Anthony Newley
Acting
Born September 24, 1931 · London, England, UK
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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Murder, She Wrote
The Merv Griffin Show
Magnum, P.I.
What's My Line?
The Dick Cavett Show
Pebble Mill
Simon & Simon
The Carol Burnett Show
Hart to Hart
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ed Sullivan Show
Fame
The Upper Hand
Style Challenge
Madame's Place
Legends
The Hollywood Palace
The Lakes
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Oliver Twist
Cher
The Don Knotts Show
Alice in Wonderland
Doctor Dolittle
Stryker of the Yard
Anna Lee
CBS Library
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
The Battle of the River Plate
Gone to Seed
Vice Versa
Tonight at 8.30
Henry V
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Stagecoach
The Old Curiosity Shop
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
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