Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- This Is Joan Collins | archive footage
2012 -- David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust | Self (archive footage)
1992 -- Boris and Natasha | Sal Manelli
1990 -- Polly: Comin' Home! | Dabney Mayhew
1990 -- Coins in the Fountain | Alfred Bancroft
1987 -- The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | Captain Manzini
1986 -- Stagecoach | Trevor Peacock
1986 -- Outrage! | Victor Coles
1985 -- Blade in Hong Kong | Tommy T
1983 -- Malibu | Wilson Mahoney
1980 -- Linda in Wonderland | Himself
1977 -- The Beatles Forever | Self
1977 -- Happy Birthday, Las Vegas |
1975 -- The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp
1975 -- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Sweeney
1969 -- Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Heironymous Merkin
1968 -- Sweet November | Charlie Blake
1967 -- Doctor Dolittle | Matthew Mugg
1966 -- Lucy in London | Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
1963 -- The Small World of Sammy Lee | Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
1960 -- In The Nick | Dr Newcombe
1960 -- Jazz Boat | Bert Harris
1960 -- Let's Get Married |
1959 -- Killers of Kilimanjaro | Hooky Hook
1959 -- The Heart of a Man | Johnnie
1959 -- The Bandit Of Zhobe | Cpl. Stokes
1959 -- Idol on Parade | Jeep Jackson
1959 -- The Lady is a Square | Freddy
1958 -- The Man Inside | Ernesto
1958 -- Tank Force! | Private "Tiger" Noakes
1957 -- High Flight | Roger Endicott
1957 -- How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Edward
1957 -- Fire Down Below | Miguel
1957 -- The Good Companions | Maurice Milbrau
1956 -- The Battle of the River Plate | Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
1956 -- X the Unknown | LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
1956 -- The Last Man to Hang | Cyril Gaskin
1956 -- Port Afrique | Pedro
1955 -- The Cockleshell Heroes | Marine Clarke
1955 -- The Blue Peter | Fred Starling
1955 -- Above Us the Waves | Engineer, X2
1954 -- The Weak and the Wicked | Bob Baden
1954 -- Up to His Neck | Tommy
1953 -- Top of the Form |
1953 -- Those People Next Door | Bob Twigg
1950 -- Highly Dangerous | Operator (uncredited)
1949 -- Don't Ever Leave Me | Jimmy Knowles
1949 -- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Charlie Ritchie
1949 -- Vote for Huggett | Dudley
1948 -- The Guinea Pig | Miles Minor
1948 -- Oliver Twist | Artful Dodger
1948 -- Vice Versa | Dick Bultitude
1947 -- The Adventures of Dusty Bates | Dusty Bates
1944 -- Henry V | Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
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