Actor profile

Denis Quilley

26th December 1927 Islington, London, England, UK Acting

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.

21 Movies 25 TV Shows 57 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sparrow poster

Sparrow 4th February 1994 as Baron Cesaro

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia poster

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 18th April 1992 as Lord Curzon

Mister Johnson poster

Mister Johnson 22nd March 1991 as Bulteen

The Shell Seekers poster

The Shell Seekers 3rd December 1989 as Cosmo

The Interrogation of John poster

The Interrogation of John 30th September 1987 as Insp. Charteris

Foreign Body poster

Foreign Body 26th September 1986 as Prime Minister

King David poster

King David 29th March 1985 as Prophet Samuel

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 poster

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 8th November 1984 as Self

Memed My Hawk poster

Memed My Hawk 10th May 1984 as Rejeb

Orpheus in the Underworld poster

Orpheus in the Underworld 29th December 1983 as Jupiter / Napoleon III

Privates on Parade poster

Privates on Parade 18th March 1983 as Acting Captain Terri Dennis

Evil Under the Sun poster

Evil Under the Sun 5th March 1982 as Kenneth Marshall

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' poster

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' 1st January 1982 as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical poster

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical 26th July 1980 as Self/Sweeney Todd

In This House of Brede poster

In This House of Brede 27th February 1975 as Sir Richard

Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express 22nd November 1974 as Foscarelli

The Black Windmill poster

The Black Windmill 17th May 1974 as Bateson

Long Day's Journey Into Night poster

Long Day's Journey Into Night 10th March 1973 as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.

Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Anne of the Thousand Days 18th December 1969 as Weston

Iolanthe poster

Iolanthe 27th March 1966 as Strephon

Life at the Top poster

Life at the Top 14th December 1965 as Ben

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes poster

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes 12th May 1999

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher poster

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher 2nd April 1996 as Slasher Brown (voice)

The Marriage of Figaro poster

The Marriage of Figaro 29th December 1994 as Bartolo

Tonight at 8.30 poster

Tonight at 8.30 14th April 1991 as Jasper

A Wanted Man poster

A Wanted Man 25th September 1989 as DCI Burrows

ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay 9th July 1986 as Det. Chief Insp. Burrows

The Return of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Return of Sherlock Holmes 9th July 1986 as Dr Leon Sterndale

A.D. poster

A.D. 31st March 1985 as Peter

Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes 24th April 1984 as Dr Leon Sterndale

Number 10 poster

Number 10 13th February 1983 as William Ewart Gladstone

Masada poster

Masada 5th April 1981 as General Marcus Quadratus

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected 24th March 1979 as Captain Waterhouse

Clayhanger poster

Clayhanger 1st January 1976 as George Cannon

Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People 30th December 1974 as King Charles II

Timeslip poster

Timeslip 28th September 1970

ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre 11th January 1969 as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.

The Man in Room 17 poster

The Man in Room 17 11th June 1965 as Huston

Undermind poster

Undermind 8th May 1965

The Desperate People poster

The Desperate People 24th February 1963 as Larry Martin

The Avengers poster

The Avengers 7th January 1961

No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place 16th September 1959

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Dick Sothers

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Bob

Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green 9th July 1955 as John Richard Everitt

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame 24th December 1951 as Cosmo