Anthony Newley
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-09-24 in London, England, UK
Died
1999-04-14
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?".
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
as Insp. Frost
Magnum, P.I.
as Peter Riddley-Smythe
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Hart to Hart
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
Simon & Simon
Fame
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Phil Halloran
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Pebble Mill
as Self
Style Challenge
The Upper Hand
as Nick
The Upper Hand
as Nick Murray