Biography
Denis Quilley
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 the…
Career works
52
Movies
25
Series
27
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
12/26/1927
Place of birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Date of death
10/05/2003
Filmography highlights
Movies
Sparrow
1994 · 7.4
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992 · 6.4
Mister Johnson
1991 · 6.2
The Shell Seekers
1989 · 6.5
The Interrogation of John
1987
Foreign Body
1986 · 4.6
King David
1985 · 5.6
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
1984
Memed My Hawk
1984 · 6.0
Orpheus in the Underworld
1983 · 8.0
Privates on Parade
1983 · 4.9
Evil Under the Sun
1982 · 6.9
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982 · 8.3
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980 · 8.0
In This House of Brede
1975 · 5.2
Series
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
1999 · 7.3
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996 · 6.3
The Marriage of Figaro
1994
A Wanted Man
1989 · 7.0
ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0
A.D.
1985 · 5.4
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · 8.2
Number 10
1983 · 7.0
Masada
1981 · 7.0
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8
Clayhanger
1976 · 6.0
Churchill's People
1974 · 5.0
Timeslip
1970 · 7.7
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0
The Man in Room 17
1965 · 6.3