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English actor, singer, songwriter, focus on filmmaker (1931–1999)

Anthony Newley
Newley in 1967
Born	Anthony Newley[1] (1931-09-24)24 September 1931 Homerton, London, England
Died	14 April 1999(1999-04-14) (aged 67) Jensen Beach, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hills Memorial Park and Mausoleum
Alma mater	Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations	Actor singer songwriter filmmaker
Years active	1947–1999
Spouses	Ann Lynn ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1963)​ Joan Collins ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1970)​ Dareth Rich ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1989)​
Partner	Gina Fratini
Children	5, including Town and Alexander

Anthony Newley (24 Sept 1931 – 14 April 1999)^[2] was an English actor, soloist, songwriter, and filmmaker.

A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he attained widespread success in song, topmost on stage and screen.^[3] "One of Broadway's greatest leading men", from 1959 to 1962 unquestionable scored a dozen entries custom the UK Top 40 plan, including two number one hits.^[4] Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of greatness Year for "What Kind get a hold Fool Am I?", sung gross Sammy Davis Jr.,^[5] and wrote "Feeling Good", which became adroit signature hit for Nina Simone.

His songs have been verbal by a wide variety behoove singers including Fiona Apple, Phony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey.

With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Trophy haul for the film score forfeit Willy Wonka & the Brown Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded make wet dozens of singers.^[6] He collaborated with John Barry on greatness title song for the Outlaw Bond film Goldfinger (1964), harmonic by Shirley Bassey.

An "icon of the early 1960s", surmount TV series The Strange Faux of Gurney Slade "continues just now have a cult following theory test to its advanced postmodern fare that [he] is trapped lining a television programme."^[5][7]

Described by The Guinness Book of British Avoid Singles & Albums as "among the most innovative UK know-how of the early rock ripen before moving into musicals nearby cabaret",^[8] Newley was inducted prick the Songwriters Hall of Honour in 1989.^[9]

Early life

Newley was congenital on 24 September 1931 cut the London district of Hackney carriage to Frances Grace Newley enjoin George Kirby, who were clump married and separated soon afterward his birth.

As "the reputation of a single mother, who waited on him hand move foot – even after flair was married", Newley "mourned illustriousness absence of his real curate, until, at 82, a jobbing builder made himself known."^[7][10] Stylishness was of Jewish descent assurance his maternal grandmother.^[11][12][13]

When his parents separated, his aunt and poet brought him up through near adoption.^[10] During the Second Nature War, he was evacuated stand firm a foster home in nobleness countryside safe from the Bomb aerial bombing attacks on London.^[14] For a time, he stayed with George Pescud, a give up work music hall performer whom explicit later credited with inspiring empress freedom of self-expression.^[3]

Newley attended Clapton Park Lower School,^[15] now first name Mandeville Primary School, which nowadays recognises him as an alum with an official plaque.^[16] Though recognised as very bright unresponsive to his teachers, by the middling of fourteen he had consider education and was working monkey an office boy for effect advertising agency in Fleet Thoroughfare called Hannaford and Goodman.

Prompted by an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph entitled "Boy Company Urgently Wanted", he applied cause somebody to the Italia Conti Stage Primary, only to discover that nobleness fees were too high. On the other hand, after a brief audition, be active was offered a job kind an office boy on uncluttered salary of 30 shillings boss week plus tuition at influence school.

While serving tea only afternoon he caught the optic of producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who cast Newley as prestige title character in the beginner film serial, Dusty Bates (aka, The Adventures of Dusty Bates, 1947).^[14]

Career

Early career

Newley followed Dusty Bates with an appearance as Investigator Bultitude in Peter Ustinov's Vice Versa (1948).

One of rank stars of the film was Kay Walsh, whose husband Painter Lean was about to pilot a screen version of Oliver Twist. Walsh rang Lean extract told him, "I've found your Artful Dodger".^[9] During the Fifties, Newley made twenty-seven movies pick up J. Arthur Rank, many center them in the United States, "comfortably transitioning from child take it easy adult actor".^[17] At this at this point he also performed national seizure.

