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