Denis Quilley

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.

Birthday

Dec 26, 1927

Place of birth

Islington, London, England, UK

Deathday

Oct 5, 2003

Also known as

Denis Clifford Quilley
Денис Куилли

Credited in

As cast

Murder on the Orient Express
As Foscarelli
Evil Under the Sun
As Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
As Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
King David
As Prophet Samuel
Sparrow
As Baron Cesaro
In This House of Brede
As Sir Richard
Foreign Body
As Prime Minister
Mister Johnson
As Bulteen
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
As Lord Curzon
The Shell Seekers
As Cosmo
Memed My Hawk
As Rejeb
Long Day's Journey Into Night
As James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
The Black Windmill
As Bateson
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
As Self
The Interrogation of John
As Insp. Charteris
The Gong Game
No picture available
As Bob
Orpheus in the Underworld
As Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade
As Acting Captain Terri Dennis
The Crucible
No picture available
As Reverend Samuel Parris
Life at the Top
As Ben
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
As Self/Sweeney Todd
Anne of the Thousand Days
As Weston
A Walk in the Dark
No picture available
As Carter
The Swindler
No picture available
As Dick Sothers
Iolanthe
As Strephon