Acting

Anthony Quayle

Born 1913-09-07 · Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Died 1989-10-20

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.

Credits

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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Thief and the Cobbler
as King Nod (voice)
1993
King of the Wind
as Lord Granville
1990
Confessional
as Pope
1989
The Endless Game
as Glanville
1989
The Endless Game
as Glanville
1989
Magdalene
as Father Noessler
1988
Buster
as Sir James McDowell
1988
Reaching for the Skies
as Narrator - Himself
1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
as Distinguished Gentleman
1988
The Bourne Identity
as François Villiers
1988
The Best of British Cinema
as Self - Narrator
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Oedipus
1986
The Key to Rebecca
as Abdullah
1985
The Eastern Front
as Narrator
1984
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Quintus
1984
Lace
as Dr. Geneste
1984
The Heart of the Dragon
as Narrator
1984
Natural World
1983
The Manions of America
as Lord Montgomery
1981
Dial M for Murder
as Insp. Hubbard
1981
Masada
as Rubrius Gallus
1981
Cause for Celebration
as Narrator
1980
Henry IV Part 2
as Sir John Falstaff
1979
Henry IV Part 1
as Sir John Falstaff
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Kyros Kassoulas
1979
Murder by Decree
as Sir Charles Warren
1979
Ice Age
as The Old Man
1978
The Secret Life of Edward James
as Readings
1978
Holocaust 2000
as Professor Griffith
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as The Old Man
1977
21 Hours at Munich
as Zvi Zamir
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
as Admiral Canaris
1976
The Story of David
as King Saul
1976
The Story of David
as King Saul
1976
Moses the Lawgiver
as Aaron
1976
Moses the Lawgiver
1975
Moses the Lawgiver
as Aaron
1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Dartmouth
1974
The Tamarind Seed
as Jack Loder
1974
QB VII
as Tom Banniester
1974
Great Expectations
as Jaggers
1974
The Evil Touch
1973
Bequest to the Nation
as Lord Minto
1973
Jarrett
as Cosmo Bastrop
1973
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as The King
1972
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Narrator
1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Wolsey
1969
Destiny of a Spy
as Col. Malendin
1969
Strange Report
as Adam Strange
1969
Mackenna's Gold
as Older Englishman
1969
Before Winter Comes
as Brigadier Bewley
1969
The Judgement of Albion
as Voice
1968
A Case of Libel
as Colonel Douglas
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Daniel Bloch
1967
Misunderstood
as Sir John Edward Duncombe
1967
See You at the Pillar
1967
Barefoot in Athens
as King Pausanias of Sparta
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Captain Vanderbilt
1966
A Study in Terror
as Doctor Murray
1965
Operation Crossbow
as Bamford
1965
East of Sudan
as Private Baker
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Verulus
1964
Espionage
as Philip
1963
Lawrence of Arabia
as Colonel Harry Brighton
1962
The Saint
as Lord Thornton Yearley
1962
Man of the World
as Dr. Moretti
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
as Vizard
1962
The Rose Affair
as Betumain
1961
The Guns of Navarone
as Maj. Roy Franklin
1961
Drama 61-67
as Samurai
1961
Sunday-Night Play
as The General
1960
The Challenge
as Jim
1960
The Scent of Fear
as Colonel Kralik
1959
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
as Slade
1959
Serious Charge
as Reverend Howard Phillips
1959
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain van der Poel
1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Dr. Frank Smith
1958
No Time for Tears
as Dr. Graham Seagrave
1957
Suspicion
as Graham
1957