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For his character in The Wiggles, see Anthony Wiggle.


Anthony Donald Joseph Field (born May 8, 1963) is an Australian musician who is best known as the Blue Wiggle in The Wiggles and a member of the the 1980s and 1990s rock band The Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John and another future Wiggle, Jeff Fatt. He plays many musical instruments including the guitar, drums, vocals, violin, didgeridoo, banjo, bagpipes, trumpet, and bass. In the very early days of The Wiggles, Anthony was the green Wiggle, but permanently changed to blue due to his body disappearing with the green screen technology. He is the sixth tallest Wiggle (he is slightly shorter than Lachlan Gillespie and Sam Moran, and shorter than Murray Cook, Greg Page and Simon Pryce). He is the senior member of the group, and the only original member to remain since 1991.

Wiggles Media Credits[]

Albums[]

For a full list of songs written and arranged by Field, see Anthony Field Songs

Television and Video Releases[]

Produced, Directed, Wrote, and/or Executive Produced:

Character Roles[]

*Was uncredited for the role.

Trivia[]

  • Anthony wrote songs for other bands such as Radio Ink.
  • He went bald during the Wiggle Fun Tour!.
  • His new nickname came from Celeste Barber.
  • He had a voice appearance in three episodes of an Australian animated television series called Bluey, Dance Mode (as Postie) and Army and Cricket (as Rusty's Dad)
  • He is, by far, the longest-serving member of the Wiggles group.
    • This is particularly because Anthony is also the only Wiggles member to never retire from the group since Greg, Murray, Sam, and Jeff did.

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Field wasn't initially credited as co-writer for "Get Ready To Wiggle" and "Dorothy the Dinosaur", but was later revised to credit him.
  2. ↑ Field wasn't initially credited as co-writer for "Dorothy's Birthday Party", "I Love It When It Rains", "I Look In The Mirror", "Whenever I Hear This Music" and "Tidy Up Song", but was later revised to credit him.
  3. ↑ Songs originally from The Wiggles' World, where Field is credited as a music producer.
  4. ↑ All of Field's songwriting and arrangement credits were donated to Brendan Nikolajew.

Sources[]

  1. ↑ End credits of the first two episodes of the web series.
  2. ↑ End credits of the original episode.

Other Information[]

Anthony is the youngest of 7 children, and grew up in the suburbs of Sydney. He came from a long line of musicians, especially the women in his family. His great-great aunt was "Queenie Paul", known for performing at the Tivoli theatre in Sydney, and his grandmother Kathleen accompanied silent movies in the mining town of Cobar. Field's mother Marie made sure that all of her seven children learned how to play at least one musical instrument. In 1979, while still in secondary school (St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, a prestigious boarding school), he and his brothers formed the pop culture rock band, "The Cockroaches" in which he was their guitarist.

He took a short break from music to serve in the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Australia's regular army from 1982 to 1985, as an infantry soldier, medic, and rifleman. He played the bagpipes in parades and on training missions. When The Cockroaches disbanded in the early 90s, Field enrolled in Macquarie University to study Early Childhood Education. There he met the other members of The Wiggles, guitarist Murray Cook, vocalist Greg Page, and pianist Phillip Wilcher. He recruited keyboardist Jeff Fatt to record their first CD in 1991. Anthony worked as a preschool teacher for two years before the success of The Wiggles forced him to quit.

In the early years, Anthony occasionally wore a green shirt. He volunteered to switch to blue, as his body was invisible in videos that were green-screened. Anthony created and played the original Captain Feathersword; the role was taken over by Paul Paddick in 1996. He plays several instruments, including the tin whistle, bagpipes, guitar, drums, trumpet, violin, and didgeridoo. Anthony's act is eating a lot.

In spite of being named as "Bachelor of the Year" in Cleo Magazine, Field married Michaela Patisteas, a former dancer whose family owns a coffee joint, in 2003. They have three children, who have joined the Field family tradition of involvement in The Wiggles by appearing in several of their TV shows and videos. In the Wiggly Safari tour in 2003 in the US, Anthony had to go into a hernia operation, so that means he had to miss the tour, so he was filled in by Brett Clarke. In April 2007, Field cut short his US tour by ten days to return home for the birth of his youngest child; his fellow bandmembers appeared on the U.S. version of Deal or No Deal without him. Beginning in 2007, Anthony did some voiceover work for the TV show "RSPCA Animal Rescue," for Channel 7 in Australia.

