Denis Quilley

Biography

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.

Known For

Murder on the Orient Express

as Foscarelli

Evil Under the Sun

as Kenneth Marshall

Sherlock Holmes

as Dr Leon Sterndale

The Avengers

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Weston

The Black Windmill

as Bateson

Masada

as Marcus Quadratus

King David

as Prophet Samuel

Tales of the Unexpected

as Captain Waterhouse

Mister Johnson

as Bulteen