Anthony Newley
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?".
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9906 |
| Birthday | 1931-09-24 |
| Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Antony Newley, Anthony George Newley, |
1948
Oliver Twist
7.553/263
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc...
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Oliver Twist
1956
X: The Unknown
6.105/76
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An A...
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X: The Unknown
1987
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
3.492/119
Crude, grotesque, pint-sized aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids® help a young boy exact revenge on his bullies and win the girl of his dreams.
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
1967
Doctor Dolittle
6.195/205
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
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Doctor Dolittle
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
5.9/33
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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The Cockleshell Heroes
2012
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
7.191/34
BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions...
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
1977
The Beatles Forever
0/0
A musical salute to The Beatles.
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The Beatles Forever
1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee
6/21
Soho strip club compère Sammy Lee struggles to stay one step ahead of the notorious bookie, to whom he owes £300.
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
1968
Sweet November
7.045/11
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
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Sweet November
1957
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
7/9
A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.
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How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
4.75/10
Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a sea...
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1958
The Man Inside
6.136/11
A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.
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The Man Inside
1975
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
3.346/13
Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few h...
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
1960
Jazz Boat
6.4/5
An electrician boasts about being a cat burglar to impress his comrades, but his lie spins out of control when he's sought to participate in a jewel h...
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Jazz Boat
1959
The Bandit Of Zhobe
10/1
British soldiers in India must contend with an outlaw bandit.
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The Bandit Of Zhobe
1959
Killers of Kilimanjaro
6.3/6
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While t...
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Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959
Idol on Parade
7/7
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
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Idol on Parade
1975
The Old Curiosity Shop
4.75/4
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...
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The Old Curiosity Shop
1958
Tank Force!
6.364/11
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
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Tank Force!
1947
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
5.333/3
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.
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The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1953
Those People Next Door
5.8/5
The Twiggs are a typical working-class family: Sam (Jack Warner) and Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are trying to bring their family up in the shadow of the B...
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Those People Next Door
1990
Polly: Comin' Home!
8.5/7
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial und...
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Polly: Comin' Home!
1977
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
8/3
Hosted by Don Meredith & Cindy Williams with Eddy Arnold, David Brenner, Foster Brooks, Charo, Norm Crosby, Rodney Dangerfield, John Davidson, Sammy D...
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Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1956
Port Afrique
5.9/7
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find th...
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Port Afrique
1959
The Heart of a Man
7/1
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tri...
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The Heart of a Man
1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
4.889/9
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1957
Fire Down Below
5.7/36
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless I...
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Fire Down Below
1948
Vice Versa
7.2/5
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young agai...
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Vice Versa
2022
This Is Joan Collins
7.2/5
A feature-length documentary on the life of one of the last surviving actresses from the golden age of Hollywood – Joan Collins. This epic film is tol...
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This Is Joan Collins
1990
Coins in the Fountain
5.5/2
In this remake of the Oscar-winning film, "Three Coins in the Fountain," three vacationing American women find fun and romance during their visit to R...
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Coins in the Fountain
1985
Blade in Hong Kong
9/1
Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is...
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Blade in Hong Kong
1960
In the Nick
9/1
A gang of small-time criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished. The gang leader wields his manipulati...
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In the Nick
1955
The Blue Peter
7/2
A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and in...
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The Blue Peter
1959
The Lady is a Square
6.2/5
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of...
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The Lady is a Square
1957
High Flight
6.2/5
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
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High Flight
1953
Top of the Form
7.5/2
A con man hides out in a boys' school, posing as a professor. When the undisciplined and lazy boys have to pass a few tests, cheating becomes the only...
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Top of the Form
1960
Let's Get Married
9/1
A medical student who is thrown out of his university, ends up working in a laundry and rebuilds his confidence with a relationship with a fashion mod...
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Let's Get Married
1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
7.667/3
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor...
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Don't Ever Leave Me
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
6.397/73
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Is...
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The Battle of the River Plate
1954
Up to His Neck
0/0
A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.
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Up to His Neck
1986
Stagecoach
5.426/27
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Mar...
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Stagecoach
1957
The Good Companions
7/1
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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The Good Companions
1966
Lucy in London
6.5/2
Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.
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Lucy in London
1956
The Last Man to Hang
6.2/8
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
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The Last Man to Hang
1948
The Guinea Pig
7.088/17
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...
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The Guinea Pig
1949
Vote for Huggett
7.167/6
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a...
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Vote for Huggett
1983
Malibu
3.75/4
A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people liv...
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Malibu
1986
Outrage!
5.333/9
After a technicality results in the release of a man being tried for the rape and murder of a young woman, her father murders the man. Admitting his g...
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Outrage!
1954
The Weak and the Wicked
6.5/12
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At...
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The Weak and the Wicked
1955
Above Us the Waves
6.125/36
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to at...
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Above Us the Waves
1944
Henry V
6.7/135
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
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Henry V
1980
Linda in Wonderland
0/0
“Linda In Wonderland” is Linda Lavin’s variety television special that aired on Thanksgiving Day, 1980. Special guests include; Lynn Redgrave, Antho...
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Linda in Wonderland
1950
Highly Dangerous
6.038/13
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
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Highly Dangerous
1992
Boris and Natasha
4.5/20
Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning wh...
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Boris and Natasha
Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
0/0
COME ONE! COME ALL! TO THE GREATEST SHOW OF ALL! Live from Las Vegas, it's the magical world of circus with world-famous In Emmett Kelly Jr. Plus 15 a...
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Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus
1990
Dors: The Other Diana
0/0
Documentary about the life and career of actress Diana Dors, Britain's own "Blonde Bombshell".
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Dors: The Other Diana
1999
Blondes: Diana Dors
9/1
Celebrating the life and career of legendary British blonde bombshell Diana Dors, who died in 1984. Friends remember her affectionately and film clips...
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Blondes: Diana Dors
1952
Jack of What Trade?
0/0
Dramatised documentary, intended for schoolchildren, showing the work of a youth employment officer.
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Jack of What Trade?
1964
Image of Love
0/0
Presents us with the evidence of man's eternal quest for ideal beauty, ranging from a primitive carving of a fat and fertile female to modern girls in...
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