Actor
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. ...

Known For
Acting
1994 -- Sparrow | Baron Cesaro
1992 -- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Lord Curzon
1991 -- Mister Johnson | Bulteen
1989 -- The Shell Seekers | Cosmo
1987 -- The Interrogation of John | Insp. Charteris
1986 -- Foreign Body | Prime Minister
1985 -- King David | Prophet Samuel
1984 -- Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 | Self
1984 -- Memed My Hawk | Rejeb
1983 -- Orpheus in the Underworld | Jupiter / Napoleon III
1983 -- Privates on Parade | Acting Captain Terri Dennis
1982 -- A Walk in the Dark | Carter
1982 -- Evil Under the Sun | Kenneth Marshall
1982 -- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
1980 -- Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical | Self/Sweeney Todd
1980 -- The Crucible | Reverend Samuel Parris
1975 -- In This House of Brede | Sir Richard
1974 -- Murder on the Orient Express | Foscarelli
1974 -- The Black Windmill | Bateson
1973 -- Long Day's Journey Into Night | James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1969 -- Anne of the Thousand Days | Weston
1965 -- Life at the Top | Ben
1965 -- The Gong Game | Bob
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