Cast & creator
Anthony Newley
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show
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?".
Also known as: Antony Newley, Anthony George Newley
75
film credits
39
television credits
96
1944–2022 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (114)
Showing 114 of 114 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Murder, She Wrote
Insp. Frost
1984
Magnum, P.I.
Peter Riddley-Smythe
1980
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Simon & Simon
1981Simon & Simon
Nigel Casey
1981
Hart to Hart
1979
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Phil Halloran
1985Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Fame
1982
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Lyricist
1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Songs
1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Writer
1971
The Upper Hand
Nick
1990The Upper Hand
Nick Murray
1990
Madame's Place
Self
1982Style Challenge
1996
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
1964
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Lakes
The Bishop
1997
Cher
Self
1975
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Ned
1956
Alice in Wonderland
Mad Hatter
1985The Don Knotts Show
Self
1970Stryker of the Yard
1961
Oliver Twist
Artful Dodger
1948
Doctor Dolittle
Matthew Mugg
1967
Anna Lee
Frederick Slinger
1994
Tonight at 8.30
George Pepper
1991Tonight at 8.30
Henry Gow
1991
Gone to Seed
DI Keet
1992
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Captain Manzini
1987
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Gurney Slade
1960The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Writer
1960The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Creator
1960
The Battle of the River Plate
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
1956
Henry V
Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
1944
Above Us the Waves
Engineer, X2
1955
CBS Library
Doctor Doolittle
1979
Vice Versa
Dick Bultitude
1948
The Cockleshell Heroes
Marine Clarke
1955
Stagecoach
Trevor Peacock
1986
This Is Joan Collins
Self (Archive Footage)
2022
Boris and Natasha
Sal Manelli
1992
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
1975
Peter Pan
Songs
1976Peter Pan
Music
1976Peter Pan
Original Music Composer
1976
Outrage!
Victor Coles
1986
X: The Unknown
LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
1956
Up to His Neck
Tommy
1954
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Sweeney
1975
Those People Next Door
Bob Twigg
1953
Fire Down Below
Miguel
1957
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Heironymous Merkin
1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Director
1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Writer
1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Producer
1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Original Music Composer
1969
Summertree
Director
1971
Blade in Hong Kong
Tommy T
1985
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Hooky Hook
1959
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Dusty Bates
1947
The Last Man to Hang
Cyril Gaskin
1956
The Weak and the Wicked
Bob Baden
1954
Tank Force!
Private "Tiger" Noakes
1958
The Man Inside
Ernesto
1958
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Charlie Ritchie
1949
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Edward
1957
The Guinea Pig
Miles Minor
1948
Dors: The Other Diana
1990Let's Get Married
Dickie Bird
1960
The Lady is a Square
Freddy
1959
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Writer
1966Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Songs
1966Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
Lyricist
1966
Don't Ever Leave Me
Jimmy Knowles
1949
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Self (archive footage)
2012
Coins in the Fountain
Alfred Bancroft
1990
Polly: Comin' Home!
Dabney Mayhew
1990
The Small World of Sammy Lee
Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
1963
Highly Dangerous
Operator (uncredited)
1950
Sammy Stops the World
Original Music Composer
1978Sammy Stops the World
Writer
1978
Idol on Parade
Jeep Jackson
1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe
Cpl. Stokes
1959
Sweet November
Charlie Blake
1968
The Heart of a Man
Johnnie
1959Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
High Flight
Roger Endicott
1957The Anthony Newley Show
1960
The Good Companions
Maurice Milbrau
1957
Blondes: Diana Dors
self
1999
Port Afrique
Pedro
1956
Top of the Form
Percy
1953
Malibu
Wilson Mahoney
1983Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
The Ringmaster
Jazz Boat
Bert Harris
1960
Lucy in London
Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
1966
The Blue Peter
Fred Starling
1955
Vote for Huggett
Dudley
1949
Linda in Wonderland
Himself
1980
In the Nick
Dr Newcombe
1960Jack of What Trade?
Mike Edwards
1952
The Beatles Forever
Self
1977Image of Love
Self - Narrator
1964