Denis Quilley
Born December 26, 1927 · Islington, London, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Murder on the Orient Express
Evil Under the Sun
Anne of the Thousand Days
King David
In This House of Brede
The Black Windmill
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Memed My Hawk
Life at the Top
Sparrow
Mister Johnson
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
The Shell Seekers
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Interrogation of John
Foreign Body
Privates on Parade
Orpheus in the Underworld
TV Shows
Tales of the Unexpected
ScreenPlay
The Troubleshooters
Dixon of Dock Green
Churchill's People
The Man in Room 17
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Masada
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Clayhanger
Undermind
A.D.
Number 10
Armchair Theatre
Timeslip
The Marriage of Figaro
The Desperate People
Tonight at 8.30
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
