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Anthony Newley

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British actor and musician (1931-1999)

United KingdomActorsLived 1931 to 1999 · aged 67
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Anthony Newley was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. 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 Singles Chart, including two number one hits.

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971 · ★ 7.5
Oliver Twist1948 · ★ 7.6
Doctor Dolittle1967 · ★ 6.2
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie1987 · ★ 3.5
Henry V1944 · ★ 6.7
The Battle of the River Plate1956 · ★ 6.4
X: The Unknown1956 · ★ 6.1
Fire Down Below1957
Stagecoach1986
Above Us the Waves1955
The Cockleshell Heroes1955
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust2012
Boris and Natasha1992
The Small World of Sammy Lee1963
The Guinea Pig1948
The Weak and the Wicked1954
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time1975
Sweet November1968
Highly Dangerous1950
Tank Force!1958
The Man Inside1958
Outrage!1986
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?1969
Vice Versa1948
How to Murder a Rich Uncle1957
Idol on Parade1959
Polly: Comin' Home!1990
Port Afrique1956
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike1949
The Last Man to Hang1956
Killers of Kilimanjaro1959
Summertree1971
Vote for Huggett1949
Jazz Boat1960
The Old Curiosity Shop1975
High Flight1957
Those People Next Door1953
The Lady is a Square1959
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off1966
This Is Joan Collins2022

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Murder, She Wrote1984
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Magnum, P.I.1980
Hart to Hart1979
The Dick Cavett Show1968
What's My Line?1950
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Simon & Simon1981
The Carol Burnett Show1967
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985
Fame1982
Pebble Mill1991
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Upper Hand1990
Madame's Place1982
Colonel March of Scotland Yard1956
The Lakes1997
Alice in Wonderland1985
The Hollywood Palace1964
Cher1975
Anna Lee1994
Legends2006
Style Challenge1996

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Anthony Newley was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer. 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 Singles 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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 1999 · aged 67
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