Denis Quilley
Known for: Acting
Born: December 26, 1927
Died: October 5, 2003
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
25 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999
6.3
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996NR
Noel's Telly Years
1996
NR
The Marriage of Figaro
1994
7.4
Sparrow
1994
6.3
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992NR
Rich Tea and Sympathy
1991
7.0
Tonight at 8.30
1991
6.2
Mister Johnson
1991
6.5
The Shell Seekers
1989
7.0
A Wanted Man
1989
NR
The Interrogation of John
1987
4.6
Foreign Body
1986
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
8.6
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
19867.0
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
5.4
A.D.
1985
5.7
King David
1985
NR
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984
6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
8.0
Orpheus in the Underworld
1983
4.9
Privates on Parade
1983
7.0
Number 10
1983NR
A Walk in the Dark
1982NR
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
6.9
Evil Under the Sun
1982
8.3
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
19823.7
The Crucible
1981
7.0
Masada
1981
9.0
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.0
Clayhanger
1976NR
You're On Your Own
1975
5.2
In This House of Brede
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
6.3
The Black Windmill
1974
7.0
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973
7.7
Timeslip
1970
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969NR
Contrabandits
1967
NR
Iolanthe
1966
5.9
Life at the Top
1965NR
The Gong Game
1965
6.3
The Man in Room 17
1965
7.5
Undermind
19658.0
Story Parade
1964NR
The Swindler
19638.0
Festival
1963
7.5
The Desperate People
1963
7.8
The Avengers
1961
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951