Denis Quilley
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 26, 1927 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
| 1999 | Sir Bernard's Stately Homes | |
| 1996 | Noel's Telly Years | |
| 1996 | Dennis the Menace and GnasherSlasher Brown (voice) | |
| 1994 | SparrowBaron Cesaro | |
| 1994 | The Marriage of FigaroBartolo | |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaLord Curzon | |
| 1991 | Mister JohnsonBulteen | |
| 1989 | The Shell SeekersCosmo | |
| 1989 | A Wanted ManD.C.I. Burrows | |
| 1987 | The Interrogation of JohnInsp. Charteris | |
| 1986 | Foreign BodyPrime Minister | |
| 1985 | King DavidProphet Samuel | |
| 1985 | Murder of a Moderate Man | |
| 1985 | A.D.Peter | |
| 1984 | Memed My HawkRejeb | |
| 1984 | Magasinet Special: Chess 1984Self | |
| 1984 | Sherlock HolmesDr Leon Sterndale | |
| 1983 | Orpheus in the UnderworldJupiter / Napoleon III | |
| 1983 | Privates on ParadeActing Captain Terri Dennis | |
| 1983 | Number 10William Ewart Gladstone | |
| 1982 | Evil Under the SunKenneth Marshall | |
| 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall | |
| 1982 | A Walk in the DarkCarter | |
| 1981 | MasadaGeneral Marcus Quadratus | |
| 1980 | The CrucibleReverend Samuel Parris | |
| 1980 | Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a MusicalSelf/Sweeney Todd | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedCaptain Waterhouse | |
| 1976 | ClayhangerGeorge Cannon | |
| 1975 | In This House of BredeSir Richard | |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient ExpressFoscarelli | |
| 1974 | The Black WindmillBateson | |
| 1974 | Churchill's PeopleKing Charles II | |
| 1973 | Long Day's Journey Into NightJames 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr. | |
| 1970 | Timeslip | |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand DaysWeston | |
| 1967 | Contrabandits | |
| 1966 | IolantheStrephon | |
| 1965 | The Gong GameBob | |
| 1965 | Life at the TopBen | |
| 1965 | Undermind | |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17Huston | |
| 1964 | Story ParadeMike Weller | |
| 1963 | The SwindlerDick Sothers | |
| 1963 | The Desperate PeopleLarry Martin | |
| 1963 | FestivalKnight/Tempter | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreDick Sothers | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreBob | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock GreenJohn Richard Everitt | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameCosmo |