Anthony Newley

Known for ActingBorn 1931-09-24Died 1999-04-14London, England, UK

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?".Read more

Movies & web series

CBS Library

The Bandit Of Zhobe

Blondes: Diana Dors

Blade in Hong Kong

Sammy Stops the World

The Don Knotts Show

In the Nick

Let's Get Married

Polly: Comin' Home!

The Strange World of Gurney Slade

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

This Is Joan Collins

Madame's Place

The Carol Burnett Show

Murder, She Wrote

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Don't Ever Leave Me

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Magnum, P.I.

The Upper Hand

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Oliver Twist

Top of the Form

The Lakes

Anna Lee

Cher

Sweet November

Alice in Wonderland

Vice Versa

Hart to Hart

Vote for Huggett

The Guinea Pig

Fame

Idol on Parade

The Heart of a Man

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

The Good Companions

The Blue Peter

What's My Line?

Simon & Simon

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Lucy in London

Henry V

The Weak and the Wicked