Anthony Newley
Posted: March 5th, 2008, 1:03 pm
Maybe more could have been made of Anthony Newley's great talent within the cinema
Tony's first big film was as The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist. he also appeared with another big British child star of the period Petula Clark in the film series of 'The Huggetts' which she appeared regulary as the daughter of Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison
Tony made a series of films including The Blue Peter and The Cockleshell Heroes. TCH was an underrated war film where he and Jose Ferrer play the only surviving members of a crack unit on a mission, while others like Trevor Howard were killed.
This acting career might have gone on as it was, but Elvis Presley had indirectly pushed Tony in another direction. capitlaising on his drafting in The U.S army a British film studio made a movie about a Brit pop star Jeep Jackson doing National Service. Tony played the part and sang his on vocals scoring a hit record with the title track Idol On Parade. this briefly led to a successful recording career with hit records like Pop Goes The Weasle, Do You Mind, Why, Personality and Strawberry Fare.
Tony then had a huge international stage hit with Stop The World I Want To Get Off (Tony Tanner did film version). he followed it up with The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Good Old Bad Old Days, all shows he co-wrote. Sammy Davis jnr aslo had hits with some of Tony's songs like What Kind Of Fool Am I, For Once In My Lifetime and The Candyman. Tony like Tommy Steele played Scrooge
Tony did some good movies. in 1960 he did the musical/comedy Jazz Boat with Bernie Winters as his sidekick, James Booth as the nasty villian and Lionel Jeffries as a cop who sorts him out. there was Dr. Dolittle with Rex Harrison and Samatha Edgar and Sweet November with Sandy Dennis. in SN Sandy played a terminally ill young woman who took on a new lover every month. November was Newley's turn. though she fell in love with him, she still dumped him at the begining of December
Tony's last appearence as a con-man in British soap Eastenders
Tony's first big film was as The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist. he also appeared with another big British child star of the period Petula Clark in the film series of 'The Huggetts' which she appeared regulary as the daughter of Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison
Tony made a series of films including The Blue Peter and The Cockleshell Heroes. TCH was an underrated war film where he and Jose Ferrer play the only surviving members of a crack unit on a mission, while others like Trevor Howard were killed.
This acting career might have gone on as it was, but Elvis Presley had indirectly pushed Tony in another direction. capitlaising on his drafting in The U.S army a British film studio made a movie about a Brit pop star Jeep Jackson doing National Service. Tony played the part and sang his on vocals scoring a hit record with the title track Idol On Parade. this briefly led to a successful recording career with hit records like Pop Goes The Weasle, Do You Mind, Why, Personality and Strawberry Fare.
Tony then had a huge international stage hit with Stop The World I Want To Get Off (Tony Tanner did film version). he followed it up with The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Good Old Bad Old Days, all shows he co-wrote. Sammy Davis jnr aslo had hits with some of Tony's songs like What Kind Of Fool Am I, For Once In My Lifetime and The Candyman. Tony like Tommy Steele played Scrooge
Tony did some good movies. in 1960 he did the musical/comedy Jazz Boat with Bernie Winters as his sidekick, James Booth as the nasty villian and Lionel Jeffries as a cop who sorts him out. there was Dr. Dolittle with Rex Harrison and Samatha Edgar and Sweet November with Sandy Dennis. in SN Sandy played a terminally ill young woman who took on a new lover every month. November was Newley's turn. though she fell in love with him, she still dumped him at the begining of December
Tony's last appearence as a con-man in British soap Eastenders