Denis Quilley
- Acting
- December 26, 1927 · Islington, London, England, UK
- October 5, 2003
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
Filmography
- Sir Bernard's Stately Homes · Archbishop
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher · Slasher Brown (Voice)
- Noel's Telly Years · Self
- The Marriage of Figaro · Bartolo
- Sparrow · Baron Cesaro
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia · Lord Curzon
- Rich Tea and Sympathy · George Rudge
- Tonight at 8.30 · Jasper
- Mister Johnson · Bulteen
- The Shell Seekers · Cosmo
- A Wanted Man · DCI Burrows
- The Interrogation of John · Insp. Charteris
- Foreign Body · Prime Minister
- ScreenPlay · Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes · Dr Leon Sterndale
- Murder of a Moderate Man
- A.D. · Peter
- King David · Prophet Samuel
- Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 · Self
- Memed My Hawk · Rejeb
- Sherlock Holmes · Dr Leon Sterndale
- Orpheus in the Underworld · Jupiter / Napoleon III
- Privates on Parade · Acting Captain Terri Dennis
- Number 10 · William Ewart Gladstone
- A Walk in the Dark · Carter
- Saturday Night Thriller · Carter
- Evil Under the Sun · Kenneth Marshall
- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' · Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
- The Crucible · Reverend Samuel Parris
- Masada · General Marcus Quadratus
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical · Self/Sweeney Todd
- Tales of the Unexpected · Captain Waterhouse
- Clayhanger · George Cannon
- You're On Your Own · John Ryder
- In This House of Brede · Sir Richard
- Churchill's People · King Charles II
- Murder on the Orient Express · Foscarelli
- The Black Windmill · Bateson
- Long Day's Journey Into Night · James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
- Timeslip
- Anne of the Thousand Days · Weston
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
- Contrabandits
- Iolanthe · Strephon
- Life at the Top · Ben
- The Gong Game · Bob
- The Man in Room 17 · Huston
- Undermind
- Story Parade · Mike Weller
- The Swindler · Dick Sothers
- Festival · Knight/Tempter
- The Desperate People · Larry Martin
- The Avengers
- No Hiding Place
- Armchair Theatre · Dick Sothers, Bob
- Dixon of Dock Green · John Richard Everitt
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Cosmo