Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-12-26

Deathday

2003-10-05 (75 years old)

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

7.1%

Murder on the Orient Express

Nov 22, 1974

6.9%

Evil Under the Sun

Mar 5, 1982

8.1%

Sherlock Holmes

Apr 24, 1984

7.7%

The Avengers

Jan 7, 1961

7.1%

Anne of the Thousand Days

Dec 18, 1969

6.2%

The Black Windmill

May 17, 1974

5.6%

King David

Mar 29, 1985

7.1%

Masada

Apr 5, 1981

6.7%

Tales of the Unexpected

Mar 24, 1979

6.3%

Mister Johnson

Mar 22, 1991

7.7%

Sparrow

Feb 4, 1994

4.7%

Privates on Parade

Mar 18, 1983

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Acting

1999

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

1996		Dennis the Menace and Gnasher as Slasher Brown (voice)
1996		Noel's Telly Years

1994		The Marriage of Figaro as Bartolo
1994		Sparrow as Baron Cesaro

1992

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia as Lord Curzon

1991

Mister Johnson as Bulteen

1989		The Shell Seekers as Cosmo
1989		A Wanted Man as D.C.I. Burrows

1987

The Interrogation of John as Insp. Charteris

1986

Foreign Body as Prime Minister

1985		Murder of a Moderate Man
1985		A.D. as Peter
1985		King David as Prophet Samuel

1984		Magasinet Special: Chess 1984 as Self
1984		Memed My Hawk as Rejeb
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

1982		A Walk in the Dark as Carter
1982		Evil Under the Sun as Kenneth Marshall
1982		The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall