
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?".
Acting (53 movies)

Oliver Twist
1948

X: The Unknown
1956

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1987

Doctor Dolittle
1967

The Cockleshell Heroes
1955

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
2012

The Beatles Forever
1977

The Small World of Sammy Lee
1963

Sweet November
1968

How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969

The Man Inside
1958

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1975

Jazz Boat
1960

The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959

Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959

Idol on Parade
1959

The Old Curiosity Shop
1975

Tank Force!
1958

The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947

Those People Next Door
1953

Polly: Comin' Home!
1990

Port Afrique
1956

The Heart of a Man
1959

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949

Fire Down Below
1957

Vice Versa
1948

This Is Joan Collins
2022

Coins in the Fountain
1990

Blade in Hong Kong
1985

In the Nick
1960

The Blue Peter
1955

The Lady is a Square
1959

High Flight
1957

Top of the Form
1953

Don't Ever Leave Me
1949

The Battle of the River Plate
1956

Up to His Neck
1954

Stagecoach
1986

The Good Companions
1957

Lucy in London
1966

The Last Man to Hang
1956

The Guinea Pig
1948

Vote for Huggett
1949

Malibu
1983

Outrage!
1986

The Weak and the Wicked
1954

Above Us the Waves
1955

Henry V
1944

Linda in Wonderland
1980

Highly Dangerous
1950

Boris and Natasha
1992

Dors: The Other Diana
1990
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Stop the World: I Want to Get Off | 1966 | Writer | 
| Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | 1969 | Writer | 
| Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | 1969 | Producer | 
| Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | 1969 | Original Music Composer | 
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Writer | 
| Peter Pan | 1976 | Original Music Composer | 
| Sammy Stops the World | 1978 | Writer | 
| Sammy Stops the World | 1978 | Original Music Composer | 
