Denis Quilley
Acting Born Dec 26, 1927 Islington, London, England, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Avengers (1961)
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Captain Waterhouse
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Dr Leon Sterndale
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as John Richard Everitt
- Churchill's People (1974) as King Charles II
- Festival (1963) as Knight/Tempter
- Story Parade (1964) as Mike Weller
- Masada (1981) as General Marcus Quadratus
- A.D. (1985) as Peter
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Foscarelli
- Clayhanger (1976) as George Cannon
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Cosmo
- Evil Under the Sun (1982) as Kenneth Marshall
- The Man in Room 17 (1965) as Huston
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996) as Slasher Brown (voice)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) as Dr Leon Sterndale
- Number 10 (1983) as William Ewart Gladstone
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) as Weston
- King David (1985) as Prophet Samuel
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Dick Sothers
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Bob