Anthony Newley
Birthday: 1931-09-24
Place of Birth: 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 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?".
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Oliver Twist
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X: The Unknown
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
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Doctor Dolittle
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The Cockleshell Heroes
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
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How to Murder a Rich Uncle
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
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The Man Inside
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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Killers of Kilimanjaro
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Tank Force!
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Adventures of Dusty Bates
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Those People Next Door
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Polly: Comin' Home!
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involve...
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Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
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Port Afrique
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The Heart of a Man
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
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Fire Down Below
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Vice Versa
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This Is Joan Collins
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Coins in the Fountain
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Blade in Hong Kong
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In the Nick
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The Blue Peter
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The Lady is a Square
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High Flight
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Top of the Form
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Let's Get Married
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Don't Ever Leave Me
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The Battle of the River Plate
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Up to His Neck
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Stagecoach
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The Good Companions
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The Last Man to Hang
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The Guinea Pig
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Vote for Huggett
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Malibu
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Outrage!
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The Weak and the Wicked
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Above Us the Waves
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Henry V
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Linda in Wonderland
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Highly Dangerous
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Boris and Natasha
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Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
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Dors: The Other Diana
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Blondes: Diana Dors
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