Portrait of Denis Quilley

Denis Quilley

Acting

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.

Born: December 26, 1927

Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, UK

Filmography

1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

as Slasher Brown (voice)

1994
Sparrow

as Baron Cesaro

1991
Mister Johnson

as Bulteen

1989
1989
A Wanted Man

as D.C.I. Burrows

1987
The Interrogation of John

as Insp. Charteris

1986
Foreign Body

as Prime Minister

1985
A.D.

as Peter

1985
King David

as Prophet Samuel

1984
1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Dr Leon Sterndale

1983
Orpheus in the Underworld

as Jupiter / Napoleon III

1983
Privates on Parade

as Acting Captain Terri Dennis

1983
Number 10

as William Ewart Gladstone

1982
Evil Under the Sun

as Kenneth Marshall

1982
1981
Masada

as General Marcus Quadratus

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Captain Waterhouse

1976
Clayhanger

as George Cannon

1975
1974
1973
Long Day's Journey Into Night

as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.

1966
Iolanthe

as Strephon

1965
1965
1963
The Desperate People

as Larry Martin

1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as John Richard Everitt