Anthony Newley
Actor | Director | Writer | Original Music Composer | Musical
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...
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Date of Birth: Sep 24, 1931
Date of Death: Apr 14, 1999
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