Anthony Newley
ActingAnthony 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
Oliver Twist
Artful Dodger
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Captain Manzini
Henry V
Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle
Matthew Mugg
X: The Unknown
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
The Battle of the River Plate
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Stagecoach
Trevor Peacock
Vice Versa
Dick Bultitude
High Flight
Roger Endicott
Boris and Natasha
Sal Manelli
Filmography — Acting
Oliver Twist
Artful Dodger
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Captain Manzini
Henry V
Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle
Matthew Mugg
X: The Unknown
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
The Battle of the River Plate
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Stagecoach
Trevor Peacock
Vice Versa
Dick Bultitude
High Flight
Roger Endicott
Boris and Natasha
Sal Manelli
Above Us the Waves
Engineer, X2
Blade in Hong Kong
Tommy T
The Guinea Pig
Miles Minor
Outrage!
Victor Coles
Fire Down Below
Miguel
Malibu
Wilson Mahoney
Lucy in London
Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
Highly Dangerous
Operator (uncredited)
Sweet November
Charlie Blake
The Lady is a Square
Freddy
Tank Force!
Private "Tiger" Noakes
The Cockleshell Heroes
Marine Clarke
The Weak and the Wicked
Bob Baden
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Hooky Hook
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Charlie Ritchie
The Man Inside
Ernesto
The Last Man to Hang
Cyril Gaskin
In the Nick
Dr Newcombe
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Cpl. Stokes
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Heironymous Merkin
Idol on Parade
Jeep Jackson
The Blue Peter
Fred Starling
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Edward
Let's Get Married
Dickie Bird
Coins in the Fountain
Alfred Bancroft
Polly: Comin' Home!
Dabney Mayhew
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Sweeney
The Heart of a Man
Johnnie
Those People Next Door
Bob Twigg
Port Afrique
Pedro
Jazz Boat
Bert Harris
The Good Companions
Maurice Milbrau
Linda in Wonderland
Himself
Vote for Huggett
Dudley
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Self (archive footage)
Don't Ever Leave Me
Jimmy Knowles
Up to His Neck
Tommy
This Is Joan Collins
archive footage
Top of the Form
Percy
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Dusty Bates
Dors: The Other Diana
Blondes: Diana Dors
self
The Beatles Forever
Self
Jack of What Trade?
Mike Edwards
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
The Ringmaster
Image of Love
Self - Narrator
