Denis Quilley
Biography
Denis Clifford Quilley was an English actor. From a family with no theatrical connections, Quilley was determined from an early age to become an actor and was taken on by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in his teens. After a break for compulsory military service he began a West End career in 1950, succeeding Richard Burton in "The Lady's Not For Burning". In the 1950s he appeared in revue, musicals, operetta and on television as well as in classic and modern drama in the theatre.
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Movies (25)
Sparrow
as Baron Cesaro
1994
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Lord Curzon
1992
Mister Johnson
as Bulteen
1991
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo
1989
The Interrogation of John
as Insp. Charteris
1987
Foreign Body
as Prime Minister
1986
King David
as Prophet Samuel
1985
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
as Self
1984
Memed My Hawk
as Rejeb
1984
Orpheus in the Underworld
as Jupiter / Napoleon III
1983
Privates on Parade
as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
1983
A Walk in the Dark
as Carter
1982
Evil Under the Sun
as Kenneth Marshall
1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
1982
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Self/Sweeney Todd
1980
The Crucible
as Reverend Samuel Parris
1980
In This House of Brede
as Sir Richard
1975
Murder on the Orient Express
as Foscarelli
1974
The Black Windmill
as Bateson
1974
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1973
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Weston
1969
Iolanthe
as Strephon
1966
Life at the Top
as Ben
1965
The Gong Game
as Bob
1965
The Swindler
as Dick Sothers
1963
TV Shows (24)
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Slasher Brown (voice)
1996
Noel's Telly Years
1996
The Marriage of Figaro
as Bartolo
1994
A Wanted Man
as D.C.I. Burrows
1989
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
A.D.
as Peter
1985
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr Leon Sterndale
1984
Number 10
as William Ewart Gladstone
1983
Masada
as General Marcus Quadratus
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
as Captain Waterhouse
1979
Clayhanger
as George Cannon
1976
Churchill's People
as King Charles II
1974
Timeslip
1970
Contrabandits
1967
The Man in Room 17
as Huston
1965
Undermind
1965
Story Parade
as Mike Weller
1964
Festival
as Knight/Tempter
1963
The Desperate People
as Larry Martin
1963
The Avengers
1961
No Hiding Place
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
as John Richard Everitt
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cosmo
1951