Denis Quilley

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1927

Day of Death

2003-10-05

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Islington, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Denis Clifford Quilley

Денис Куилли

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.

Known For

Sherlock Holmes

Tales of the Unexpected

The Man in Room 17

Dixon of Dock Green

Murder on the Orient Express

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Evil Under the Sun

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Filmography

1994
Sparrow
as Baron Cesaro
1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Lord Curzon
1991
Mister Johnson
as Bulteen
1989
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo
1987
The Interrogation of John
as Insp. Charteris
1986
Foreign Body
as Prime Minister
1985
King David
as Prophet Samuel
1984
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
as Self
Memed My Hawk
as Rejeb
1983
Orpheus in the Underworld
as Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade
as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
1982
A Walk in the Dark
as Carter
Evil Under the Sun
as Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
1980
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Self/Sweeney Todd
The Crucible
as Reverend Samuel Parris
1975
In This House of Brede
as Sir Richard
1974
Murder on the Orient Express
as Foscarelli
The Black Windmill
as Bateson
1973
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Weston
1966
Iolanthe
as Strephon
1965
Life at the Top
as Ben
The Gong Game
as Bob
1963
The Swindler
as Dick Sothers