Tony Wilson

Actor

Born: February 20, 1950
Died: August 10, 2007 (age 57)
From: Pendleton, Lancashire, UK

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…

Filmography (29)

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
The Smiths: Under Review (2006)
Shadowplayers: Factory Records and Manchester Post-Punk 1978-81 (2006)
Self
Manchester Passion
Manchester Passion (2006)
Himself
The Summer of Rave, 1989 (2006)
Self
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Tony Wilson
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith (2005)
Himself
Catch: The Hold Not Taken
Catch: The Hold Not Taken (2005)
Narrator (voice)
That Tony Wilson (2002)
Self
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Studio Director
The Alcohol Years (2000)
Himself
Searching for Roger Taylor
Searching for Roger Taylor (2000)
Self
New Order Story (1993)
Self
The Frontline
The Frontline (1993)
Himself, Reporter at Siege
Madchester: The Sound of the North (1990)
Self
New Order: Pumped Full of Drugs (1986)
Director
The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
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
Occupy! (1976)
Self - Granada Reports (archive footage)(uncredited)
Music Maker: Rory Gallagher (1973)
Interviewer