Anthony is a registered breeder of miniature fox terriers. He is a fan of the Australian rugby league club the Wests Tigers, as well as of singer Julio Iglesias. Field went public about his experience with clinical depression in mid 2007 to draw more attention to the condition. He has stated that "being on the road is a dangerous job for someone with depression," but has dealt with it through diet, exercise, talking about it, and having a good support system (including his wife, and his friend Murray Cook).

Anthony is a devout Catholic. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2010 for service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities.

According to Surfer Jeff, Anthony and Antonio is allergic to peanut butter. But in Taking Off!, Anthony is seen eating peanut butter in the music video for its self titled song. People aren't really sure if Anthony is actually allergic to peanut butter, or if the allergy is just a made up characteristic for the Blue Wiggle.

Murray, Anthony, Greg and Phillip at Macquarie University used to get together in the music room jam on songs like Polly Put The Kettle On.

Anthony's near departure[]

Despite his band's success, founding member Anthony Field almost quit the group in 2004, shortly after his marriage and the birth of his first child, due to his serious medical issues, which were worsened by the Wiggles' demanding tour schedule. After meeting chiropractor James Stoxen in Chicago, Field improved his health to the point that he was able to continue. He began to hire teams of chiropractors for himself, his fellow bandmembers and cast members in every city they performed, which he credited with making it possible for them to fulfil their touring requirements.[1]


Characters
Main Characters
The Wiggles (current)
 Anthony Wiggle (since 1991) • Lachy Wiggle (since 2013) • Tsehay Wiggle (since 2021) • Simon Wiggle (since 2013)
The Wiggles (secondary)
 Evie Wiggle (since 2021) • Lucia Wiggle (since 2022) • Caterina Wiggle (since 2022) • John Wiggle (since 2021)
The Wiggles (former)
 Murray Wiggle (1991-2012) • Jeff Wiggle (1991-2012) • Greg Wiggle (1991-2006; 2012) • Phillip Wiggle (1991-1992) • Sam Wiggle (2006-2012) • Emma Wiggle (2013-2021) • Kelly Wiggle (secondary; 2021-2022)
The Wiggly Friends
 Dorothy the Dinosaur (since 1991) • Henry the Octopus (since 1992) • Captain Feathersword (since 1993) • Wags the Dog (since 1995) • Shirley Shawn the Unicorn (since 2019)
Supporting Characters
Officer Beaples (1997-2000, 2006, 2013-present) • Bok the Hand Puppet (since 2021) • Paloma the Mermaid (since 2021) • The Tree of Wisdom (since 2022) • Buddy (since 2024)
Minor Characters
Flora Door (1999-2000, 2021) • Hot-Pots The Oven (1999-2006, 2023) • Foodman (1998, 2004, 2009, 2023) • Foodgirl (2023) • Fiona The Circus Leader (2010) • The Little Wiggles (1997, 1999, 2005-2006, 2015, 2017, 2020) • Magdalena the Mermaid (2002, 2006, 2020) • Professor Singalottasonga (1999, 2005-2006) • Ringo the Ringmaster (2009-2012) • Santa Claus (since 1997) • The Wagettes (1997-1999, 2003) • Wally the Great (1997) • The Wiggly Dancers (since 2000)
Selected Guest Stars
Christine Anu (2000, 2016) • Morgan Crowley (2001, 2017) • Lee Hawkins (2014) • Paul the Cook (Paul Hester) (1998) • The Irwins - Steve, Terri, Bindi and Robert (2002, 2017, 2024) • Kylie Minogue (2009, 2017) • Robert Rakete (2014-2015, 2021) • Alfonso Rinaldi (2002-2006, 2012) • Al Roker (2011) • Leo Sayer (2008) • Daryl Somers (2011) • Ross Wilson (2003, 2017)
  1. ↑ A. Field, pp. 81–82
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