Anthony Quayle
Born: 1913-09-07 in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 1989-10-20
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2000
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
1993
- The Thief and the Cobbler as King Nod (voice)
1990
- King of the Wind as Lord Granville
1989
- The Endless Game as Glanville
- Confessional as Pope
- The Endless Game as Glanville
1988
- The Bourne Identity as François Villiers
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Distinguished Gentleman
- Reaching for the Skies as Narrator - Himself
- Buster as Sir James McDowell
- Magdalene as Father Noessler
1987
- The Best of British Cinema as Self - Narrator
1986
- Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus as Oedipus
1985
- The Key to Rebecca as Abdullah
1984
- Lace as Dr. Geneste
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Quintus
- The Heart of the Dragon as Narrator
- The Eastern Front as Narrator
1983
1981
- Masada as Rubrius Gallus
- The Manions of America as Lord Montgomery
- Dial M for Murder as Insp. Hubbard
1980
- Cause for Celebration as Narrator
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Kyros Kassoulas
- Murder by Decree as Sir Charles Warren
- Henry IV Part 1 as Sir John Falstaff
- Henry IV Part 2 as Sir John Falstaff
1978
- Ice Age as The Old Man
- The Secret Life of Edward James as Readings
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as The Old Man
- Holocaust 2000 as Professor Griffith
1976
- The Eagle Has Landed as Admiral Canaris
- The Story of David as King Saul
- 21 Hours at Munich as Zvi Zamir
- Moses the Lawgiver as Aaron
- The Story of David as King Saul
1975
1974
- Moses the Lawgiver as Aaron
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as Dartmouth
- QB VII as Tom Banniester
- The Tamarind Seed as Jack Loder
- Great Expectations as Jaggers
1973
- The Evil Touch
- Bequest to the Nation as Lord Minto
- Jarrett as Cosmo Bastrop
1970
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII as Narrator
1969
- Mackenna's Gold as Older Englishman
- Strange Report as Adam Strange
- Anne of the Thousand Days as Wolsey
- Destiny of a Spy as Col. Malendin
- Before Winter Comes as Brigadier Bewley
1968
- A Case of Libel as Colonel Douglas
- The Judgement of Albion as Voice
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Daniel Bloch
- Misunderstood as Sir John Edward Duncombe
- See You at the Pillar
1966
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Captain Vanderbilt
- Barefoot in Athens as King Pausanias of Sparta
1965
- A Study in Terror as Doctor Murray
- Operation Crossbow as Bamford
1964
- The Fall of the Roman Empire as Verulus
- East of Sudan as Private Baker
1963
- Espionage as Philip
1962
- The Saint as Lord Thornton Yearley
- Lawrence of Arabia as Colonel Harry Brighton
- Man of the World as Dr. Moretti
- H.M.S. Defiant as Vizard
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Samurai
- The Guns of Navarone as Maj. Roy Franklin
- The Rose Affair as Betumain
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as The General
- The Challenge as Jim
1959
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure as Slade
- Serious Charge as Reverend Howard Phillips
- The Scent of Fear as Colonel Kralik
1958
- Ice Cold in Alex as Captain van der Poel
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Dr. Frank Smith
1957
- Suspicion as Graham
- No Time for Tears as Dr. Graham Seagrave
- Woman in a Dressing Gown as Jim Preston
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
- Armchair Theatre as Harry Albert
- The Wrong Man as Frank D. O'Connor
- The Battle of the River Plate as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Robert Browning
1955
- Oh... Rosalinda!! as Gen. Orlovsky
1954
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Pasusanias
1948
- Hamlet as Marcellus
- Saraband for Dead Lovers as Durer
1938
- Pygmalion as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)