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Anthony Quayle

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Anthony Quayle

Born September 7, 1913 in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UKDied October 20, 198956 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Guns of Navarone poster7.3The Guns of Navarone1961The Wrong Man poster7.1The Wrong Man1956Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask poster6.5Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask1972Hamlet poster7.4Hamlet1948The Eagle Has Landed poster6.7The Eagle Has Landed1976The Thief and the Cobbler poster7.2The Thief and the Cobbler1993Pygmalion poster7.0Pygmalion1938Mackenna's Gold poster6.6Mackenna's Gold1969

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 1993The Thief and the CobblerKing Nod (voice)
  2. 1990King of the WindLord Granville
  3. 1989The Endless GameGlanville
  4. 1988MagdaleneFather Noessler
  5. 1988BusterSir James McDowell
  6. 1988The Legend of the Holy DrinkerDistinguished Gentleman
  7. 1986Theban Plays: Oedipus at ColonusOedipus
  8. 1985The Key to RebeccaAbdullah
  9. 1981Dial M for MurderInsp. Hubbard
  10. 1980Cause for CelebrationNarrator
  11. 1979Henry IV Part 2Sir John Falstaff
  12. 1979Henry IV Part 1Sir John Falstaff
  13. 1979Murder by DecreeSir Charles Warren
  14. 1978Ice AgeThe Old Man
  15. 1978The Secret Life of Edward JamesReadings
  16. 1977Holocaust 2000Professor Griffith
  17. 197621 Hours at MunichZvi Zamir
  18. 1976The Eagle Has LandedAdmiral Canaris
  19. 1976The Story of DavidKing Saul
  20. 1976Moses the LawgiverAaron
  21. 1974The Tamarind SeedJack Loder
  22. 1974Great ExpectationsJaggers
  23. 1973Bequest to the NationLord Minto
  24. 1973JarrettCosmo Bastrop
  25. 1972Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to AskThe King
  26. 1969Anne of the Thousand DaysWolsey
  27. 1969Destiny of a SpyCol. Malendin
  28. 1969Mackenna's GoldOlder Englishman
  29. 1969Before Winter ComesBrigadier Bewley
  30. 1968A Case of LibelColonel Douglas
  31. 1967MisunderstoodSir John Edward Duncombe
  32. 1966Barefoot in AthensKing Pausanias of Sparta
  33. 1966The Poppy Is Also a FlowerCaptain Vanderbilt
  34. 1965A Study in TerrorDoctor Murray
  35. 1965Operation CrossbowBamford
  36. 1964East of SudanPrivate Baker
  37. 1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireVerulus
  38. 1962Lawrence of ArabiaColonel Harry Brighton
  39. 1962H.M.S. DefiantVizard
  40. 1961The Rose AffairBetumain
  41. 1961The Guns of NavaroneMaj. Roy Franklin
  42. 1960The ChallengeJim
  43. 1959The Scent of FearColonel Kralik
  44. 1959Tarzan's Greatest AdventureSlade
  45. 1959Serious ChargeReverend Howard Phillips
  46. 1958Ice Cold in AlexCaptain van der Poel
  47. 1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkDr. Frank Smith
  48. 1957No Time for TearsDr. Graham Seagrave
  49. 1957Woman in a Dressing GownJim Preston
  50. 1956The Wrong ManFrank D. O'Connor
  51. 1956The Battle of the River PlateCommodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
  52. 1956The Barretts of Wimpole StreetRobert Browning
  53. 1955Oh... Rosalinda!!Gen. Orlovsky
  54. 1948HamletMarcellus
  55. 1948Saraband for Dead LoversDurer
  56. 1938PygmalionEliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)