! | Victor Coles | 1986-01-01 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Tommy T | 1985-03-15 |
Series | Alice in Wonderland | The Mad Hatter | 1985-12-09 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Malibu | Wilson Mahoney | 1983-01-23 |
Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
Movie | Happy Birthday, Las Vegas | 1977-10-23 | |
Movie | The Beatles Forever | Self | 1977-11-24 |
Series | Cher | Unknown | 1975-02-16 |
Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Sweeney | 1975-09-11 |
Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp | 1975-11-07 |
Series | The Don Knotts Show | Unknown | 1970-09-15 |
Movie | Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Heironymous Merkin | 1969-03-19 |
Movie | Sweet November | Charlie Blake | 1968-02-08 |
Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Himself - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Matthew Mugg | 1967-12-05 |
Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
Movie | Lucy in London | Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham | 1966-10-24 |
Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
Movie | The Small World of Sammy Lee | Sammy 'Lee' Leeman | 1963-04-20 |
Series | Stryker of the Yard | Unknown | 1961-11-02 |
Movie | Let's Get Married | 1960-03-22 | |
Series | The Anthony Newley Show | 1960-01-30 | |
Movie | In The Nick | Dr Newcombe | 1960-06-17 |
Movie | Jazz Boat | Bert Harris | 1960-06-01 |
Series | The Strange World of Gurney Slade | 1960-10-22 | |
Movie | The Lady is a Square | Freddy | 1959-02-03 |
Movie | Idol on Parade | Jeep Jackson | 1959-03-24 |
Movie | The Heart of a Man | Johnnie | 1959-08-06 |
Movie | The Bandit Of Zhobe | Cpl. Stokes | 1959-04-01 |
Movie | Killers of Kilimanjaro | Hooky Hook | 1959-10-01 |
Movie | Tank Force! | Private "Tiger" Noakes | 1958-04-22 |
Movie | The Man Inside | Ernesto | 1958-09-07 |
Movie | The Good Companions | Maurice Milbrau | 1957-04-22 |
Movie | High Flight | Roger Endicott | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | Fire Down Below | Miguel | 1957-05-30 |
Movie | How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Edward | 1957-06-01 |
Movie | Port Afrique | Pedro | 1956-06-18 |
Movie | The Last Man to Hang | Cyril Gaskin | 1956-08-01 |
Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Unknown | 1956-02-22 |
Movie | X the Unknown | LCpl. 'Spider' Webb | 1956-09-21 |
Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee | 1956-10-30 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | Above Us the Waves | Engineer, X2 | 1955-03-29 |
Movie | The Blue Peter | Fred Starling | 1955-11-01 |
Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Marine Clarke | 1955-11-16 |
Movie | Up to His Neck | Tommy | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | The Weak and the Wicked | Bob Baden | 1954-02-02 |
Movie | Those People Next Door | Bob Twigg | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Top of the Form | 1953-02-01 | |
Movie | Highly Dangerous | Operator (uncredited) | 1950-12-06 |
Movie | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Charlie Ritchie | 1949-05-23 |
Movie | Vote for Huggett | Dudley | 1949-02-01 |
Movie | Don't Ever Leave Me | Jimmy Knowles | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | Vice Versa | Dick Bultitude | 1948-01-28 |
Movie | Oliver Twist | Artful Dodger | 1948-06-28 |
Movie | The Guinea Pig | Miles Minor | 1948-10-26 |
Movie | The Adventures of Dusty Bates | Dusty Bates | 1947-09-01 |
Movie | Henry V | Boy in English Camp (uncredited) | 1944-11-24 |