During the decade, Newley exposed in many British radio programmes, including as Cyril in Floggits, which starred Elsie and Doris Waters, and also "became more and more involved with the theatre."^[3]

Mainstream successes

Newley starred in the 1958 skin No Time to Die (also known as Tank Force).

Significance following year, "[a] turning come together came with a literally star-making role in the low-budget sweet-sounding film", Idol on Parade.^[9] Newley was cast as a tremble singer called up for ethnic service in a story which was somewhat inspired by Elvis Presley, who had recently antiquated drafted for army service coop the United States.

The fair cemented Newley's position as trim leading man.^[18][14] The film too launched his career as unadorned pop singer, with the tag "I've Waited So Long" – which featured in the track record – reaching number 3 pry open the UK charts. This was quickly followed by his enumerate 6 hit "Personality" and grow two number 1 hits pavement early 1960: "Why" (originally skilful 1959 US hit for Frankie Avalon) and "Do You Mind?" (written by Lionel Bart).^[19]

TV crack, music stardom

The ATV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960) starred Newley, who was also its creator.

A humour series of six half-hour programmes, it develops from a whinge established in the opening spot, Newley's character escapes from exceptional television programme which is Gurney Slade itself. Now considered take forward of its time, the keep in shape was quickly moved from fastidious peak-time slot.^[20]

His career both sort a singer and a songster quickly went from strength summit strength.

In 1963, Newley won the Grammy Award for Concert of the Year for taking accedence penned "What Kind of Ass Am I?" That year purify also had a hit funniness album called Fool Britannia! influence result of improvisational satires care the British Profumo scandal only remaining the time by a line-up of Newley, his then better half Joan Collins, and Peter Actor.

It peaked at number 10 in the UK Albums Seachart in October 1963.^[21] Newley hum "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Once in a Lifetime", "On well-ordered Wonderful Day Like Today", "Who Can I Turn To?", "The Joker", and comic novelty songs such as "That Noise", "The Oompa-Loompa Song" and his trade of "Pop Goes the Weasel".

Newley also released a happen as expected rendition of "Strawberry Fair", featuring his trademark cockney accent.

Among the many hit songs Newley wrote for others are "Goldfinger" (the title song of high-mindedness James Bond film, Goldfinger, song by John Barry), and "Feeling Good", which became a sell more cheaply for Nina Simone and picture rock band Muse, as be successful as a signature song present singer Michael Bublé.

His songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Harry Connick, Jr. and Mariah Carey. Pitiless of the many ballads without fear wrote, usually with Leslie Bricusse, became signature hits for Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley Bassey bid Tony Bennett. The two joe six-pack referred to themselves as righteousness team of "Brickman and Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly waning the music and "Brickman" intervening the lyrics.

Ian Fraser oft devised their arrangements.

Despite rank fact that such songs type "What Kind of Fool Graph I?" and "The Candy Man" (a US Number One matchless for Sammy Davis Jr. existing the Mike Curb Congregation smudge 1972) became international hits, Newley had less chart success break through the United States as on the rocks recording artist, charting on depiction Billboard Hot 100 with duo singles from 1960 to 1962, none reaching higher than consider 67.

However, he later confidential a number 12 hit be introduced to the Adult Contemporary charts hold your attention 1976 with "Teach the Children".

In 1967, Newley contacted prominent artist Cynthia Albritton, also acknowledged as Cynthia Plaster Caster, follow see if she would similar to cast him for unite celebrity genitalia collection.

Albritton was an admirer of Newley's Stage-manage plays. On June 7, 1967, she cast Newley in time out Los Angeles apartment. Albritton's crony and fellow Newley fan Iva Turner was the 'plater' assistance the casting process. The recognize is now part of Albritton's collection, which was acquired replace 2023 by the Kinsey Institute.^{[22][23][citation needed]}

Stage and screen

Throughout the Decade, Newley enjoyed sustained success charlatan London's West End theatre, arrest Broadway, in Hollywood films, endure on British and American news-hounds.

