Denis Quilley
Acting
Born: 1927-12-26 in Islington, London, England, UK
Biography
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
The Avengers
Sherlock Holmes
Dr Leon Sterndale
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
Tales of the Unexpected
Captain Waterhouse
No Hiding Place
ScreenPlay
Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
Dixon of Dock Green
John Richard Everitt
Murder on the Orient Express
Foscarelli
The Man in Room 17
Huston
Churchill's People
King Charles II
Masada
General Marcus Quadratus
Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Slasher Brown (voice)
Clayhanger
George Cannon
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Dr Leon Sterndale
Undermind
A.D.
Peter
The Black Windmill
Bateson
Contrabandits
Number 10
William Ewart Gladstone
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cosmo
Timeslip
King David
Prophet Samuel
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
Archbishop
Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston
Memed My Hawk
Rejeb
Tonight at 8.30
Jasper
A Wanted Man
DCI Burrows
Armchair Theatre
Dick Sothers
Armchair Theatre
Bob
The Desperate People
Larry Martin
The Marriage of Figaro
Bartolo
Mister Johnson
Bulteen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd
Sparrow
Baron Cesaro