Anthony Quayle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 7, 1913
- Died
- October 20, 1989
- Birthplace
- Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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
I Am Pablo Neruda TBA
as Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories 2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Thief and the Cobbler 1993
as King Nod (voice)
King of the Wind 1990
as Lord Granville
The Endless Game 1989
as Glanville
Magdalene 1988
as Father Noessler
Buster 1988
as Sir James McDowell
The Legend of the Holy Drinker 1988
as Distinguished Gentleman
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus 1986
as Oedipus
The Key to Rebecca 1985
as Abdullah
- The Eastern Front
The Eastern Front 1984
as Narrator
Dial M for Murder 1981
as Insp. Hubbard
- Cause for Celebration
Cause for Celebration 1980
as Narrator
Henry IV Part 2 1979
as Sir John Falstaff
Henry IV Part 1 1979
as Sir John Falstaff
Murder by Decree 1979
as Sir Charles Warren
Ice Age 1978
as The Old Man
The Secret Life of Edward James 1978
as Readings
Holocaust 2000 1977
as Professor Griffith
21 Hours at Munich 1976
as Zvi Zamir
The Eagle Has Landed 1976
as Admiral Canaris
The Story of David 1976
as King Saul
Moses the Lawgiver 1976
as Aaron
The Tamarind Seed 1974
as Jack Loder
Great Expectations 1974
as Jaggers
Bequest to the Nation 1973
as Lord Minto
Jarrett 1973
as Cosmo Bastrop
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask 1972
as The King
Anne of the Thousand Days 1969
as Wolsey
Destiny of a Spy 1969
as Col. Malendin
Mackenna's Gold 1969
as Older Englishman
Before Winter Comes 1969
as Brigadier Bewley
The Judgement of Albion 1968
as Voice
- A Case of Libel
A Case of Libel 1968
as Colonel Douglas
Misunderstood 1967
as Sir John Edward Duncombe
See You at the Pillar 1967
Actor
- Barefoot in Athens
Barefoot in Athens 1966
as King Pausanias of Sparta
The Poppy Is Also a Flower 1966
as Captain Vanderbilt
A Study in Terror 1965
as Doctor Murray
Operation Crossbow 1965
as Bamford
East of Sudan 1964
as Private Baker
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
as Verulus
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
as Colonel Harry Brighton
H.M.S. Defiant 1962
as Vizard
- The Rose Affair
The Rose Affair 1961
as Betumain
The Guns of Navarone 1961
as Maj. Roy Franklin
The Challenge 1960
as Jim
- The Scent of Fear
The Scent of Fear 1959
as Colonel Kralik
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 1959
as Slade
Serious Charge 1959
as Reverend Howard Phillips
Ice Cold in Alex 1958
as Captain van der Poel
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1958
as Dr. Frank Smith
No Time for Tears 1957
as Dr. Graham Seagrave
Woman in a Dressing Gown 1957
as Jim Preston
The Wrong Man 1956
as Frank D. O'Connor
The Battle of the River Plate 1956
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1956
as Robert Browning
Oh... Rosalinda!! 1955
as Gen. Orlovsky
Hamlet 1948
as Marcellus
Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948
as Durer
Pygmalion 1938
as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.