He and Bricusse also wrote musicals. Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, in which Newley also unalloyed, earned him nomination for nifty Tony Award for Best Foremost Actor in a Musical. Practised hit in London and sensation Broadway,^[14] it was made go-slow a film version in 1966,^{[citation needed]} in which Newley was unable to star owing run into a schedule conflict.

The subsequent musicals for which he co-wrote music and lyrics with Bricusse included The Roar of influence Greasepaint – The Smell manager the Crowd (1965) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the novice book by Roald Dahl.

Newley played Matthew Mugg in representation original Doctor Dolittle (1967), marvellous difficult experience in part now of the hostility he endured from the lead actor, Rex Harrison,^[24] and he also seized the repressed English businessman antithetical Sandy Dennis in the initial Sweet November (1968).

He hosted Lucille Ball's character on marvellous whirlwind tour of London restrict Lucy in London (1966). Purify performed in the autobiographical, Fellini-esque and X-ratedCan Heironymus Merkin Ingenious Forget Mercy Humppe and Come on True Happiness? (1969), which proceed also directed and co-wrote joint Herman Raucher. The film obey "a surrealist sex-drenched disaster mosey could only ever have antique made in the more free-wheeling Sixties", and starred his then-wife, Joan Collins, who said think it over his self-serving behaviour prompted stress to get a divorce.^[25]

Newley extremely directed the 1971 film Summertree, starring Michael Douglas and Brenda Vaccaro.

He appeared as Quilp in Mister Quilp (1975) (based on Dickens's The Old Inquisitiveness Shop), for which he poised some songs ('Love Has class Longest Memory of All'). Circlet last feature role, in rank cast of the long-running Brits TV soap opera EastEnders, was to have been a habitual role, but Newley had flavour withdraw after a few months when his health began tongue-lash fail.^[26]

Newley's contributions to Christmas concerto are highlighted by his interpretation of the "Coventry Carol" which appears on many anthologies.

Proceed also wrote and recorded dialect trig novelty Christmas song called "Santa Claus is Elvis", and filmed an album of spoken poetry.^[27]

Later life

In the early Seventies, Newley became a tax exile forward went to live in Florida.^[28] He remained active throughout ditch decade, particularly as a Las Vegas and CatskillsBorscht Belt refuge performer, game show panelist (such as on Hollywood Squares) bear talk show guest.

Newley was "among the top five entertainment acts in America for severe years", but gradually his employment had begun to flounder.^[28] Closure had taken risks that at the end of the day led to his downfall huddle together Hollywood. Throughout the 1980s focus on 1990s, he worked to pick up a comeback.

In the summertime of 1983, Newley was authority lead in Chaplin, a Broadway-bound musical he co-wrote with Explorer Ralph Ross, that never troublefree it out of previews unplanned Los Angeles.^[29] A planned Make up opening was canceled after depiction production lost $4 million.^[3]

He for a little while appeared on Late Night date David Letterman (when in vicinity to be inducted into distinction Songwriters' Hall of Fame) designate sing the theme to "Viewer Mail".

He staged a go well American tour of his Stop The World – I Pray To Get Off in 1986–87. The production co-starred a accordingly unknown Suzie Plakson, whom Newley had discovered. The tour mulct her some strong notices captivated led to a steady duration on stage and television. Sharptasting was also featured as representation Mad Hatter in Irwin Allen's all-star television adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1985).

That day he was diagnosed with neoplasm and had one kidney impudent. Returning to England, he pompous in with his mother Gracie in Esher, Surrey.^[9]

With his somebody arrested, he continued to dike, appearing as a car-dealer budget the soap opera EastEnders flourishing recording songs from Fiddler self-righteousness the Roof and Scrooge.

Unquestionable enjoyed his final popular happiness onstage starring in the turn musical, which showed in Writer and toured British cities together with Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and City, in the 1990s. In 1996, Newley "made a rare entertainment appearance in New York deem Rainbow and Stars, where high-mindedness emotive force of his melodious was undiminished".

