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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Magnum, P.I.

Simon & Simon

The Merv Griffin Show

All Movies (59)

• This Is Joan Collins2022 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Blondes: Diana Dors1999 · as self
• Boris and Natasha1992 · as Sal Manelli
• Polly: Comin' Home!1990 · as Dabney Mayhew
• Coins in the Fountain1990 · as Alfred Bancroft
• Dors: The Other Diana1990
• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie1987 · as Captain Manzini
• Stagecoach1986 · as Trevor Peacock
• Outrage!1986 · as Victor Coles
• Blade in Hong Kong1985 · as Tommy T
• Malibu1983 · as Wilson Mahoney
• Linda in Wonderland1980 · as Himself
• The Beatles Forever1977 · as Self
• Happy Birthday, Las Vegas1977
• The Old Curiosity Shop1975 · as Daniel Quilp
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time1975 · as Sweeney
• Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?1969 · as Heironymous Merkin
• Sweet November1968 · as Charlie Blake
• Doctor Dolittle1967 · as Matthew Mugg
• Lucy in London1966 · as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
• Image of Love1964 · as Self - Narrator
• The Small World of Sammy Lee1963 · as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
• In the Nick1960 · as Dr Newcombe
• Let's Get Married1960 · as Dickie Bird
• Jazz Boat1960 · as Bert Harris
• Killers of Kilimanjaro1959 · as Hooky Hook
• The Heart of a Man1959 · as Johnnie
• The Bandit Of Zhobe1959 · as Cpl. Stokes
• Idol on Parade1959 · as Jeep Jackson
• The Lady is a Square1959 · as Freddy
• The Man Inside1958 · as Ernesto
• Tank Force!1958 · as Private "Tiger" Noakes
• High Flight1957 · as Roger Endicott
• How to Murder a Rich Uncle1957 · as Edward
• Fire Down Below1957 · as Miguel
• The Good Companions1957 · as Maurice Milbrau
• The Battle of the River Plate1956 · as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
• X: The Unknown1956 · as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
• The Last Man to Hang1956 · as Cyril Gaskin
• Port Afrique1956 · as Pedro
• The Cockleshell Heroes1955 · as Marine Clarke
• The Blue Peter1955 · as Fred Starling
• Above Us the Waves1955 · as Engineer, X2
• The Weak and the Wicked1954 · as Bob Baden
• Up to His Neck1954 · as Tommy
• Those People Next Door1953 · as Bob Twigg
• Top of the Form1953 · as Percy
• Jack of What Trade?1952 · as Mike Edwards
• Highly Dangerous1950 · as Operator (uncredited)
• Don't Ever Leave Me1949 · as Jimmy Knowles
• A Boy, a Girl and a Bike1949 · as Charlie Ritchie
• Vote for Huggett1949 · as Dudley
• The Guinea Pig1948 · as Miles Minor
• Oliver Twist1948 · as Artful Dodger
• Vice Versa1948 · as Dick Bultitude
• The Adventures of Dusty Bates1947 · as Dusty Bates
• Henry V1944 · as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
• Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus— · as The Ringmaster

All TV Shows (34)

• Legends2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Lakes1997 · as The Bishop
• Style Challenge1996
• Anna Lee1994 · as Frederick Slinger
• Gone to Seed1992 · as DI Keet
• Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
• The Upper Hand1990 · as Nick
• The Upper Hand1990 · as Nick Murray
• Alice in Wonderland1985 · as Mad Hatter
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Phil Halloran
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Insp. Frost
• Madame's Place1982 · as Self
• Fame1982
• Simon & Simon1981
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Peter Riddley-Smythe
• CBS Library1979 · as Doctor Doolittle
• Hart to Hart1979
• Cher1975 · as Self
• The Don Knotts Show1970 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest / Various Characters
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Stryker of the Yard1961
• The Strange World of Gurney Slade1960
• The Anthony Newley Show1960
• Colonel March of Scotland Yard1956 · as Ned
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self