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.
Filmography
Sparrow
1994
as Baron Cesaro
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as Lord Curzon
Mister Johnson
1991
as Bulteen
The Shell Seekers
1989
as Cosmo
The Interrogation of John
1987
as Insp. Charteris
Foreign Body
1986
as Prime Minister
King David
1985
as Prophet Samuel
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984
as Self
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Rejeb
Orpheus in the Underworld
1983
as Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade
1983
as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
- No poster
A Walk in the Dark
1982
as Carter
Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
- No poster
The Crucible
1981
as Reverend Samuel Parris
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980
as Self/Sweeney Todd
In This House of Brede
1975
as Sir Richard
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Foscarelli
The Black Windmill
1974
as Bateson
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973
as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Weston
Iolanthe
1966
as Strephon
Life at the Top
1965
as Ben
- No poster
The Gong Game
1965
as Bob