Tony Wilson
Birthday
1950/02/20
Day of death
2007/08/10 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pendleton, Lancashire, UK
Also know as
Anthony H. Wilson
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 ...Read more
Acting
(2006) The Smiths: Under Review
as ---
(2010) Ian Dury: Rare And Unseen
as Himself
(2006) Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81
as Self
(1990) Madchester: The Sound of the North
as Self
(2005) Catch: The Hold Not Taken
as Narrator (voice)
(2005) A Cock and Bull Story
as Tony Wilson
(2006) Manchester Passion
as Himself
(2002) 24 Hour Party People
as Wheel of Fortune Director
(2000) The Alcohol Years
as Himself
(2009) Joy Division
as Self
(1976) Occupy!
as Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)
(1993) New Order Story
as Self
(1993) The Frontline
as Himself, Reporter at Siege
(2008) The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead - A Classic Album Under Review
as ---
(1986) New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs
as Himself
(2005) The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
as Himself
(1984) Factory: Play at Home
as Self
(2007) Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
as Himself
(2018) New Order: Decades
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Self (Archive Footage)
(2006) The Summer of Rave, 1989
as Self
(2011) Funny Up North
as Himself
(1973) Music Maker: Rory Gallagher
as Interviewer
(2004) The Keith Barret Show
as ---
(1997) Arthouse
as Self - Presenter
(2005) Banned in the UK
as Self
(1996) Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
(2014) Inside No. 9
as Uncredited, 'Granada Reports' footage