Anthony 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?".
Acting
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Insp. Frost
1984
TV
Magnum, P.I.
as Peter Riddley-Smythe
1980
Movie
Oliver Twist
as Artful Dodger
1948
Movie
Doctor Dolittle
as Matthew Mugg
1967
Movie
Henry V
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
1944
TV
Hart to Hart
1979
Movie
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
as Captain Manzini
1987
TV
Simon & Simon
1981
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest
1962
Movie
X: The Unknown
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
1956
Movie
The Battle of the River Plate
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
1956
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
TV
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
TV
Fame
1982
TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Phil Halloran
1985
TV
Alice in Wonderland
as Mad Hatter
1985
Movie
Fire Down Below
as Miguel
1957
Movie
Above Us the Waves
as Engineer, X2
1955
Movie
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Movie
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Marine Clarke
1955
TV
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Movie
Stagecoach
as Trevor Peacock
1986
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Crew
Movie
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Songs
1971
Movie
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Director
1969
Movie
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Writer
1966
Movie
Summertree
Director
1971
TV
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Writer
1960
Movie
Peter Pan
Music
1976
Movie
Sammy Stops the World
Writer
1978