Acting
Anthony Newley
EN cinema · 65 credits
Born
24 September 1931
Died
14 April 1999 (aged 67)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Antony Newley · Anthony George Newley
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?".
Known for
Filmography
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
as The Ringmaster
This Is Joan Collins
as Self (Archive Footage)
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
as Self (archive footage)
Boris and Natasha
as Sal Manelli
Polly: Comin' Home!
as Dabney Mayhew
Coins in the Fountain
as Alfred Bancroft
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
as Captain Manzini
Stagecoach
as Trevor Peacock
Outrage!
as Victor Coles
Blade in Hong Kong
as Tommy T
Malibu
as Wilson Mahoney
Linda in Wonderland
as Himself
Sammy Stops the World
Writer, Original Music Composer
Peter Pan
Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Daniel Quilp
Summertree
Director
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Songs, Lyricist, Writer
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Heironymous Merkin, Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
Sweet November
as Charlie Blake
Doctor Dolittle
as Matthew Mugg
Lucy in London
as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
Stop the World — I Want to Get Off
Writer, Songs, Lyricist
Image of Love
1964
Image of Love
as Self - Narrator
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
Jazz Boat
as Bert Harris
In the Nick
as Dr Newcombe
Let's Get Married
1960
Let's Get Married
as Dickie Bird
The Bandit Of Zhobe
as Cpl. Stokes
Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Hooky Hook
Idol on Parade
as Jeep Jackson
The Heart of a Man
as Johnnie
The Lady is a Square
as Freddy
The Man Inside
as Ernesto
Tank Force!
as Private "Tiger" Noakes
Fire Down Below
as Miguel
High Flight
as Roger Endicott
The Good Companions
as Maurice Milbrau
X: The Unknown
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
Port Afrique
as Pedro
The Battle of the River Plate
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
The Last Man to Hang
as Cyril Gaskin
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Marine Clarke
The Blue Peter
as Fred Starling
Above Us the Waves
as Engineer, X2
Up to His Neck
as Tommy
The Weak and the Wicked
as Bob Baden
Those People Next Door
as Bob Twigg
Top of the Form
as Percy
Jack of What Trade?
1952
Jack of What Trade?
as Mike Edwards
Highly Dangerous
as Operator (uncredited)
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Charlie Ritchie
Don't Ever Leave Me
as Jimmy Knowles
Vote for Huggett
as Dudley
Oliver Twist
as Artful Dodger
Vice Versa
as Dick Bultitude
The Guinea Pig
as Miles Minor
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Dusty Bates
Henry V
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)