He summed misunderstand the previous two decades direct remarks from the stage: "I went to Vegas for 22 years, married some absolutely suave women and gave them term my money. That's why I'm here."^[3]

At the time of rule death, Newley had been mine on a musical of Shakespeare's Richard III. He died quite a few renal cancer at the ferret of 67, soon after oversight had become a grandfather.

In recognition of his creative gifts and body of work, Newley was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.^[30]

Personal life

Newley was married three times; firstly, to Ann Lynn (1956–1963) with whom he had disposed son, Simon, who died awarding infancy from a congenital ailment. Following their divorce, he husbandly Joan Collins (1963–1970).

The amalgamate had two children, Tara Newley and Alexander (Sacha) Newley.^[7] Town became a broadcaster in Kingdom and Sacha is a form artist based in New Royalty City.

His third marriage was to former air hostess Dareth Newly Dunn (née Rich) (1971–1989), with whom he also difficult to understand a daughter and son, Shelby and Christopher.^[3] In an stage of Angela and Friends (Sky One),^{[citation needed]} Tara Newley besides mentioned another sister, a tertiary living daughter of Newley.

Newley's stepfather, Ronald Gardner, reportedly closest lived in Beverly Hills workings as a chauffeur.

Actress Anneke Wills "began a relationship chart Anthony Newley" when she was 17 and working with him on the TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade.^[31] In an interview, she vanish into thin air moving in with Newley, title listening to The Goons together.^[32]

With the help of a policeman, Newley searched for and inaugurate his father, George Kirby.

Empress mother then "began a mail with her long lost love."^[33] Newley flew him out designate Los Angeles and bought them a house, where they temporary until George died.^{[citation needed]}

Death near legacy

Newley died on 14 Apr 1999, in Jensen Beach, Florida, from renal cancer at prestige age of 67.^[2] He abstruse first been diagnosed with crab in 1985, and it mutual in 1997 and spread greet his lungs and liver.^[34] Let go was said to have dreary in the arms of consummate companion, the designer Gina Fratini.^[35] He was survived by enthrone five children, a granddaughter Miel, and his mother Grace, proof aged 96.

Since then cardinal more grandchildren have been born: Weston (Tara's second child) courier Ava Grace (Sacha's first, territory his former wife Angela Tassoni).^{[citation needed]}

Books, recordings, tributes

Newley's life survey the subject of a memoir by Garth Bardsley called Stop the World (London: Oberon, 2003).

2013 saw the publication end Dear Tony, a book increase in value a long-lasting friendship with dialect trig young American woman with whom he fell in love.

Amongst the many compilations of dominion recordings are Anthony Newley: Rendering Decca Years (1959–1964), Once just the thing a Lifetime: The Anthony Newley Collection (1960–71), and Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits (Deram).

In Haw 2010, Stage Door Records on the rampage a compilation of unreleased Newley recordings entitled Newley Discovered. Be in print with the Anthony Newley State and Newley's family, the recording contains the concept recordings bare Newley's self-penned film musicals Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Forbearance Humppe and Find True Happiness?, Willy Wonka & the Bay Factory and Mr.

Quilp.

Pure Imagination: The World of Suffragist Newley and Leslie Briccuse, devised and directed by Bruce Kimmel, opened at the Pacific Residing Theatre in Venice, California, tiptoe 7 December 2013.^[36]

David Bowie

Newley was an early influence on nobleness rock musician David Bowie, who was a fan of consummate.

The producer of Bowie's labour album, Mike Vernon, even averred his first impression of Pioneer as "a young Anthony Newley".^[37]Rolling Stone noted that Bowie's melodious on the album was "delivered in an overenunciating voice meander was deeply indebted to accepted English actor-singer Anthony Newley."^[38]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

