Anthony Newley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-09-24

Deathday 1999-04-14 (67 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As Antony Newley, Anthony George Newley

Anthony Newley

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

Actor

2022
This Is Joan Collins

as archive footage

2012
2006
Legends

as Self (archive footage)

1997
The Lakes

as The Bishop

1994
Anna Lee

as Frederick Slinger

1992
Boris and Natasha

as Sal Manelli

1991
Pebble Mill

as Self

1990
Polly: Comin' Home!

as Dabney Mayhew

1990
Coins in the Fountain

as Alfred Bancroft

1990
1990
The Upper Hand

as Nick Murray

1987
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

as Captain Manzini

1986
Stagecoach

as Trevor Peacock

1986
Outrage!

as Victor Coles

1985
1985
Alice in Wonderland

as The Mad Hatter

1985
Alice in Wonderland

as Mad Hatter

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Insp. Frost

1983
Malibu

as Wilson Mahoney

1982
1982
1980
1979
CBS Library

as Doctor Doolittle

1975
The Old Curiosity Shop

as Daniel Quilp

1975
Cher

as Self

1968
Sweet November

as Charlie Blake

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Doctor Dolittle

as Matthew Mugg

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1966
Lucy in London

as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham

1964
The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Host

1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee

as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1960
In The Nick

as Dr Newcombe

1960
Jazz Boat

as Bert Harris

1959
1959
1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe

as Cpl. Stokes

1959
Idol on Parade

as Jeep Jackson

1959
1958
The Man Inside

as Ernesto

1958
Tank Force!

as Private "Tiger" Noakes

1957
High Flight

as Roger Endicott

1957
Fire Down Below

as Miguel

1957
The Good Companions

as Maurice Milbrau

1956
The Battle of the River Plate

as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

1956
X the Unknown

as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb

1956
The Last Man to Hang

as Cyril Gaskin

1956
Port Afrique

as Pedro

1955
The Cockleshell Heroes

as Marine Clarke

1955
The Blue Peter

as Fred Starling

1955
Above Us the Waves

as Engineer, X2

1954
1954
1953
1950
Highly Dangerous

as Operator (uncredited)

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Don't Ever Leave Me

as Jimmy Knowles

1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

as Charlie Ritchie

1949
1948
The Guinea Pig

as Miles Minor

1948
Oliver Twist

as Artful Dodger

1948
Vice Versa

as Dick Bultitude

1944
Henry V

as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)

Sound

1978
Sammy Stops the World

as Original Music Composer

1976
Peter Pan

as Music

1976
Peter Pan

as Songs

1976
Peter Pan

as Original Music Composer

Creator