Person

Anthony Quayle

Acting · 1913–1989 · Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Sir John Anthony Quayle CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)
1993The Thief and the CobblerKing Nod (voice)
1990King of the WindLord Granville
1989ConfessionalPope
1989The Endless GameGlanville
1989The Endless GameGlanville
1988MagdaleneFather Noessler
1988BusterSir James McDowell
1988Reaching for the SkiesNarrator - Himself
1988The Legend of the Holy DrinkerDistinguished Gentleman
1988The Bourne IdentityFrançois Villiers
1987The Best of British CinemaSelf - Narrator
1986Theban Plays: Oedipus at ColonusOedipus
1985The Key to RebeccaAbdullah
1984The Eastern FrontNarrator
1984The Last Days of PompeiiQuintus
1984LaceDr. Geneste
1984The Heart of the DragonNarrator
1983Natural World
1981The Manions of AmericaLord Montgomery
1981Dial M for MurderInsp. Hubbard
1981MasadaRubrius Gallus
1980Cause for CelebrationNarrator
1979Henry IV Part 2Sir John Falstaff
1979Henry IV Part 1Sir John Falstaff
1979Tales of the UnexpectedKyros Kassoulas
1979Murder by DecreeSir Charles Warren
1978Ice AgeThe Old Man
1978The Secret Life of Edward JamesReadings
1977Holocaust 2000Professor Griffith
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekThe Old Man
197621 Hours at MunichZvi Zamir
1976The Eagle Has LandedAdmiral Canaris
1976The Story of DavidKing Saul
1976The Story of DavidKing Saul
1976Moses the LawgiverAaron
1975Moses the Lawgiver
1974Moses the LawgiverAaron
1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinDartmouth
1974The Tamarind SeedJack Loder
1974QB VIITom Banniester
1974Great ExpectationsJaggers
1973The Evil Touch
1973Bequest to the NationLord Minto
1973JarrettCosmo Bastrop
1972Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to AskThe King
1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIINarrator
1969Anne of the Thousand DaysWolsey
1969Destiny of a SpyCol. Malendin
1969Strange ReportAdam Strange
1969Mackenna's GoldOlder Englishman
1969Before Winter ComesBrigadier Bewley
1968The Judgement of AlbionVoice
1968A Case of LibelColonel Douglas
1967ITV PlayhouseDaniel Bloch
1967MisunderstoodSir John Edward Duncombe
1967See You at the Pillar
1966Barefoot in AthensKing Pausanias of Sparta
1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerCaptain Vanderbilt
1965A Study in TerrorDoctor Murray
1965Operation CrossbowBamford
1964East of SudanPrivate Baker
1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireVerulus
1963EspionagePhilip
1962Lawrence of ArabiaColonel Harry Brighton
1962The SaintLord Thornton Yearley
1962Man of the WorldDr. Moretti
1962H.M.S. DefiantVizard
1961The Rose AffairBetumain
1961The Guns of NavaroneMaj. Roy Franklin
1961Drama 61-67Samurai
1960Sunday-Night PlayThe General
1960The ChallengeJim
1959The Scent of FearColonel Kralik
1959Tarzan's Greatest AdventureSlade
1959Serious ChargeReverend Howard Phillips
1958Ice Cold in AlexCaptain van der Poel
1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkDr. Frank Smith
1957No Time for TearsDr. Graham Seagrave
1957SuspicionGraham
1957Woman in a Dressing GownJim Preston
1956The Wrong ManFrank D. O'Connor
1956The Battle of the River PlateCommodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
1956Armchair TheatreHarry Albert
1956The Barretts of Wimpole StreetRobert Browning
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
1955Oh... Rosalinda!!Gen. Orlovsky
1954Producers' Showcase
1951Hallmark Hall of FamePasusanias
1948HamletMarcellus
1948Saraband for Dead LoversDurer
1938PygmalionEliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
—I Am Pablo NerudaSelf

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