Acting
Denis Quilley
1927 · Islington, London, England, UK
25 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Murder on the Orient Express
Foscarelli
Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd
Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston
King David
Prophet Samuel
Memed My Hawk
Rejeb
The Black Windmill
Bateson
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Self
In This House of Brede
Sir Richard
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Lord Curzon
Life at the Top
Ben
Mister Johnson
Bulteen