Denis Quilley

Born: 1927-12-26, Islington, London, England, UK

Died: 2003-10-05

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

• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• ScreenPlay (1986)
• Churchill's People (1974)
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
• Clayhanger (1976)
• Evil Under the Sun (1982)
• A.D. (1985)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Number 10 (1983)
• Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• The Black Windmill (1974)
• King David (1985)
• The Marriage of Figaro (1994)
• Memed My Hawk (1984)
• Mister Johnson (1991)
• Life at the Top (1965)
• Storia di una capinera (1994)
• Privates on Parade (1983)
• The Interrogation of John (1987)
• In This House of Brede (1975)
• A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
• Foreign Body (1986)
• Orpheus in the Underworld (1983)