Anthony Quayle Biography (1913-)

Full name, John Anthony Quayle; born September 7, 1913, in Ainsdale, England;son of Arthur and Esther (Overton) Quayle; married Hermione Hannen (divorced); married Dorothy Hyson, 1947; children: one son, two daughters. Addresses: AGENT--International Creative Management, Ltd., 22 Grafton Street, London W1, England.

Nationality
English
Gender
Male
Birth Details
September 7, 1913
Ainsdale, England

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Richard Coeur de Lion, Will Scarlett, Robin Hood,Q Theatre,London, 1931.
  • BROADWAY DEBUT--Mr. Harcourt, The Country Wife, Henry Miller's Theatre, 1936.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Hector, Troilus and Cressida, Cambridge Festival Theatre, Cambridge, U.K., 1931.
  • Ferdinand, Love's Labour's Lost, Westminster Theatre, London, 1932.
  • Aumerle, Richard of Bordeaux, New Theatre, London, 1932.
  • Bennie Edelman, Magnolia Street, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1934.
  • Matt Burke, Anna Christie, Imperial Institute, then Embassy Theatre, bothLondon, 1934.
  • Guildenstern, Hamlet, New Theatre, 1934.
  • Captain Courtine, The Soldier's Fortune, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1935.
  • St. Denis, St. Helena, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1936.
  • Mr. Wickham, Pride and Prejudice, St. James Theatre, London, 1936.
  • Laertes, Hamlet, Elsinore Castle, Denmark, 1937.
  • Horatio, Hamlet, Westminster Theatre, 1937.
  • Duke of Surrey, Richard II, Queen's Theatre, London, 1937.
  • Beppo, The Silent Knight, St. James Theatre, 1937.
  • Earl of Essex, Elizabeth, La Femme sans Homme, Gate Theatre, then Haymarket Theatre, both London, 1938.
  • Jack Absolute, The Rivals, Criterion Theatre, London, 1945.
  • Enobarbus, Antony and Cleopatra, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1946.
  • Iago, Othello, Piccadilly Theatre, 1947.
  • Claudius, Hamlet, Iago, Othello, Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, allwith the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1948.
  • Falstaff, Henry IV, Parts I and II, RSC, Memorial Theatre, 1951.
  • title role, Othello, Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pandarus, Troilusand Cressida, all RSC, Memorial Theatre, 1954.
  • Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Aaron, Titus Andronicus, both RSC,Memorial Theatre, 1955.
  • title role, Tamburlaine the Great, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City,1956.
  • Eddie, A View from the Bridge, Comedy Theatre, London, 1956.
  • Aaron, Titus Andronicus, Paris Theatre Festival, Paris, France, 1957.
  • Moses, The Firstborn, Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1958.
  • then Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1958.
  • James, Long Day's Journey into Night, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., then New Theatre, both 1959.
  • Cesareo Grimaldi, Chin-Chin, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1960.
  • Nachtigall, Power of Persuasion, Garrick Theatre, London, 1963.
  • Sir Charles Duke, The Right Honourable Gentleman, Her Majesty's Theatre,London, 1964.
  • Leduc, Incident at Vichy, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1966.
  • title role, Galileo, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1967.
  • General Fitzbuttress, Halfway up the Tree, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1967.
  • Andrew Wyke, Sleuth, St. Martin's Theatre, London, then Music Box Theatre, New York City, both 1970.
  • Rodion Nikolayevich, The Old World, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1976, then 48th Street Theatre, New York City, 1978.
  • Hilary, The Old Country, Queen's Theatre, 1978.
  • Sir Anthony Absolute, The Rivals, title role, King Lear, both with the Old Vic Theatre Company, National Theatre, London, 1978.
  • Also performed with the Old Vic Theatre Company, 1932, at the Empire Theatre, Chiswick, U.K., in a season of Shakespeare's plays, 1933; appeared as Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cassio, Othello, Ferdinand, Trelawny of the Wells, Laertes, Hamlet, John Tanner, Man and Superman, Captain Absolute, The Rivals, all 1938; and in Look After Lulu, Edinburgh Festival, then New Theatre, both 1959.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
  • Crime and Punishment, New Theatre, London, 1946.
