Anthony Quayle
- Acting
- September 7, 1913 · Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- October 20, 1989
Biography
Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor who was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He also played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), QB VII (1974) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Quayle was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- The Thief and the Cobbler · King Nod (Voice)
- King of the Wind · Lord Granville
- Confessional · Pope
- The Endless Game · Glanville
- The Endless Game · Glanville
- Magdalene · Father Noessler
- Buster · Sir James McDowell
- Reaching for the Skies · Narrator - Himself
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker · Distinguished Gentleman
- The Bourne Identity · François Villiers
- The Best of British Cinema · Self
- Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus · Oedipus
- The Key to Rebecca · Abdullah
- The Eastern Front · Narrator
- The Last Days of Pompeii · Quintus
- Lace · Dr. Geneste
- The Heart of the Dragon · Narrator
- Natural World
- The Manions of America · Lord Montgomery
- Dial M for Murder · Insp. Hubbard
- Masada · Rubrius Gallus
- Cause for Celebration · Narrator
- Henry IV Part 2 · Sir John Falstaff
- Henry IV Part 1 · Sir John Falstaff
- Tales of the Unexpected · Kyros Kassoulas
- Murder by Decree · Sir Charles Warren
- Ice Age · The Old Man
- The Secret Life of Edward James · Readings
- Holocaust 2000 · Professor Griffith
- BBC2 Play of the Week · The Old Man
- 21 Hours at Munich · Zvi Zamir
- The Eagle Has Landed · Admiral Canaris
- The Story of David · King Saul
- The Story of David · King Saul
- Moses the Lawgiver · Aaron
- Moses the Lawgiver
- Moses the Lawgiver · Aaron
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin · Dartmouth
- The Tamarind Seed · Jack Loder
- QB VII · Tom Banniester
- Great Expectations · Jaggers
- The Evil Touch
- Bequest to the Nation · Lord Minto
- Jarrett · Cosmo Bastrop
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask · The King
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII · Narrator
- Anne of the Thousand Days · Wolsey
- Destiny of a Spy · Col. Malendin
- Strange Report · Adam Strange
- Mackenna's Gold · Older Englishman
- Before Winter Comes · Brigadier Bewley
- The Judgement of Albion · Voice
- A Case of Libel · Colonel Douglas
- ITV Playhouse · Daniel Bloch
- Misunderstood · Sir John Edward Duncombe
- See You at the Pillar
- Barefoot in Athens · King Pausanias of Sparta
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower · Captain Vanderbilt
- A Study in Terror · Doctor Murray
- Operation Crossbow · Bamford
- East of Sudan · Private Baker
- The Fall of the Roman Empire · Verulus
- Espionage · Philip
- Lawrence of Arabia · Colonel Harry Brighton
- The Saint · Lord Thornton Yearley
- Man of the World · Dr. Moretti
- H.M.S. Defiant · Vizard
- The Rose Affair · Betumain
- The Guns of Navarone · Maj. Roy Franklin
- Drama 61-67 · Samurai
- Sunday-Night Play · The General
- The Challenge · Jim
- The Scent of Fear · Colonel Kralik
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure · Slade
- Serious Charge · Reverend Howard Phillips
- Ice Cold in Alex · Captain van der Poel
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk · Dr. Frank Smith
- No Time for Tears · Dr. Graham Seagrave
- Suspicion · Graham