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Anthony Newley

Actor / Songwriter / Singer-songwriter / Composer / Theatre Director / Film Director / Lyricist | * 09/24/1931 († 67, 04/14/1999) | Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen. "One of Broadway's greatest leading men", from 1959 to 1962 he scored a dozen entries on the UK Top 40 chart, including two number one hits. Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "What Kind of Fool Am I?", sung by Sammy Davis Jr., and wrote "Feeling Good", which became a signature hit for Nina Simone. His songs have been sung by a wide variety of singers including Fiona Apple, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens of singers. He collaborated with John Barry on the title song for the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), sung by Shirley Bassey. An "icon of the early 1960s", his TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade "continues to have a cult following due to its advanced postmodern premise that [he] is trapped in... ()
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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 frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Anthony Newley

Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Tony Award for Best Author Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Anthony Newley as Actor(49)

as archive footage2022 This Is Joan Collins
as Self (Archival Footage)2012 David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
as Sal Manelli1992 Boris and Natasha
as Dabney Mayhew1990 Polly: Comin' Home!
as Alfred Bancroft1990 Coins in the Fountain
as Captain Manzini1987 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
as Trevor Peacock1986 Stagecoach
as Victor Coles1986 Outrage!
as Tommy T1985 Blade in Hong Kong
as Wilson Mahoney1983 Malibu
as Daniel Quilp1975 The Old Curiosity Shop
as Charlie Blake1968 Sweet November
as Matthew Mugg1967 Doctor Dolittle
as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham1966 Lucy in London
as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman1963 The Small World of Sammy Lee
as Dr Newcombe1960 In The Nick
as Bert Harris1960 Jazz Boat
as Freddy1959 The Lady is a Square
as Jeep Jackson1959 Idol on Parade
as Hooky Hook1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro
as Cpl. Stokes1959 The Bandit Of Zhobe
as Ernesto1958 The Man Inside
as Private "Tiger" Noakes1958 Tank Force!
as Roger Endicott1957 High Flight
as Maurice Milbrau1957 The Good Companions
as Miguel1957 Fire Down Below
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee1956 The Battle of the River Plate
as Pedro1956 Port Afrique
as Cyril Gaskin1956 The Last Man to Hang
as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb1956 X the Unknown
as Marine Clarke1955 The Cockleshell Heroes
as Engineer, X21955 Above Us the Waves
as Bob Baden1954 The Weak and the Wicked
as Bob Twigg1953 Those People Next Door
as Operator (uncredited)1950 Highly Dangerous
as Dudley1949 Vote for Huggett
as Jimmy Knowles1949 Don't Ever Leave Me
as Charlie Ritchie1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Artful Dodger1948 Oliver Twist
as Miles Minor1948 The Guinea Pig
as Dick Bultitude1948 Vice Versa
as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)1944 Henry V

TV Shows/Series with Anthony Newley as Actor(23)

as Self (archive footage)2006 Legends
as The Bishop1997 The Lakes
as himself1991 Pebble Mill
as Matthew Mugg (archive footage)1989 The Simpsons
as Insp. Frost1984 Murder, She Wrote
as himself1982 Madame's Place
1982 Fame
1975 Cher
as himself1970 The Don Knotts Show
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as himself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Host1964 The Hollywood Palace
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Anthony Newley as Crew(12)


Full Name: Anthony George Newley
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 09/24 1931 (September) in Hackney, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 04/14 1999 (April) in Jensen Beach (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Record Label: Decca
Spouses (current/former): Joan Collins, Ann Lynn
Children: Tara Newley, Alexander Newley
Other names for Anthony Newley (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Antony Newley"
"Anthony George Newley"
Anthony Newley frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Art Carney (12x, Actor)
Jerry Lewis (11x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (11x, Actor)
Van Johnson (11x, Actor)
Albert R. Broccoli (11x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (10x, Actor)
Peggy Lee (10x, Actress)
Robert Goulet (10x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617569, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024