Anthony Quayle
British actor (1913-1989) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Sir John Anthony Quayle was a British actor. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
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The Bourne IdentitySeries, François Villiers
BusterFilm, 1988Sir James McDowell1983
Natural WorldSeries1981
Dial M for MurderFilm, Insp. Hubbard1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Kyros Kassoulas1977
Holocaust 2000Film, Professor Griffith1976
21 Hours at MunichFilm, Zvi Zamir1975Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1974
Moses the LawgiverSeries, Aaron1972
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to AskFilm, The King1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIIISeries, Narrator1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, Daniel Bloch
MisunderstoodFilm, 1967Sir John Edward Duncombe1965
A Study in TerrorFilm, Doctor Murray1962
Man of the WorldSeries, Dr. Moretti
H.M.S. DefiantFilm, 1962Vizard1960Sunday-Night PlaySeries, The General
The ChallengeFilm, 1960Jim1959
Serious ChargeFilm, Reverend Howard Phillips1957
Woman in a Dressing GownFilm, Jim Preston1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Harry Albert1955
Oh... Rosalinda!!Film, Gen. Orlovsky1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Pasusanias1938
PygmalionFilm, Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)1913Born7 September 1913People around Anthony
J. Lee Thompson Directed The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Omar Sharif Also in Mackenna's Gold and The Tamarind Seed- Emeric Pressburger Produced The Battle of the River Plate (1957)
- Sylvia Syms Also in The Tamarind Seed and Ice Cold in Alex
Robert Riettii Also in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)- Terence Young Directed The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
Michael Powell Produced The Battle of the River Plate (1957)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Anne of the Thousand Days (1970)
Dimitri Tiomkin Produced Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Carl Foreman Produced The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Woody Allen Directed Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (1973)
Laurence Olivier Directed Hamlet (1948)
Alec Guinness Also in Lawrence of Arabia and H.M.S. Defiant
Irene Papas Also in Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
Paul L. Smith Also in Moses the Lawgiver and Masada- Boris Sagal Directed Masada (1981)
- Allan Cuthbertson Also in The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Andrew Ray Also in Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
Norman Wooland Also in Hamlet and The Guns of Navarone
Charles H. Joffe Produced Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (1973)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The Wrong Man (1957)
Sophia Loren Also in Operation Crossbow (1965)
Christopher Lee Also in Hamlet and The Battle of the River Plate
Ennio Morricone Wrote Moses the Lawgiver and Holocaust 2000
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Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Misunderstood 1967
Hamlet 1948
The Guns of Navarone 1961
Ice Cold in Alex 1958
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He also played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), QB VII (1974) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Quayle was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours.
