Acting
Denis Quilley
IT, EN, SV cinema · 25 credits
Born
26 December 1927
Died
5 October 2003 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Islington, London, England, UK
Also known as Denis Clifford Quilley · Денис Куилли
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
Filmography
Sparrow
as Baron Cesaro
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Lord Curzon
Mister Johnson
as Bulteen
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo
The Interrogation of John
as Insp. Charteris
Foreign Body
as Prime Minister
King David
as Prophet Samuel
Memed My Hawk
as Rejeb
Orpheus in the Underworld
as Jupiter / Napoleon III
Privates on Parade
as Acting Captain Terri Dennis
Evil Under the Sun
as Kenneth Marshall
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
The Crucible
1981
The Crucible
as Reverend Samuel Parris
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Self/Sweeney Todd
In This House of Brede
as Sir Richard
Murder on the Orient Express
as Foscarelli
The Black Windmill
as Bateson
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
Iolanthe
as Strephon
The Swindler
1963
The Swindler
as Dick Sothers