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Denis Quilley
English actor and singer (1927-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 75
Denis Clifford Quilley was an English actor and singer. From a family with no theatrical connections, Quilley was determined from an early age to become an actor.
Denis Quilley is read about 94 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Sir Bernard's Stately HomesSeries, Archbishop1994
SparrowFilm, Baron Cesaro1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaFilm, Lord Curzon1991
Tonight at 8.30Series, Jasper1989
The Shell SeekersFilm, Cosmo1987
The Interrogation of JohnFilm, Insp. Charteris1985
A.D.Series, Peter
King DavidFilm, 1985Prophet Samuel1984
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984Film1983
Orpheus in the UnderworldFilm, Jupiter / Napoleon III1981
MasadaSeries, General Marcus QuadratusThe CrucibleFilm, 1981Reverend Samuel Parris1980
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Scenes from the Making of a MusicalFilm1976
ClayhangerSeries, George Cannon1975
In This House of BredeFilm, Sir Richard1973
Long Day's Journey Into NightFilm, James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.1970
TimeslipSeries1969
Anne of the Thousand DaysFilm, Weston1965
The Man in Room 17Series, Huston
Life at the TopFilm, 1965Ben1963The SwindlerFilm, Dick Sothers1961
The AvengersSeries1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Dick Sothers1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Cosmo1927Born26 December 1927People around Denis
Close ties
Bruce Beresford Directed King David and Mister Johnson
Peter Ustinov Directed Memed My Hawk (1984)
Vanessa Redgrave Also in Sparrow and Murder on the Orient Express
Diana Rigg Also in In This House of Brede (1975)
Franco Zeffirelli Directed Sparrow (1993)
James Mason Also in Evil Under the Sun and A.D.
Don Siegel Produced The Black Windmill (1977)
Guy Hamilton Directed Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Anne of the Thousand Days (1970)
Anthony Quayle Also in Anne of the Thousand Days and Masada
Georges Delerue Wrote Anne of the Thousand Days (1970)
Edward Woodward Also in King David and Mister Johnson
Paul Freeman Also in A.D. (1984)
Charles Jarrott Directed Anne of the Thousand Days (1970)
Richard D. Zanuck Produced The Black Windmill (1977)
Vernon Dobtcheff Also in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
John Castle Also in Sparrow and King David- Boris Sagal Directed Masada (1981)
- Nicholas Clay Also in Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- T. P. McKenna Also in Anne of the Thousand Days (1973)
Franc Roddam Directed Cleopatra (1999)- Stuart Cooper Directed A.D. (1984)
- Michael Elphick Also in Privates on Parade and Memed My Hawk
- Simon Dutton Also in Memed My Hawk and King David
Known for
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Anne of the Thousand Days 1969
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
Evil Under the Sun 1982
The Black Windmill 1974
King David 1985
Filmography 25
58 credits on file
Television 24
Awards
About this person
He was taken on by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in his teens, and 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.
