Denis Quilley
Acting
December 26, 1927
Islington, London, England, UK
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.
Movies
Iolanthe
1966
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Evil Under the Sun
1982
Foreign Body
1986
The Black Windmill
1974
King David
1985
Orpheus in the Underworld
1983
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Mister Johnson
1991
Memed My Hawk
1984
The Shell Seekers
1989
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
In This House of Brede
1975
Sparrow
1994
Life at the Top
1965
Privates on Parade
1983
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973
The Interrogation of John
1987
TV Shows
The Avengers
1961
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
No Hiding Place
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Masada
1981
A.D.
1985
Churchill's People
1974
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
Number 10
1983
The Man in Room 17
1965
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Marriage of Figaro
1994
Clayhanger
1976
The Desperate People
1963
A Wanted Man
1989
Timeslip
1970
Undermind
1965
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999