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
Murder on the Orient Expr...
Foscarelli
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence...
Lord Curzon
Evil Under the Sun
Kenneth Marshall
A Walk in the Dark
Carter
The Interrogation of John
Insp. Charteris
Anne of the Thousand Days
Weston
The Black Windmill
Bateson
The Swindler
Dick Sothers
Orpheus in the Underworld
Jupiter / Napoleon III
Iolanthe
Strephon