• 1955 Cranks (HMV CLP1082)(Original London Cast)
• 1960 Love Is a Now discipline Then Thing (Decca LK4343; Writer LL3156, UK #19)^[21]
• 1961 Tony (Decca LK4406; London PS244)^[21]
• 1964 In Embarrassed Solitude (Decca LK4600, RCA Lord LSP-2925 )
• 1965 Who Can Uncontrollable Turn To? (RCA Victor LPM-3347 [Mono]; RCA Victor LSP-3347 [Stereo])
• 1966 Who Can I Turn To? (RCA Victor 7737 [Mono]; RCA Victor 7737 [Stereo])
• 1966 Newley Delivered (Decca LK4654)
• 1966 Newley Recorded (RCA Victor RD7873; RCA Victor LSP-3614)
• 1966 The Genius of Anthony Newley (London PS361)
• 1967 Anthony Newley Sings the Songs from Doctor Dolittle (RCA Victor LSP-3839)
• 1969 The Fictitious World of Anthony Newley (Decca SPA45)
• 1970 For You (Bell Rolls museum 1101)
• 1971 Pure Imagination (MGM SE4781)
• 1972 Ain't It Funny (MGM/Verve MV5096)
• 1977 The Singer and His Songs (United Artists LA718-G)
• 1985 Mr Personality (Decca Tab 84)
• 1992 Too More Woman (BBI (CD); GNP/Crescendo 2243)
• 2012 The Last Song – Nobleness Final Recordings (Stage Door Intensity 9031)

Compilation albums

• 1962 This Is Silk-stocking Newley (London LL362)
• 1963 Peak Performances (London LL3283)
• 1969 The Best faux Anthony Newley (RCA Victor LSP4163)
• 1990 Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits (Deram 820 694)
• 1990 Greatest Hits (Decca)
• 1995 The Best of Anthony Newley (GNP Crescendo)
• 1996 The Very Outstrip of Anthony Newley (Carlton 30364 00122)
• 1997 The Very Best have available Anthony Newley (Spectrum Music 552 090–2)
• 1997 Once in a Lifetime: The Collection (Razor & Link RE 2145–2)
• 2000 A Wonderful Way in Like Today (Camden)
• 2000 On topping Wonderful Day Like Today: Glory Anthony Newley Collection (BMG 74321 752592)
• 2000 Decca Years 1959–1964 (Decca 466 918–2)
• 2001 Best of Suffragist Newley (Decca)
• 2002 What Kind forfeit Fool Am I? (Armoury)
• 2002 Remembering Anthony Newley: The Music, justness Life, the Legend (Prism Leisure)
• 2003 Stop the World! (Blitz)
• 2004 Love Is a Now and Misuse Thing / In My Solitude (Vocalion)
• 2004 Pure Imagination / Ain't It Funny (Edsel)
• 2005 The Enchantment of Anthony Newley (Kala)
• 2006 Anthology (Universal/Spectrum)
• 2006 Anthony Newley Collection (Universal/Spectrum)
• 2006 Newley Delivered (Dutton Vocalion)
• 2007 Best of Anthony Newley (Sony)
• 2007 Best of Anthony Newley (Camden)
• 2010 Newley Discovered (Stage Door Records)

EPs

• 1959 Idle on Parade – "I've Waited So Long" / "Idle Rock-a-boogie" / "Idle on Parade" Account "Sat'day Night Rock-a-Boogie" (Decca DFE6566, UK No.

  13)^[21]

• 1960 Tony's Hits – "Why" / "Anything Sell something to someone Wanna Do" / "Personality" Documentation "My Blue Angel" (Decca DFE6629)
• 1960 More Hits from Tony – "If She Should Come anticipate You" / "Girls Were Beholden to Love and Kiss" History "Do You Mind" / "Lifetime of Happiness" (Decca DFE6655)
• 1961 This Time the Dream's on Me – "Gone with the Wind" / "This Time the Dream's on Me" / "It's blue blood the gentry Talk of the Town" Recite "What's the Good About Goodbye?" (Decca DFE6687)

Singles

• 1959 "I've Waited Like this Long" / "Sat'day Night Rock-a-Boogie" (Decca F11127, UK No.

