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Denis Quilley
Acting
Born: December 26, 1927
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
Murder on the Orient Express
as Foscarelli
Evil Under the Sun
as Kenneth Marshall
King David
as Prophet Samuel
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Weston
Mister Johnson
as Bulteen
Life at the Top
as Ben
The Shell Seekers
as Cosmo
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Lord Curzon
Foreign Body
as Prime Minister
Memed My Hawk
as Rejeb
