Denis Quilley
Acting
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.
Filmography 56
Movies (25)
Sparrow1994Baron Cesaro
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992Lord Curzon
Mister Johnson1991Bulteen
The Shell Seekers1989Cosmo
The Interrogation of John1987Insp. Charteris
Foreign Body1986Prime Minister
King David1985Prophet Samuel
Magasinet Special: Chess 19841984Self
Memed My Hawk1984Rejeb
Orpheus in the Underworld1983Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade1983Acting Captain Terri Dennis- A Walk in the Dark1982Carter
Evil Under the Sun1982Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'1982Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical1980Self/Sweeney Todd- The Crucible1980Reverend Samuel Parris
In This House of Brede1975Sir Richard
Murder on the Orient Express1974Foscarelli
The Black Windmill1974Bateson
Long Day's Journey Into Night1973James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
Anne of the Thousand Days1969Weston
Iolanthe1966Strephon
Life at the Top1965Ben- The Gong Game1965Bob
- The Swindler1963Dick Sothers
Shows (31)
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes1999
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher1996Slasher Brown (voice)- Noel's Telly Years1996
The Marriage of Figaro1994Bartolo
Tonight at 8.301991Jasper
A Wanted Man1989DCI Burrows
ScreenPlay1986Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986Dr Leon Sterndale- Murder of a Moderate Man1985
A.D.1985Peter
Sherlock Holmes1984Dr Leon Sterndale
Number 101983William Ewart Gladstone- Saturday Night Thriller1982Carter
Masada1981General Marcus Quadratus
Tales of the Unexpected1979Captain Waterhouse
Clayhanger1976George Cannon- You're On Your Own1975John Ryder
Churchill's People1974King Charles II
Timeslip1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.- Contrabandits1967
The Man in Room 171965Huston
Undermind1965- Story Parade1964Mike Weller
- Festival1963Knight/Tempter
The Desperate People1963Larry Martin
The Avengers1961
No Hiding Place1959
Armchair Theatre1956Dick Sothers
Dixon of Dock Green1955John Richard Everitt