Denis Quilley
Acting
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
1994Sparrow
Baron Cesaro
1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Lord Curzon
1991Mister Johnson
Bulteen
1989The Shell Seekers
Cosmo
1987The Interrogation of John
Insp. Charteris
1986Foreign Body
Prime Minister
1985King David
Prophet Samuel
1984Memed My Hawk
Rejeb
1984Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Self
1983Orpheus in the Underworld
Jupiter / Napoleon III
1983Privates on Parade
Acting Captain Terri Dennis
1982Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall
1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
1980Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd
1975In This House of Brede
Sir Richard
1974Murder on the Orient Express
Foscarelli
1974The Black Windmill
Bateson
1973Long Day's Journey Into Night
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1969Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston
1966Iolanthe
Strephon
1965Life at the Top
Ben