
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

Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston

The Black Windmill
Bateson

King David
Prophet Samuel

Memed My Hawk
Rejeb

Mister Johnson
Bulteen

Life at the Top
Ben

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Self/Sweeney Todd

Sparrow
Baron Cesaro

The Interrogation of John
Insp. Charteris

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall