
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.
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Filmography
Acting (50)
Movies (25)
Sparrow
1994as Baron Cesaro
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992as Lord Curzon
Mister Johnson
1991as Bulteen
The Shell Seekers
1989as Cosmo
The Interrogation of John
1987as Insp. Charteris
Foreign Body
1986as Prime Minister
King David
1985as Prophet Samuel
Memed My Hawk
1984as Rejeb
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984as Self
Orpheus in the Underworld
1983as Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade
1983as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
A Walk in the Dark
1982as Carter
Evil Under the Sun
1982as Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980as Self/Sweeney Todd
The Crucible
1980as Reverend Samuel Parris
In This House of Brede
1975as Sir Richard
Murder on the Orient Express
1974as Foscarelli
The Black Windmill
1974as Bateson
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969as Weston
Iolanthe
1966as Strephon
Life at the Top
1965as Ben
The Gong Game
1965as Bob
The Swindler
1963as Dick Sothers
Television (25)
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996as Slasher Brown (voice)
Noel's Telly Years
1996
The Marriage of Figaro
1994as Bartolo
A Wanted Man
1989as D.C.I. Burrows
A.D.
1985as Peter
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
Sherlock Holmes
1984as Dr Leon Sterndale
Number 10
1983as William Ewart Gladstone
Masada
1981as General Marcus Quadratus
Tales of the Unexpected
1979as Captain Waterhouse
Clayhanger
1976as George Cannon
Churchill's People
1974as King Charles II
Timeslip
1970Contrabandits
1967
The Man in Room 17
1965as Huston
Undermind
1965Story Parade
1964as Mike Weller
Festival
1963as Knight/Tempter
The Desperate People
1963as Larry Martin
The Avengers
1961
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956as Dick Sothers
Dixon of Dock Green
1955as John Richard Everitt
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Cosmo
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