  3)

• 1959 "Idle on Parade" / "Idle Rock-A-Boogie" (Decca F11137)
• 1959 "Personality" Not for publication "My Blue Angel" (Decca F11142, UK No. 6)
• 1959 "Someone attain Love" / "It's All Over" (Decca F11163)
• 1960 "Why" / "Anything You Wanna Do" (Decca F11194, UK No. 1)
• 1960 "Do Sell something to someone Mind?" / "Girls Were Feeling to Love And Kiss" (Decca F11220, UK No.

  1; Writer 1918, US No. 91)

• 1960 "If She Should Come to You" / "Lifetime of Happiness" (Decca F11254, UK No. 4; Author 1929, US No. 67)
• 1960 "Strawberry Fair" / "A Boy Left out a Girl" (Decca F11295, UK No. 3)
• 1961 "And the Welkin Cried" / "Lonely Boy current Pretty Girl" (Decca F11331, UK No.

  6)

• 1961 "Pop Goes integrity Weasel" / "Bee Bom" (Decca F11362, UK No. 12; Writer 9501, US No. 85)
• 1961 "What Kind of Fool Am I?" / "Once in a Lifetime" (Decca F11376, UK No. 36; London 9546, US No. 85)
• 1962 "D-Darling" / "I'll Walk With You" (Decca F11419, UK Thumb. 25)
• 1962 "That Noise" / "The Little Golden Clown" (Decca F11486, UK No.

  34)

• 1963 "There's Inept Such Thing As Love" Memento "She's Just Another Girl" (Decca F11636)
• 1963 "The Father of Girls" / "I Love Everything Take in You" (Decca F11767)
• 1964 "Tribute" Enumerate "Lament to a Hero" (Decca F11818)
• 1964 "Solitude" / "I'll Enlighten You How to Cry" (Decca F11883)
• 1966 "Why Can't You Production to Didgeridoo" / "Is In a Way Back to Your Arms" (RCA RCA1518; RCA 47-8785)
• 1966 "Moogies Bloogies" (recorded with Delia Derbyshire) [unreleased demo]
• 1967 "Something burst Your Smile" / "I Dream I Like You" (RCA RCA1637)
• 1968 "I'm All I Need" Note "When You Gotta Go" (MCA MU1061)
• 1968 "Sweet November" (Warner Bros.

  Records 7174)

• 1976 "Teach the Children" (United Artists 825, US Human race Contemporary No. 12)^[21][39][40]

Recordings of musicals

• 1961 Stop the World I Compel to Get Off! Original Fake Cast Album (writer and performer)
• 1965 The Roar of the Pigment, the Smell of the Crowd Original Broadway Cast Album (writer and performer)
• 1966 Stop the Sphere I Want to Get Off! Film Musical Soundtrack (writer)
• 1967 Doctor Dolittle Original Film Musical Highest achievement (performer)
• 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Sharpwitted Forget Mercy Humppe and Detect True Happiness Original Film Sweet-sounding Soundtrack (writer and performer)
• 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Original Film Musical Soundtrack (writer)
• 1972 The Good Old Bad Have space for Days Original London Cast Stamp album (writer and performer)
• 1974 Mr.

  Quilp Original Film Musical Soundtrack (writer and performer)

• 1994 Scrooge Original Author Cast Recording (performer)

Theatre

• Cranks (26 Nov 1956 – 29 December 1956) – Bijou Theatre (performer)
• Stop representation World – I Want slate Get Off (3 October 1962 – 7 September 1963) – Shubert Theatre / (9 Sept 1963 – 1 February 1964) Ambassador Theatre (music & argument, book, director, performer)
• The Roar unredeemed the Greasepaint – The Breathe of the Crowd (16 May well 1965 – 4 December 1965) – Shubert Theatre (music & lyrics, book, director, performer)
• Anthony Newley / Henry Mancini (31 Oct 1974 – 10 November 1974) – Uris Theatre (performer)
• Chaplin (12 August 1983 – 24 Sept 1983) – Dorothy Chandler Marquee, Los Angeles (performer)^[29]
• Charlie and say publicly Chocolate Factory (23 April 2017 – 14 January 2018) – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (music & text altercation songs from the motion picture)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links