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Denis Quilley
Islington, London, England, UK
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 Birm…
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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.
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1999
Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
TV show Archbishop
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1996
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
TV show Slasher Brown (voice)
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1996
Noel's Telly Years
TV show Self
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1994
The Marriage of Figaro
TV show Bartolo
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1994
Sparrow
Movie Baron Cesaro
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1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie Lord Curzon
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1991
Rich Tea and Sympathy
TV show George Rudge
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1991
Tonight at 8.30
TV show Jasper
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1991
Mister Johnson
Movie Bulteen
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1989
The Shell Seekers
Movie Cosmo
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1989
A Wanted Man
TV show DCI Burrows
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1987
The Interrogation of John
Movie Insp. Charteris
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1986
Foreign Body
Movie Prime Minister
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1986
ScreenPlay
TV show Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
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1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dr Leon Sterndale
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1985
Murder of a Moderate Man
TV show
More credits
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1985
A.D.
TV show Peter
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1985
King David
Movie Prophet Samuel
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1984
Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Movie Self
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1984
Memed My Hawk
Movie Rejeb
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1984
Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dr Leon Sterndale
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1983
Orpheus in the Underworld
Movie Jupiter / Napoleon III
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1983
Privates on Parade
Movie Acting Captain Terri Dennis
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1983
Number 10
TV show William Ewart Gladstone
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1982
Saturday Night Thriller
TV show Carter
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1982
A Walk in the Dark
Movie Carter
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1982
Evil Under the Sun
Movie Kenneth Marshall
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1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Movie Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
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1981
The Crucible
Movie Reverend Samuel Parris
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1981
Masada
TV show General Marcus Quadratus
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1980
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
Movie Self/Sweeney Todd
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Captain Waterhouse
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1976
Clayhanger
TV show George Cannon
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1975
You're On Your Own
TV show John Ryder
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1975
In This House of Brede
Movie Sir Richard
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show King Charles II
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1974
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie Foscarelli
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1974
The Black Windmill
Movie Bateson
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1973
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
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1970
Timeslip
TV show
