Anthony Newley
Known for: Acting
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?".
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Insp. Frost
1984
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Peter Riddley-Smythe
1980
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Simon & Simon
1981
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Phil Halloran
1985
Series
Fame
1982
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
The Upper Hand
Nick
1990
Series
The Upper Hand
Nick Murray
1990
Series
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006
Series
Madame's Place
Self
1982
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
1964
Series
The Lakes
The Bishop
1997
Series
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Ned
1956
Style Challenge
1996
Film
Oliver Twist
Artful Dodger
1948
Series
Cher
Self
1975
Series
Alice in Wonderland
Mad Hatter
1985
Stryker of the Yard
1961
Film
Doctor Dolittle
Matthew Mugg
1967
The Don Knotts Show
Self
1970
Film
The Battle of the River Plate
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
1956
Film
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Captain Manzini
1987
Series
Anna Lee
Frederick Slinger
1994
Series
Tonight at 8.30
George Pepper
1991
Series
Tonight at 8.30
Henry Gow
1991
Film
Vice Versa
Dick Bultitude
1948
Film
Fire Down Below
Miguel
1957
Series
Gone to Seed
DI Keet
1992
Film
Stagecoach
Trevor Peacock
1986
Film
X: The Unknown
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
1956
Series
CBS Library
Doctor Doolittle
1979
Film
Outrage!
Victor Coles
1986
Series
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Gurney Slade
1960
Film
Henry V
Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
1944
Film
Sweet November
Charlie Blake
1968
Film
Above Us the Waves
Engineer, X2
1955
Film
The Cockleshell Heroes
Marine Clarke
1955
Film
The Guinea Pig
Miles Minor
1948
Film
Idol on Parade
Jeep Jackson
1959
Film
The Weak and the Wicked
Bob Baden
1954
Film
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
1975
Film
Port Afrique
Pedro
1956
Film
Malibu
Wilson Mahoney
1983
Film
This Is Joan Collins
Self (Archive Footage)
2022
Film
Tank Force!
Private "Tiger" Noakes
1958
Film
The Man Inside
Ernesto
1958
Film
Boris and Natasha
Sal Manelli
1992
Film
Polly: Comin' Home!
Dabney Mayhew
1990
Film
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Hooky Hook
1959
Film
The Good Companions
Maurice Milbrau
1957
Film
The Heart of a Man
Johnnie
1959
Film
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Sweeney
1975
Film
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Edward
1957
Film
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Dusty Bates
1947
Film
Jazz Boat
Bert Harris
1960
Film
Up to His Neck
Tommy
1954
Film
Highly Dangerous
Operator (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
1963
Film
Blondes: Diana Dors
self
1999
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
Film
The Blue Peter
Fred Starling
1955
Film
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Heironymous Merkin
1969
Film
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Charlie Ritchie
1949
Film
The Lady is a Square
Freddy
1959
Film
Blade in Hong Kong
Tommy T
1985
Film
In the Nick
Dr Newcombe
1960
Film
Those People Next Door
Bob Twigg
1953
Film
High Flight
Roger Endicott
1957
Film
Coins in the Fountain
Alfred Bancroft
1990
Film
Vote for Huggett
Dudley
1949
Film
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Don't Ever Leave Me
Jimmy Knowles
1949
Film
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Cpl. Stokes
1959
Film
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
Film
The Last Man to Hang
Cyril Gaskin
1956
Film
Top of the Form
Percy
1953
Film
Linda in Wonderland
Himself
1980
Film
Lucy in London
Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
1966
Let's Get Married
Dickie Bird
1960
The Anthony Newley Show
1960
Image of Love
Self - Narrator
1964
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
The Ringmaster
Film
The Beatles Forever
Self
1977
Jack of What Trade?
Mike Edwards
1952