Anthony Newley
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Anthony Newley

Acting

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?".

Films Featuring Anthony Newley

Oliver Twist

19487.5

X: The Unknown

19566.1

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

19873.5

Doctor Dolittle

19676.2

The Cockleshell Heroes

19555.9

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

20127.2

The Beatles Forever

1977

The Small World of Sammy Lee

19636.0

Sweet November

19687.0

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

19577.0

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

19694.8

The Man Inside

19586.1

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

19753.3

Jazz Boat

19606.4

The Bandit Of Zhobe

195910.0

Killers of Kilimanjaro

19596.3

Idol on Parade

19597.0

Tank Force!

19586.4

The Old Curiosity Shop

19754.8

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

19475.3

Those People Next Door

19535.8

Polly: Comin' Home!

19908.5

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

19778.0

Port Afrique

19565.9

The Heart of a Man

19597.0

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

19494.9

Fire Down Below

19575.7

Vice Versa

19487.2

This Is Joan Collins

20227.2

Coins in the Fountain

19905.5

Blade in Hong Kong

19859.0

In the Nick

19609.0

The Blue Peter

19557.0

The Lady is a Square

19596.2

High Flight

19576.2

Top of the Form

19537.5

Let's Get Married

Let's Get Married

19609.0

Don't Ever Leave Me

19497.7

The Battle of the River Plate

19566.4

Up to His Neck

1954

Stagecoach

19865.4

The Good Companions

19577.0

Lucy in London

19666.5

The Last Man to Hang

19566.3

The Guinea Pig

19487.1

Vote for Huggett

19497.2

Malibu

19833.8

Outrage!

19865.3

The Weak and the Wicked

19546.5

Above Us the Waves

19556.1

Henry V

19446.7

Linda in Wonderland

1980

Highly Dangerous

19506.0

Boris and Natasha

19924.5

Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus

Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus

Dors: The Other Diana

1990

Blondes: Diana Dors

19999.0

Jack of What Trade?

Jack of What Trade?

1952

Image of Love

Image of Love

1964