About
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,...
Known for
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980
Simon & SimonSeries • 1981
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1985
FameSeries • 1982
The Upper HandSeries • 1990
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryMovie • 1971
The LakesSeries • 1997
Alice in WonderlandSeries • 1985
Oliver TwistMovie • 1948
The Battle of the River PlateMovie • 1956
Doctor DolittleMovie • 1967
The Garbage Pail Kids MovieMovie • 1987
Henry VMovie • 1944
Above Us the WavesMovie • 1955
The Cockleshell HeroesMovie • 1955
StagecoachMovie • 1986
Fire Down BelowMovie • 1957
X: The UnknownMovie • 1956
Boris and NatashaMovie • 1992
The Small World of Sammy LeeMovie • 1963