Anthony Newley
Actor
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?".
As Director
Filmography
Oliver Twist
as Artful Dodger 1948
Doctor Dolittle
as Matthew Mugg 1967
Henry V
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited) 1944
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
as Captain Manzini 1987
X: The Unknown
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb 1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee 1956
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
as Self (archive footage) 2012
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Marine Clarke 1955
Fire Down Below
as Miguel 1957
Above Us the Waves
as Engineer, X2 1955
Stagecoach
as Trevor Peacock 1986
The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman 1963
Boris and Natasha
as Sal Manelli 1992
The Guinea Pig
as Miles Minor 1948
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
as Sweeney 1975
Highly Dangerous
as Operator (uncredited) 1950
The Weak and the Wicked
as Bob Baden 1954