Actor
Denis Quilley
December 26, 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Vernon Dobtcheff
3 titles together
Murder on the Orient Express, Anne of the Thousand Days, Masada
Vanessa Redgrave
2 titles together
Murder on the Orient Express, Sparrow
Colin Blakely
2 titles together
Murder on the Orient Express, Evil Under the Sun
Diana Rigg
2 titles together
Evil Under the Sun, The Avengers
Edward Hardwicke
2 titles together
Sherlock Holmes, The Black Windmill
Roger Hammond
2 titles together
Sherlock Holmes, A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Full filmography · 46
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
as Archbishop
1999
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Slasher Brown (voice)
19966.3
The Marriage of Figaro
as Bartolo
1994
Tonight at 8.30
as Jasper
1991
A Wanted Man
as DCI Burrows
1989
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr Leon Sterndale
1986
ScreenPlay
as Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
1986Murder of a Moderate Man
cast
1985
A.D.
as Peter
1985
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr Leon Sterndale
19848.2
Number 10
as William Ewart Gladstone
1983
Masada
as General Marcus Quadratus
19817