Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Known for
Acting
Born
September 7, 1913
Died
October 20, 1989 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor who was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He also played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), QB VII (1974) and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Quayle was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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I Am Pablo Neruda poster

I Am Pablo Neruda

Movie · as Self

2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
The Thief and the Cobbler poster

The Thief and the Cobbler

Movie · as King Nod (voice)

1990
King of the Wind poster

King of the Wind

Movie · as Lord Granville

1989
The Endless Game poster

The Endless Game

Movie · as Glanville

1989
Confessional poster

Confessional

TV · as Pope · 2 eps

1989
The Endless Game poster

The Endless Game

TV · as Glanville · 2 eps

1988
Buster poster

Buster

Movie · as Sir James McDowell

1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker poster

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Movie · as Distinguished Gentleman

1988
Magdalene poster

Magdalene

Movie · as Father Noessler

1988
Reaching for the Skies

Reaching for the Skies

TV · as Narrator - Himself · 12 eps

1988
The Bourne Identity poster

The Bourne Identity

TV · as François Villiers · 2 eps

1987
The Best of British Cinema poster

The Best of British Cinema

TV · as Self - Narrator · 5 eps

1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus poster

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Movie · as Oedipus

1985
The Key to Rebecca poster

The Key to Rebecca

Movie · as Abdullah

1984
The Eastern Front

The Eastern Front

Movie · as Narrator

1984
The Last Days of Pompeii poster

The Last Days of Pompeii

TV · as Quintus · 3 eps

1984
Lace poster

Lace

TV · as Dr. Geneste · 2 eps

1984
The Heart of the Dragon poster

The Heart of the Dragon

TV · as Narrator · 12 eps

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · 1 ep

1981
Dial M for Murder poster

Dial M for Murder

Movie · as Insp. Hubbard

1981
The Manions of America poster

The Manions of America

TV · as Lord Montgomery · 3 eps

1981
Masada poster

Masada

TV · as Rubrius Gallus · 4 eps

1980
Cause for Celebration

Cause for Celebration

Movie · as Narrator

1979
Murder by Decree poster

Murder by Decree

Movie · as Sir Charles Warren

1979
Henry IV Part 2 poster

Henry IV Part 2

Movie · as Sir John Falstaff

1979
Henry IV Part 1 poster

Henry IV Part 1

Movie · as Sir John Falstaff

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Kyros Kassoulas · 1 ep

1978
The Secret Life of Edward James poster

The Secret Life of Edward James

Movie · as Readings

1978
Ice Age poster

Ice Age

Movie · as The Old Man

1977
Holocaust 2000 poster

Holocaust 2000

Movie · as Professor Griffith

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as The Old Man · 1 ep

1976
Moses the Lawgiver poster

Moses the Lawgiver

Movie · as Aaron

1976
The Eagle Has Landed poster

The Eagle Has Landed

Movie · as Admiral Canaris

1976
21 Hours at Munich poster

21 Hours at Munich

Movie · as Zvi Zamir

1976
The Story of David poster

The Story of David

Movie · as King Saul

1976
The Story of David poster

The Story of David

TV · as King Saul · 2 eps

1975
Moses the Lawgiver

Moses the Lawgiver

TV · 6 eps

1974
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

Movie · as Jaggers

1974
The Tamarind Seed poster

The Tamarind Seed

Movie · as Jack Loder

1974
QB VII poster

QB VII

TV · as Tom Banniester · 2 eps

1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin poster

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

TV · as Dartmouth · 1 ep

1974
Moses the Lawgiver poster

Moses the Lawgiver

TV · as Aaron · 7 eps

1973
Jarrett poster

Jarrett

Movie · as Cosmo Bastrop

1973
Bequest to the Nation poster

Bequest to the Nation

Movie · as Lord Minto

1973
The Evil Touch poster

The Evil Touch

TV · 26 eps

1972
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask poster

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Movie · as The King

1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII poster

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days poster

Anne of the Thousand Days

Movie · as Wolsey

1969
Mackenna's Gold poster

Mackenna's Gold

Movie · as Older Englishman

1969
Before Winter Comes poster

Before Winter Comes

Movie · as Brigadier Bewley

1969
Destiny of a Spy poster

Destiny of a Spy

Movie · as Col. Malendin

1969
Strange Report poster

Strange Report

TV · as Adam Strange · 16 eps

1968
The Judgement of Albion poster

The Judgement of Albion

Movie · as Voice

1968
A Case of Libel

A Case of Libel

Movie · as Colonel Douglas

1967
Misunderstood poster

Misunderstood

Movie · as Sir John Edward Duncombe

1967
See You at the Pillar poster

See You at the Pillar

Movie

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Daniel Bloch · 1 ep

1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower poster

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Movie · as Captain Vanderbilt

1966
Barefoot in Athens

Barefoot in Athens

Movie · as King Pausanias of Sparta

1965
Operation Crossbow poster

Operation Crossbow

Movie · as Bamford

1965
A Study in Terror poster

A Study in Terror

Movie · as Doctor Murray

1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire poster

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Movie · as Verulus

1964
East of Sudan poster

East of Sudan

Movie · as Private Baker

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Philip · 1 ep

1962
Lawrence of Arabia poster

Lawrence of Arabia

Movie · as Colonel Harry Brighton

1962
H.M.S. Defiant poster

H.M.S. Defiant

Movie · as Vizard

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Lord Thornton Yearley · 1 ep

1962
Man of the World poster

Man of the World

TV · as Dr. Moretti · 1 ep

1961
The Guns of Navarone poster

The Guns of Navarone

Movie · as Maj. Roy Franklin

1961
The Rose Affair

The Rose Affair

Movie · as Betumain

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Samurai · 1 ep

1960
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · as Jim

1960
Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

TV · as The General · 1 ep

1959
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure poster

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Movie · as Slade

1959
Serious Charge poster

Serious Charge

Movie · as Reverend Howard Phillips

1959
The Scent of Fear

The Scent of Fear

Movie · as Colonel Kralik

1958
Ice Cold in Alex poster

Ice Cold in Alex

Movie · as Captain van der Poel

1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk poster

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Movie · as Dr. Frank Smith

1957
Woman in a Dressing Gown poster

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Movie · as Jim Preston

1957
No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears

Movie · as Dr. Graham Seagrave

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Graham · 1 ep

1956
The Wrong Man poster

The Wrong Man

Movie · as Frank D. O'Connor

1956
The Battle of the River Plate poster

The Battle of the River Plate

Movie · as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

1956
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Movie · as Robert Browning

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Harry Albert, Betumain, Colonel Kralik · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Co-Host · 1 ep

1955
Oh... Rosalinda!! poster

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Movie · as Gen. Orlovsky

1954
Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Pasusanias · 1 ep

1948
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Marcellus

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers poster

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Movie · as Durer

1938
Pygmalion poster

Pygmalion

Movie · as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)