Tony Wilson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday20 February 1950
Died10 August 2007 (age 57)
Place of birthPendleton, Lancashire, UK
Known credits38
Biography
Anthony Howard "Tony" Wilson was an English record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. As the head of Factory Records and one of the owners of the infamous Hacienda nightclub, Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands and was known as Mr Manchester. His day job as a broadcaster saw him present programmes such as regional news show Granada Reports, music showcase So It Goes, World in Action, After Dark, Remote Control, Granada Upfront and the Politics Show to name but a few. His …
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Self (Archive Footage)
New Order: Decades
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Funny Up North
2011 · Himself
Ian Dury: Rare and Unseen
2010 · Himself
Joy Division
2009 · Self
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
2009 · Self
The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review
2008
Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
2007 · Himself
Control
2007 · Co-Producer
The Smiths: Under Review
2006
Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
2006 · Self
Manchester Passion
2006 · Himself
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006 · Self
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Tony Wilson
Banned in the UK
2005 · Self
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
2005 · Himself
Catch: The Hold Not Taken
2005 · Narrator (voice)
The Keith Barret Show
2004
That Tony Wilson
2002 · Self
24 Hour Party People
2002 · Studio Director
The Alcohol Years
2000 · Himself
Searching for Roger Taylor
2000 · Self
Arthouse
1997 · Self - Presenter
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self
New Order Story
1993 · Self
The Frontline
1993 · Himself, Reporter at Siege
Madchester: The Sound of the North
1990 · Self
New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs
1986 · Himself
The Durutti Column: Domo Arigato
1986 · Producer
New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs
1986 · Director
The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
1986 · Self
New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs - Live in Tokyo
1986 · Director
Factory: Play at Home
1984 · Self
Play At Home
1984 · Self
No City Fun
1979 · Producer
Occupy!
1976 · Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)
Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
1973 · Interviewer
World in Action
1963
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