  • The Relapse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1948.
  • Harvey, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1949.
  • Who Is Sylvia?, Criterion Theatre, London, 1950.
  • Cycle of Histories, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1951.
  • Othello, RSC, Memorial Theatre, 1954.
  • Measure for Measure, Memorial Theatre, 1956.
  • The Firstborn, Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, then Coronet Theatre, New York City, both 1958.
  • Power of Persuasion, Garrick Theatre, London, 1963.
  • Lady Windermere's Fan, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1966.
  • The Idiot, with the Old Vic Theatre Company, National Theatre, London, 1970.
  • Harvey, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1975.
  • The Rivals, with the Old Vic Theatre Company, National Theatre, 1978.
  • The Clandestine Marriage, Compass Theatre, 1984.
  • Credits; MAJOR TOURS
  • Title role, Henry V, with the Old Vic Theatre Company, European and Egyptian cities, 1939.
  • title role, Macbeth, title role, Henry VIII, both with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Australian and New Zealand cities, 1949- 1950.
  • director, As You Like It, Othello, and Henry IV, Part I, all RSC, Australian and New Zealand cities, 1953.
  • Aaron, Titus Andronicus, European cities, 1957.
  • Rodion Nikolayevich, Do You Turn Somersaults? (retitled from The Old World), RSC, U.S. cities, 1977-78.
  • Also appeared in Heartbreak House, U.K. cities, 1980; The Devil's Disciple, The Skin Game, U.K. cities, both 1981; Hobson's Choice, Rules of the Game,and (also director) A Coat of Varnish, U.K.
  • cities, all 1982.
  • FILM DEBUT--Saraband for Dead Lovers.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • Hamlet, Universal, 1948.
  • Oh, Rosalinda, Powell and Pressburger, 1955.
  • No Time for Tears, ABPC, 1956.
  • Pursuit of the Graf Spee, Rank, 1957.
  • The Wrong Man, Warner Brothers, 1957.
  • Woman in a Dressing Gown, Warner Brothers, 1957.
  • Ice Cold in Alex, (also known as Desert Attack), ABPC, 1957.
  • Serious Charge, Alva, 1958.
  • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure, Paramount, 1959.
  • The Challenge (also known as It Takes a Thief), Alexandra, 1960.
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk, Showcorporation, 1960.
  • The Guns of Navarone, Columbia, 1961.
  • H.M.S. Defiant, Paramount, 1961.
  • Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia, 1962.
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire, Paramount, 1964.
  • East of Sudan, Columbia, 1964.
  • Operation Crossbow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1965.
  • Fog, Columbia, 1965.
  • A Study in Terror, Columbia, 1966.
  • MacKenna's Gold, Columbia, 1969.
  • Before Winter Comes, Columbia, 1969.
  • Anne of the Thousand Days, Universal, 1970.
  • Bequest to the Nation (also known as The Nelson Affair), Universal, 1972.
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex, United Artists, 1972.
  • The Tamarind Seed, AVCO-Embassy, 1974.
  • The Eagle Has Landed, Columbia, 1977.
  • Murder by Decree, AVCO-Embassy, 1979.
  • Also appeared in Holocaust 2000, 1977; The Chosen, 1978; After the Ball Is Over, 1985.
  • PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES Aaron, Moses, the Lawgiver,CBS, 1975.
  • Credits; MOVIES
  • Colonel Maledin, Destiny of a Spy, NBC, 1969.
  • Bassett Cosgrove, Jarrett, NBC, 1973.
  • Tom Bannister, QB VII, ABC, 1974.
  • Jaggers, Great Expectations, NBC, 1974.
  • King Saul, The Story of David, ABC, 1976.
  • General Zvi Zemir, 21 Hours at Munich, ABC, 1976.
  • Quintus, Last Days of Pompeii, ABC, 1978.
  • Rubrius Gallus, Masada, ABC, 1981.
  • Inspector Hubbard, Dial M for Murder, NBC, 1981.
  • Lord Montgomery, The Manions of America, ABC, 1981.
  • Dr. Geneste, Lace, ABC, 1984.
  • Abdullah, The Key to Rebecca, syndicated, 1985.
  • Credits; SPECIALS
  • Benjamin Franklin, 1974.
  • Ice Age, 1978.
  • Henry IV, Parts I and II, BBC, 1979.
  • Beethoven, 1983.
  • The Last Bottle in the World, 1985.
  • Testament of John, 1984.
  • Quoth the Raven, 1985.
  • Oedipus at Colonnus, 1986.
  • Also appeared in Strange Report.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
  • Producer, The Idiot, BBC, 1970.
  • director, Caesar and Cleopatra, NBC, 1979.
  • Writings;BOOKS
  • Eight Hours from England, 1945.
  • On Such a Night, 1947.

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