Denis Quilley

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Captain Waterhouse

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Sherlock Holmes

(1984) Dr Leon Sterndale

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A.D.

(1985) Peter

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Dixon of Dock Green

(1955) John Richard Everitt

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

(1951) Cosmo

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Masada

(1981) Marcus Quadratus

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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

(1996) Slasher Brown (voice)

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Murder on the Orient Express

(1974) Foscarelli

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1999	N/A	Sir Bernard's Stately Homes 1999-05-12 TV Show
1996	Slasher Brown (voice)	Dennis the Menace and Gnasher 1996-04-02 TV Show
	N/A	Noel's Telly Years 1996-01-08 TV Show
1994	Bartolo	The Marriage of Figaro 1994-12-29 TV Show
	Baron Cesaro	Sparrow 1994-02-04 Movie
1990	Bulteen	Mister Johnson 1990-09-08 Movie
	Lord Curzon	A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990-04-18 Movie
1989	Cosmo	The Shell Seekers 1989-12-03 Movie
1987	Insp. Charteris	The Interrogation of John 1987-09-30 Movie
1986	Prime Minister	Foreign Body 1986-09-26 Movie
1985	N/A	Murder of a Moderate Man 1985-08-06 TV Show
	Peter	A.D. 1985-03-31 TV Show
	Prophet Samuel	King David 1985-03-29 Movie
1984	Self	Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 1984-11-08 Movie
	Rejeb	Memed My Hawk 1984-05-10 Movie
	Dr Leon Sterndale	Sherlock Holmes 1984-04-24 TV Show
1983	Acting Captain Terri Dennis	Privates on Parade 1983-03-18 Movie
	N/A	Number 10 1983-02-13 TV Show
1982	Kenneth Marshall	Evil Under the Sun 1982-03-05 Movie
	Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall	The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Marcus Quadratus	Masada 1981-04-05 TV Show
1980	Self/Sweeney Todd	Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical 1980-07-26 Movie
	Reverend Samuel Parris	The Crucible 1980-01-01 Movie
1979	Captain Waterhouse	Tales of the Unexpected 1979-03-24 TV Show
1975	Sir Richard	In This House of Brede 1975-02-27 Movie
1974	Foscarelli	Murder on the Orient Express 1974-11-22 Movie
	Bateson	The Black Windmill 1974-05-17 Movie
1973	James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.	Long Day's Journey Into Night 1973-03-10 Movie
1970	N/A	Timeslip 1970-09-28 TV Show
1969	Weston	Anne of the Thousand Days 1969-12-18 Movie
1967	N/A	Contrabandits 1967-09-22 TV Show
1965	Ben	Life at the Top 1965-12-14 Movie
	N/A	Undermind 1965-05-08 TV Show
1961	N/A	The Avengers 1961-01-07 TV Show
1959	N/A	No Hiding Place 1959-09-16 TV Show
1955	John Richard Everitt	Dixon of Dock Green 1955-07-09 TV Show
1951	Cosmo	Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv