Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 26, 1927
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Denis Clifford Quilley
- Денис Куилли
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.
Known For - Movies
Murder on the Orient Express
as Foscarelli
Evil Under the Sun
as Kenneth Marshall
King David
as Prophet Samuel
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Weston
The Black Windmill
as Bateson
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
Mister Johnson
as Bulteen
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Lord Curzon
Foreign Body
as Prime Minister
Known For - TV Shows
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr Leon Sterndale
The Avengers
Tales of the Unexpected
as Captain Waterhouse
Festival
as Knight/Tempter
No Hiding Place
Churchill's People
as King Charles II
Story Parade
as Mike Weller
A.D.
as Peter
Dixon of Dock Green
as John Richard Everitt
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Slasher Brown (voice)