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 |