British entertainer Anthony Newley began as a child star, passing for 10 or 11 even as the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist (1948), when in fact he was already of driving and shaving age. As a young leading man, Newley learned the ins and outs of self-promotion, chiefly the ability to convince the populace that he could do anything well. In 1959, he became a pop recording star thanks to his singing appearance in Idle on Parade, but this was only the beginning. Stop the World, I Want to Get Off was cowritten by Newley and Leslie Bricusse, but to the world at large Anthony Newley, who also starred in the play, was the whole show. This 1961 London-to-Broadway musical was a superbly written piece and a success. Newley followed up this production with another stage collaboration with Bricusse, 1965's The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, this time sharing the spotlight (but not without a struggle) with veteran Cyril Ritchard. Few people can remember the plotlines of either of Newley's musical plays, but such song standards as "What Kind of Fool Am I," "Gonna Build a Mountain," "Look at That Face" and "Where Would You Be?" have become audition standards. Newley's overwhelming stage presence didn't translate that well to films, with Dr. Doolittle being the most obvious example of this (it is said that Newley and co-star Samantha Eggar kidded around on the set so much that Rex "Dr. Doolittle" Harrison had to resoundingly insist upon professional decorum). Since Doolittle, Newley has been content to merely write songs for other people's movies, occasionally stepping before the camera in such pictures as Mr. Quilp (1975) and It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1976). And in 1969, Anthony Newley directed his then-wife Joan Collins in Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness, a woebegone attempt at "hip" which gained fame only through the embarrassed co-starring stints from Milton Berle and George Jessel, and the fact that many American newspapers refused (probably at the request of studio publicity flacks) to mention the film's slightly licentious title in their movie listings.
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Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Play Author |
1996 | |||
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Boris and Natasha
Actor |
1991 | |||
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Coins in the Fountain
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Polly
Actor |
1989 | |||
| 1988 | ||||
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Carol Burnett: My Personal Best, Vol. 1
Archival Appearance |
1987 | |||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
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Outrage!
Actor |
1986 | |||
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Stagecoach
Actor |
1986 | |||
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Blade in Hong Kong
Actor |
1985 | |||
| 1985 | ||||
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Alice in Wonderland
Actor |
1983 | |||
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Malibu
Actor, Composer (Music Score), Singer |
1983 | |||
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Animal Talk
Actor |
1980 | |||
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Sammy Stops the World
Book Author, Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1978 | |||
| 1975 | ||||
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Old Dracula
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1975 | |||
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Actor, Composer (Music Score) |
1975 | |||
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Summertree
Director |
1971 | |||
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1971 | |||
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Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Actor, Composer (Music Score), Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1969 | |||
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Sweet November
Actor, Songwriter |
1968 | |||
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Doctor Dolittle
Actor |
1967 | |||
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Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Play Author, Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
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Goldfinger
Songwriter |
1964 | |||
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Judy Garland: Judy Garland & Friends
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
| 1963 | ||||
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Play It Cooler
Actor |
1961 | |||
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In the Nick
Actor |
1960 | |||
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Jazz Boat
Actor, Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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Killers of Kilimanjaro
Actor |
1960 | |||
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Let's Get Married
Actor |
1960 | |||
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Idle on Parade
Actor |
1959 | |||
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Navy Heroes
Actor |
1959 | |||
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The Bandit of Zhobe
Actor |
1959 | |||
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The Heart of a Man
Actor |
1959 | |||
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The Lady Is a Square
Actor |
1959 | |||
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Tank Force
Actor |
1958 | |||
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The Man Inside
Actor |
1958 | |||
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Fire Down Below
Actor |
1957 | |||
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High Flight
Actor, Songwriter |
1957 | |||
| 1957 | ||||
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The Good Companions
Actor |
1957 | |||
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Port Afrique
Actor |
1956 | |||
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Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Actor |
1956 | |||
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The Last Man to Hang
Actor |
1956 | |||
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X the Unknown
Actor |
1956 | |||
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Above Us the Waves
Actor |
1955 | |||
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Blue Peter
Actor |
1955 | |||
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The Cockleshell Heroes
Actor |
1955 | |||
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Up to His Neck
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Top of the Form
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Those People Next Door
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Highly Dangerous
Actor |
1950 | |||
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Madeleine
Actor |
1950 | |||
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A Boy, a Girl and A Bike
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Actor |
1949 | |||
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Oliver Twist
Actor |
1948 | |||
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The Guinea Pig
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Vote for Huggett
Actor |
1948 | |||
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The Little Ballerina
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Vice Versa
Actor |
1947 |

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