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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.