Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle Headshot

Actor • Theater Director • Writer

Birth Date: September 7, 1913

Death Date: October 20, 1989

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 Unexpected

Actor
Kyros Kassoulas
Show
1979

Murder by DecreeStream

Actor
Sir Charles Warren
Movie
1979
86%

Holocaust 2000

Actor
Professor Griffith
Movie
1978

The Story of David

Actor
Show
1976

The Eagle Has LandedStream

Actor
Admiral Canaris
Movie
1976
67%

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 VIIStream

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
88%

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Narrator
Show
1970

Anne of the Thousand DaysStream

Actor
Cardinal Wolsey
Movie
1969
43%

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 Crossbow

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
94%

Drums for a Queen

Actor
Show
1961

Topovi s Navaronea

Actor
Movie
1961

The Guns of NavaroneStream

Actor
Maj. Roy Franklin
Movie
1961
92%

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
93%

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
94%