Anthony Newley
Birthday: 1931-09-24 | Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UKAnthony 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
Acting
Role
as archive footage
as Self (archive footage)
as Sal Manelli
as Alfred Bancroft
as Dabney Mayhew
as Captain Manzini
as Trevor Peacock
as Mad Hatter
as Tommy T
as Himself
as Self
as Sweeney
as Daniel Quilp
as Heironymous Merkin
as Charlie Blake
as Matthew Mugg
as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
as Bert Harris
as Dr Newcombe
as Freddy
as Hooky Hook
as Jeep Jackson
as Johnnie
as Ernesto
as Private "Tiger" Noakes
