Anthony Quayle
Actor • Theater Director • Writer
Birth Date: September 7, 1913
Death Date: October 20, 1989 — 76 years old
Birth Place: Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Spouses: Dorothy Hyson
Distinguished stage actor who had a non-speaking part in "Pygmalion" (1938) and made his screen debut proper in Olivier's "Hamlet" (1948), playing Marcellus. Quayle subsequently turned in memorable supporting roles in films ranging from the period drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), to Woody Allen's farcical "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972).
Credits
The Endless Game
Actor
Glanville
Movie
1990
The Endless Game
Actor
Glanville
Show
1989
King of the Wind
Actor
Lord Granville
Movie
1989
The Bourne Identity
Actor
Gen. François Villiers
Show
1988
Buster
Actor
Sir James McDowell
Movie
1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Actor
Distinguished Gentleman
Movie
1988
The Key to Rebecca
Actor
Abdullah
Movie
1985
The Last Days of Pompeii
Actor
Show
1984
Lace
Actor
Dr. Geneste
Movie
1984
Natural World
Narrator
Show
1983
Masada
Actor
Rubrius Gallus
Miniseries
1981
Masada
Actor
Rubrius Gallus
Movie
1981
Dial M for Murder
Actor
Insp. Hubbard
Movie
1981
Tales of the UnexpectedStream
Actor
Kyros Kassoulas
Series
1979
Murder by DecreeStream
Actor
Sir Charles Warren
Movie
1979
Holocaust 2000
Actor
Professor Griffith
Movie
1978
The Story of David
Actor
Show
1976
The Eagle Has LandedStream
Actor
Admiral Canaris
Movie
1976
21 Hours at Munich
Actor
General Zvi Zamir
Movie
1976
Moses
Actor
Aaron
Movie
1976
Moses the LawgiverStream
Actor
Miniseries
1975
The Tamarind SeedStream
Actor
Jack Loder
Movie
1974
Great ExpectationsStream
Actor
Jaggers
Movie
1974
QB VII
Actor
Tom Banniester
Miniseries
1974
The Nelson Affair
Actor
Lord Minto
Movie
1973
Jarrett
Actor
Cosmo Bastrop
Movie
1973
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)Stream
Actor
The King
Movie
1972
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Narrator
Show
1970
Enemigos del Crimen
Actor
Adam Strange
Show
1969
Anne of the Thousand DaysStream
Actor
Cardinal Wolsey
Movie
1969
Destiny of a Spy
Actor
Col. Malendin
Movie
1969
Before Winter Comes
Actor
Brigadier Bewley
Movie
1969
See You at the Pillar
Narrator
Show
1967
Incompreso: Vita col figlio
Actor
Movie
1966
A Study in Terror
Actor
Doctor Murray
Movie
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Actor
Captain Vanderbilt
Movie
1966
Barefoot in Athens
Actor
King Pausanias of Sparta
Movie
1966
Operation CrossbowStream
Actor
Bamford
Movie
1965
East of Sudan
Actor
Private Baker
Movie
1964
Pad Rimskog carstva
Actor
Movie
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Actor
Verulus
Movie
1964
The SaintStream
Guest Star
Lord Yearley
Series
1962
Damn the Defiant!
Actor
Vizard
Movie
1962
Lawrence of ArabiaStream
Actor
Col. Harry Brighton
Movie
1962
Drums for a Queen
Actor
Show
1961
Topovi s Navaronea
Actor
Movie
1961
The Guns of NavaroneStream
Actor
Maj. Roy Franklin
Movie
1961
Time to Remember
Actor
Show
1959
Time to Remember
Narrator
Show
1959
It Takes a Thief
Actor
Jim
Movie
1959
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Actor
Slade
Movie
1959
Serious Charge
Actor
Howard Phillips
Movie
1959
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Actor
Dr. Frank Smith
Movie
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Actor
Captain van der Poel
Movie
1958
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Actor
Jim Preston
Movie
1957
No Time for Tears
Actor
Dr. Graham Seagrave
Movie
1957
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Actor
Commodore Harwood
Movie
1956
The Wrong ManStream
Actor
Frank O'Connor
Movie
1956
Oh... Rosalinda!!
Actor
Gen. Orlovsky
Movie
1955
Producers' Showcase
Actor
Show
1954
What's My Line?Stream
Guest
Game Show
1950
PygmalionStream
Actor
Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Movie
1938
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