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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.