Person

Denis Quilley

Acting · 1927–2003 · 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 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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  The Avengers

  1961

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  Sherlock Holmes

  Dr Leon Sterndale

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  Tales of the Unexpected

  Captain Waterhouse

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  No Hiding Place

  1959

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  ScreenPlay

  Det. Chief Insp. Burrows

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  ITV Saturday Night Theatre

  James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.

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  Dixon of Dock Green

  John Richard Everitt

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  Churchill's People

  King Charles II

• Festival

  Knight/Tempter

• Story Parade

  Mike Weller

• 1999Sir Bernard's Stately Homes
• 1996Dennis the Menace and GnasherSlasher Brown (voice)
• 1996Noel's Telly Years
• 1994The Marriage of FigaroBartolo
• 1994SparrowBaron Cesaro
• 1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaLord Curzon
• 1991Tonight at 8.30Jasper
• 1991Mister JohnsonBulteen
• 1989The Shell SeekersCosmo
• 1989A Wanted ManDCI Burrows
• 1987The Interrogation of JohnInsp. Charteris
• 1986Foreign BodyPrime Minister
• 1986ScreenPlayDet. Chief Insp. Burrows
• 1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesDr Leon Sterndale
• 1985Murder of a Moderate Man
• 1985A.D.Peter
• 1985King DavidProphet Samuel
• 1984Magasinet Special: Chess 1984Self
• 1984Memed My HawkRejeb
• 1984Sherlock HolmesDr Leon Sterndale
• 1983Orpheus in the UnderworldJupiter / Napoleon III
• 1983Privates on ParadeActing Captain Terri Dennis
• 1983Number 10William Ewart Gladstone
• 1982A Walk in the DarkCarter
• 1982Saturday Night ThrillerCarter
• 1982Evil Under the SunKenneth Marshall
• 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Cap. Kenneth Marshall
• 1981MasadaGeneral Marcus Quadratus
• 1980Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a MusicalSelf/Sweeney Todd
• 1980The CrucibleReverend Samuel Parris
• 1979Tales of the UnexpectedCaptain Waterhouse
• 1976ClayhangerGeorge Cannon
• 1975You're On Your OwnJohn Ryder
• 1975In This House of BredeSir Richard
• 1974Churchill's PeopleKing Charles II
• 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressFoscarelli
• 1974The Black WindmillBateson
• 1973Long Day's Journey Into NightJames 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
• 1970Timeslip
• 1969Anne of the Thousand DaysWeston
• 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJames 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.
• 1967Contrabandits
• 1966IolantheStrephon
• 1965Life at the TopBen
• 1965The Gong GameBob
• 1965The Man in Room 17Huston
• 1965Undermind
• 1964Story ParadeMike Weller
• 1963The SwindlerDick Sothers
• 1963FestivalKnight/Tempter
• 1963The Desperate PeopleLarry Martin
• 1961The Avengers
• 1959No Hiding Place
• 1956Armchair TheatreDick Sothers
• 1955Dixon of Dock GreenJohn Richard Everitt
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameCosmo