Anthony Newley

ActorComposerWriterSoundDirector 1944–2022 (78 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

CBS Library

1979 · as Doctor Doolittle

10.0

Polly: Comin' Home!

1990 · as Dabney Mayhew

8.5

The Strange World of Gurney Slade

1960

8.0

Known For

Film

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Lyricist

Film

Oliver Twist

Artful Dodger

Film

Doctor Dolittle

Matthew Mugg

Film

Henry V

Boy in English Camp (uncredited)

Film

The Battle of the River Plate

Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Film

X: The Unknown

LCpl. 'Spider' Webb

Film

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

Self (archive footage)

Film

Alice in Wonderland

Mad Hatter

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (58)

This Is Joan Collins

2022

as archive footage

7.3

David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Blondes: Diana Dors

1999

as self

Boris and Natasha

1992

as Sal Manelli

4.0

Coins in the Fountain

as Alfred Bancroft

Polly: Comin' Home!

as Dabney Mayhew

Dors: The Other Diana

1990

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

as Captain Manzini

Stagecoach

as Trevor Peacock

Outrage!

as Victor Coles

Blade in Hong Kong

as Tommy T

Malibu

1983

as Wilson Mahoney

2.3

Linda in Wonderland

1980

as Himself

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

1977

7.0

The Beatles Forever

1977

as Self

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

as Daniel Quilp

3.3

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

1975

as Sweeney

3.0

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

as Heironymous Merkin

Sweet November

as Charlie Blake

Doctor Dolittle

as Matthew Mugg

Lucy in London

as Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham

6.0

The Small World of Sammy Lee

1963

as Sammy 'Lee' Leeman

Jazz Boat

as Bert Harris

Let's Get Married

as Dickie Bird

In the Nick

1960

as Dr Newcombe

The Lady is a Square

1959

as Freddy

5.8

The Bandit Of Zhobe

1959

as Cpl. Stokes

Idol on Parade

1959

as Jeep Jackson

7.0

Killers of Kilimanjaro

1959

as Hooky Hook

6.0

The Heart of a Man

1959

as Johnnie

Tank Force!

1958

as Private "Tiger" Noakes

The Man Inside

as Ernesto

High Flight

as Roger Endicott

Fire Down Below

as Miguel

The Good Companions

as Maurice Milbrau

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

1957

as Edward

6.7

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

6.3

X: The Unknown

1956

as LCpl. 'Spider' Webb

Port Afrique

as Pedro

The Last Man to Hang

as Cyril Gaskin

Above Us the Waves

as Engineer, X2

The Blue Peter

as Fred Starling

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955

as Marine Clarke

5.9

Up to His Neck

1954

as Tommy

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

as Bob Baden

6.4

Those People Next Door

as Bob Twigg

Top of the Form

as Percy

Jack of What Trade?

as Mike Edwards

Highly Dangerous

1950

as Operator (uncredited)

6.0

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

as Charlie Ritchie

Vote for Huggett

as Dudley

Don't Ever Leave Me

as Jimmy Knowles

Oliver Twist

as Artful Dodger

Vice Versa

as Dick Bultitude

The Guinea Pig

as Miles Minor

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

1947

as Dusty Bates

4.0

Henry V

1944

as Boy in English Camp (uncredited)

6.6

Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Circus

as The Ringmaster

Television (30)

Legends

2006

as Self (archive footage)

The Lakes

as The Bishop

Style Challenge

Anna Lee

as Frederick Slinger

Gone to Seed

as DI Keet

Pebble Mill

as Self

The Upper Hand

as Nick

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Phil Halloran

Alice in Wonderland

as Mad Hatter

Murder, She Wrote

as Insp. Frost

Fame

Madame's Place

as Self

Simon & Simon

Magnum, P.I.

as Peter Riddley-Smythe

Hart to Hart

CBS Library

as Doctor Doolittle

Cher

as Self

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

as Self - Guest

6.8

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

7.7

The Hollywood Palace

1964

as Self - Host

4.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self - Guest

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Co-Host

5.4

Stryker of the Yard

1961

The Strange World of Gurney Slade

1960

8.0

The Anthony Newley Show

1960

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956

as Ned

7.3

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (17)

Movies (16)

Sammy Stops the World

1978

Original Music Composer

Sammy Stops the World

1978

Writer

Peter Pan

1976

Music

6.0

Peter Pan

1976

Original Music Composer

6.0

Peter Pan

1976

Songs

6.0

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

Lyricist

7.5

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

Songs

7.5

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Writer

Summertree

Director

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

Director

4.2

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

Original Music Composer

4.2

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

Producer

4.2

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

1969

Writer

4.2

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off

1966

Lyricist

4.3

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off

1966

Songs

4.3

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off

1966

Writer

4.3

Television (1)

The Strange World of Gurney Slade

1960

Writer

8.0