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

The Avengers

Sherlock Holmes

Tales of the Unexpected

No Hiding Place

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Dixon of Dock Green

Churchill's People

ScreenPlay

All Movies (25)

• Sparrow1994 · as Baron Cesaro
• A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992 · as Lord Curzon
• Mister Johnson1991 · as Bulteen
• The Shell Seekers1989 · as Cosmo
• The Interrogation of John1987 · as Insp. Charteris
• Foreign Body1986 · as Prime Minister
• King David1985 · as Prophet Samuel
• Magasinet Special: Chess 19841984 · as Self
• Memed My Hawk1984 · as Rejeb
• Orpheus in the Underworld1983 · as Jupiter / Napoleon III
• Privates on Parade1983 · as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
• A Walk in the Dark1982 · as Carter
• Evil Under the Sun1982 · as Kenneth Marshall
• The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'1982 · as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
• Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical1980 · as Self/Sweeney Todd
• The Crucible1980 · as Reverend Samuel Parris
• In This House of Brede1975 · as Sir Richard
• Murder on the Orient Express1974 · as Foscarelli
• The Black Windmill1974 · as Bateson
• Long Day's Journey Into Night1973 · as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
• Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Weston
• Iolanthe1966 · as Strephon
• Life at the Top1965 · as Ben
• The Gong Game1965 · as Bob
• The Swindler1963 · as Dick Sothers

All TV Shows (29)

• Sir Bernard's Stately Homes1999
• Dennis the Menace and Gnasher1996 · as Slasher Brown (voice)
• Noel's Telly Years1996
• The Marriage of Figaro1994 · as Bartolo
• A Wanted Man1989 · as DCI Burrows
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · as Dr Leon Sterndale
• Murder of a Moderate Man1985
• A.D.1985 · as Peter
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Dr Leon Sterndale
• Number 101983 · as William Ewart Gladstone
• Masada1981 · as General Marcus Quadratus
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Captain Waterhouse
• Clayhanger1976 · as George Cannon
• Churchill's People1974 · as King Charles II
• Timeslip1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
• Contrabandits1967
• The Man in Room 171965 · as Huston
• Undermind1965
• Story Parade1964 · as Mike Weller
• Festival1963 · as Knight/Tempter
• The Desperate People1963 · as Larry Martin
• The Avengers1961
• No Hiding Place1959
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Dick Sothers
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Bob
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as John Richard Everitt
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Cosmo