Anthony Quayle: movies and TV shows
Anthony Quayle has 96 credits in the archive: 61 films and 35 TV series, from 1938 to 2000. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1938 – 2000 · busiest year: 1956 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | King Nod (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 79 |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Lord Granville | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1989 | The Endless Game | Glanville | TV | — | 75 |
| 1989 | Confessional | Pope | TV | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1989 | The Endless Game | Glanville | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | François Villiers | TV | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1988 | Reaching for the Skies | Narrator - Himself | TV | 9.0 | 74 |
| 1988 | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Distinguished Gentleman | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 1988 | Buster | Sir James McDowell | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1988 | Magdalene | Father Noessler | Film | 3.9 | 74 |
| 1987 | The Best of British Cinema | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus | Oedipus | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Abdullah | Film | 5.0 | 71 |
| 1984 | Lace | Dr. Geneste | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Quintus | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1984 | The Heart of the Dragon | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1984 | The Eastern Front | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 1983 | Natural World | TV | 7.4 | 69 | |
| 1981 | Masada | Rubrius Gallus | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1981 | The Manions of America | Lord Montgomery | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1981 | Dial M for Murder | Insp. Hubbard | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 1980 | Cause for Celebration | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Kyros Kassoulas | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Sir Charles Warren | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 2 | Sir John Falstaff | Film | 8.5 | 65 |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 1 | Sir John Falstaff | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1978 | Ice Age | The Old Man | Film | — | 64 |
| 1978 | The Secret Life of Edward James | Readings | Film | — | 64 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | The Old Man | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 | Professor Griffith | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1976 | The Eagle Has Landed | Admiral Canaris | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1976 | The Story of David | King Saul | TV | — | 62 |
| 1976 | 21 Hours at Munich | Zvi Zamir | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1976 | Moses the Lawgiver | Aaron | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1976 | The Story of David | King Saul | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1975 | Moses the Lawgiver | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1974 | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | Dartmouth | TV | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Aaron | TV | — | 60 |
| 1974 | QB VII | Tom Banniester | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Jack Loder | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Jaggers | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | TV | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | Lord Minto | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1973 | Jarrett | Cosmo Bastrop | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 1972 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask | The King | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1970 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Narrator | TV | 8.1 | 56 |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Adam Strange | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 1969 | Mackenna's Gold | Older Englishman | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Wolsey | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1969 | Before Winter Comes | Brigadier Bewley | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1969 | Destiny of a Spy | Col. Malendin | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1968 | The Judgement of Albion | Voice | Film | — | 54 |
| 1968 | A Case of Libel | Colonel Douglas | Film | — | 54 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Daniel Bloch | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1967 | Misunderstood | Sir John Edward Duncombe | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1967 | See You at the Pillar | Film | 6.9 | 53 | |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Captain Vanderbilt | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1966 | Barefoot in Athens | King Pausanias of Sparta | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Bamford | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror | Doctor Murray | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Verulus | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1964 | East of Sudan | Private Baker | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Philip | TV | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Lord Thornton Yearley | TV | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Colonel Harry Brighton | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1962 | Man of the World | Dr. Moretti | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1962 | H.M.S. Defiant | Vizard | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Samurai | TV | — | 47 |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Maj. Roy Franklin | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1961 | The Rose Affair | Betumain | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | The General | TV | — | 46 |
| 1960 | The Challenge | Jim | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1959 | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | Slade | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1959 | Serious Charge | Reverend Howard Phillips | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1959 | The Scent of Fear | Colonel Kralik | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Captain van der Poel | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1958 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Dr. Frank Smith | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Graham | TV | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1957 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | Jim Preston | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Dr. Graham Seagrave | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 42 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host | TV | — | 42 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Harry Albert | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Betumain | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Colonel Kralik | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Frank D. O'Connor | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1956 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Robert Browning | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1955 | Oh... Rosalinda!! | Gen. Orlovsky | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | TV | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Pasusanias | TV | 8.8 | 37 |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Marcellus | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Durer | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1938 | Pygmalion | Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| I Am Pablo Neruda | Self | Film | — | — |