
Actor
Denis Quilley
Born 1927 · Islington, London, England, UK
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.
Acting

Murder on the Orient Express
Foscarelli · 1974

Sherlock Holmes
Dr Leon Sterndale · 1984

Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall · 1982

Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston · 1969

Masada
General Marcus Quadratus · 1981

The Black Windmill
Bateson · 1974

Tales of the Unexpected
Captain Waterhouse · 1979

Sparrow
Baron Cesaro · 1994

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cosmo · 1951

King David
Prophet Samuel · 1985

Mister Johnson
Bulteen · 1991

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall · 1982

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Slasher Brown (voice) · 1996

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Lord Curzon · 1992

Life at the Top
Ben · 1965
Festival
Knight/Tempter · 1963
Story Parade
Mike Weller · 1964

Orpheus in the Underworld
Jupiter / Napoleon III · 1983

Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd · 1980

The Shell Seekers
Cosmo · 1989

The Desperate People
Larry Martin · 1963

Long Day's Journey Into Night
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr. · 1973

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr. · 1969

Number 10
William Ewart Gladstone · 1983