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