Denis Quilley Biography (1927-)
Born December 26, 1927, in London, England; son of Clifford Charles and Ada Winifred (maiden name, Stanley) Quilley; married Stella Chapman, 1949; children: one son, two daughters.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- December 26, 1927
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Lyngstrand, The Lady from the Sea, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, Birmingham, England, 1945
- (London debut) Richard, The Lady's Not for Burning, Globe Theatre,London, 1950
- Leasing Seaman Kendall, Red Dragon, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1950
- Richard Shelton, Black Arrow, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1950-1951
- Gratiano, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Theatre, 1950-1951
- Mathias, Point of Departure, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1951
- Airs on a Shoestring, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1953
- Geoffrey Morris, Wild Thyme, Duke of York's Theatre, 1955
- Laurie, A Girl Called Jo, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1955
- Tom Wilson, Grab Me a Gondola, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London,1957
- Brassbound, Captain Brassbound's Conversion, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1958
- Orlando, As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1958
- Title role, Candide, Saville Theatre, London, 1959
- Mike Polaski, Bachelor Flat, Piccadilly Theatre, 1960
- Mark Raven, Wildest Dreams, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, England,1960
- Nestor-le-Fripe, Irma La Douce, Lyric Theatre, London, 1961, then(Broadway debut) Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1961
- Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Open Air Theatre, London, 1963
- Antipholus of Ephesus, The Boys from Syracuse, Drury Lane Theatre,London, 1963
- Charles Condamine, High Spirits, Savoy Theatre, London, 1964
- Archie Rice, The Entertainer, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1969
- Title role, Macbeth, Nottingham Playhouse, 1969
- Krogstad, A Doll's House, Gardner Center, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex, England, 1970
- Alec Hurley, Sing a Rude Song, Greenwich Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, both London, 1970
- Aufidius, Coriolanus, National Theatre, London, 1971
- Scofield, Tyger, National Theatre, 1971
- Jamie, Long Day's Journey into Night, National Theatre, 1971
- Bolingbroke, Richard II, National Theatre, 1972
- Crabtree, The School for Scandal, National Theatre, 1972
- Hildy Johnson, The Front Page, National Theatre, 1972
- Banquo, Macbeth, National Theatre, 1972
- Title role, Macbeth, National Theatre, 1974
- Lopakhin, The Cherry Orchard, National Theatre, 1974
- Luigi Ianiello, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, National Theatre, 1974
- Andrew Ford, The Party, National Theatre, 1974
- Caliban, The Tempest, National Theatre, 1975
- John Tanner, Man and Superman, Arnaud Theatre, Guilford, England,1975
- Claudius, Hamlet, Old Vic Theatre, then Lyttelton Theatre, both London, 1975
- Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1976
- Bajazeth and Callapine, Tamburlaine the Great, Olivier Theatre, London, 1976
- Captain Terri Dennis, Privates on Parade, Aldwych Theatre, London,1977, then Piccadilly Theatre, 1978
- Reverend James Morell, Candida, Albery Theatre, London, 1977
- Title role, Sweeney Todd, Drury Lane Theatre, 1980
- The White Devil, Olivier Theatre, 1991
- Sweeney Todd, National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 1993
- Pozzo, Waiting for Godot, Old Vic Theatre, 1997
- Sir John Vesey, Money, Olivier Auditorium, National Theatre, 1999
- Eli Whitney, Anything Goes (musical), Olivier Theatre, 2002
- Major Tours
- Fabian, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Theatre Company, Italian cities, 1950
- Nestor-le-Fripe, Irma La Douce, U.S. cities, 1962
- Robert Browning, Robert and Elizabeth, Australian cities, 1966
- Film Appearances
- (As Dennis Quilley) Ben, Life at the Top, Sony Pictures Releasing,1965
- Anne of the Thousand Days (also known as Anne of a Thousand Days), Universal, 1970
- Fiscarelli, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974
- Bateson, The Black Windmill, Universal, 1974
- Captain Kenneth Marshall, Evil under the Sun, Universal, 1982
- Acting Captain Terri Dennis, Privates on Parade, 1982
- Rejeb, Memed My Hawk (also known as The Lion and the Hawk),1983
- Samuel, King David, Paramount, 1985
- Prime minister, Foreign Body, Orion, 1986
- Bulteen, Mister Johnson, Avenue Entertainment, 1991
- Baron Cesaro, Storia di una capinera (also known as Sparrow), 1993
- Television Appearances
- Miniseries
- Marcus Quadratus, Masada (also known as The Antagonists), ABC, 1981
- Peter, A.D. (also known as A.D.--Anno Domini), NBC, 1985
- Ned Corman, "After the War," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1990
- Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro, 1995
- (As Dennis Quilley) Negotiator senator, Cleopatra, ABC, 1999
- Specials
- Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, 1955
- James "Jamie" Tyrone, Jr., Long Day's Journey into Night, ABC, 1973
- Cosmo, "The Shell Seekers," Hallmark Hall of Fame, ABC, 1989
- Lord Curzon, "A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia," Great Performances, PBS, 1992
- Episodic
- Wilton, "Return to Danger," The Vise, 1957
- Minter, "Cry Wolf," The Vise, 1957
- Huston, "Black Anniversary," The Man in Room 17, 1965
- Group Captain Miles, "What the Butler Saw," The Avengers, 1966
- Dr. Leon Sterndale, "The Devil's Foot," The Return of Sherlock Holmes,Series II, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1988
- Archbishop, "Browning Abbey," Sir Bernard's Stately Homes, BBC (England), 1999
- Also appeared as George Cannon, Clayhanger, BBC.
- Other
- Sir Richard, In this House of Brede (movie), CBS, 1975
- Reverend Hale, The Crucible, 1980
- Marius Melville, Cassidy, 1989
- (In archive footage) Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love, 2001
- Appeared in the series Contrabandits; as George Rudge in the series Rich Tea and Sympathy; as Commander Charles Traynor in the series Timeslip; and as Professor Val Randolph in the series Undermind;also appeared in The Father, Henry IV, and Murder in the Cathedral, all BBC (England).
- Radio Appearances
- Plays
- Appeared as Duke of Burgundy, King Lear, BBC.