Denis Quilley
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Avengers
1961
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Dr Leon Sterndale
1984
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Captain Waterhouse
1979
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1969
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
Churchill's People
King Charles II
1974
Series
ScreenPlay
Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
1986
Series
Dixon of Dock Green
John Richard Everitt
1955
Festival
Knight/Tempter
1963
Story Parade
Mike Weller
1964
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Foscarelli
1974
Series
Masada
General Marcus Quadratus
1981
Film
Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall
1982
Series
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Slasher Brown (voice)
1996
Series
Clayhanger
George Cannon
1976
Series
A.D.
Peter
1985
Series
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Dr Leon Sterndale
1986
Series
The Man in Room 17
Huston
1965
Series
Undermind
1965
Series
Timeslip
1970
Film
Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston
1969
Series
Number 10
William Ewart Gladstone
1983
Film
King David
Prophet Samuel
1985
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cosmo
1951
You're On Your Own
John Ryder
1975
Film
The Black Windmill
Bateson
1974
Noel's Telly Years
Self
1996
Contrabandits
1967
Series
The Marriage of Figaro
Bartolo
1994
Series
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999
Series
The Desperate People
Larry Martin
1963
Film
Mister Johnson
Bulteen
1991
Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd
1980
Series
Tonight at 8.30
Jasper
1991
Series
Armchair Theatre
Dick Sothers
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Bob
1956
Series
A Wanted Man
DCI Burrows
1989
Film
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Lord Curzon
1992
Film
Life at the Top
Ben
1965
Film
Sparrow
Baron Cesaro
1994
Film
Memed My Hawk
Rejeb
1984
Film
The Interrogation of John
Insp. Charteris
1987
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
Film
The Shell Seekers
Cosmo
1989
Film
In This House of Brede
Sir Richard
1975
Film
Foreign Body
Prime Minister
1986
Film
Privates on Parade
Acting Captain Terri Dennis
1983
Saturday Night Thriller
Carter
1982
Film
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
1982
Film
Orpheus in the Underworld
Jupiter / Napoleon III
1983
Film
Long Day's Journey Into Night
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
1973
Film
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Self
1984
The Crucible
Reverend Samuel Parris
1981
The Swindler
Dick Sothers
1963
Film
Iolanthe
Strephon
1966
The Gong Game
Bob
1965
A Walk in the Dark
Carter
1982