Anthony Newley
Acting · Born 1931-09-24 · age 67 at death · London, 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?".
Titles
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Oliver Twist
Doctor Dolittle
Henry V
Hart to Hart
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Simon & Simon
X: The Unknown
The Battle of the River Plate
Fame
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alice in Wonderland
Fire Down Below
Above Us the Waves
The Cockleshell Heroes
Stagecoach
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Boris and Natasha
The Guinea Pig
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Highly Dangerous
The Weak and the Wicked
The Lakes
Sweet November
The Man Inside
Tank Force!
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Outrage!
Anna Lee
The Last Man to Hang
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Idol on Parade
Polly: Comin' Home!
Port Afrique
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Vote for Huggett
The Upper Hand
Gone to Seed
Jazz Boat
Those People Next Door
Vice Versa
The Lady is a Square
High Flight
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Summertree
The Old Curiosity Shop
Malibu
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Don't Ever Leave Me
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Coins in the Fountain
The Blue Peter
Top of the Form
Lucy in London
The Bandit Of Zhobe