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

★7.1

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

★6.9

Evil Under the Sun

1982

★8.2

Sherlock Holmes

1984

★7.8

The Avengers

1961

★7.2

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969

★6.3

The Black Windmill

1974

★5.7

King David

1985

★7.1

Masada

1981

★6.7

Tales of the Unexpected

1979