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Anthony Quayle

Writer / Film Director / Theatre Director | * 09/07/1913 († 76, 10/20/1989) | Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire (United Kingdom (UK))
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Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor, theatre director and novelist. He 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 Years Honours List. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Adventure

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In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. ...

The Wrong Man

NR

1956 | 3.6/5 | 1h 46min
Crime, Drama
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The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in th ...

Lawrence of Arabia

NR

1962 | 4.0/5 | 3h 47min
Adventure, Drama, History, War
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A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped Br ...

The Guns of Navarone

NR

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 38min
War, Action
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A Roman general leads the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where more than 900 Jews made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman soldiers. ...

Masada

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1981 | 3.7/5 | 2h per episode
Drama, Action & Adventure
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Awards & Nominations for Anthony Quayle

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Knight Bachelor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Anthony Quayle as Actor(53)

as Self (archive footage)2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as King Nod (voice)1993 The Thief and the Cobbler
as Lord Granville1990 King of the Wind
as Glanville1989 The Endless Game
as Distinguished Gentleman1988 The Legend of the Holy Drinker
as Generał Villers1988 The Bourne Identity
as Father Noessler1988 Magdalene
as Sir James McDowell1988 Buster
as Oedipus1986 Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Abdullah1985 The Key to Rebecca
as Insp. Hubbard1981 Dial M for Murder
as Sir John Falstaff1979 Henry IV Part 1
as Sir John Falstaff1979 Henry IV Part 2
as Sir Charles Warren1979 Murder by Decree
as Professor Griffith1977 Holocaust 2000
as Admiral Canaris1976 The Eagle Has Landed
as King Saul1976 The Story of David
as Zvi Zamir1976 21 Hours at Munich
as Aaron1974 Moses the Lawgiver
as Jaggers1974 Great Expectations
as Jack Loder1974 The Tamarind Seed
as Lord Minto1973 Bequest to the Nation
as Cosmo Bastrop1973 Jarrett
as The King1972 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
as Col. Malendin1969 Destiny of a Spy
as Brigadier Bewley1969 Before Winter Comes
as Older Englishman1969 Mackenna's Gold
as Wolsey1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
as Voice1968 The Judgment of Albion
1967 See You at the Pillar
as Sir John Edward Duncombe1967 Misunderstood
as Captain Vanderbilt1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
1966 Barefoot in Athens
as Bamford1965 Operation Crossbow
as Doctor Murray1965 A Study in Terror
as Verulus1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Private Baker1964 East of Sudan
as Vizard1962 H.M.S. Defiant
as Colonel Harry Brighton1962 Lawrence of Arabia
as Maj. Roy Franklin1961 The Guns of Navarone
as Jim1960 The Challenge
as Reverend Howard Phillips1959 Serious Charge
as Slade1959 Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
as Dr. Frank Smith1958 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Captain van der Poel1958 Ice Cold in Alex
as Jim Preston1957 Woman in a Dressing Gown
as Dr. Graham Seagrave1957 No Time for Tears
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax1956 The Battle of the River Plate
as Frank D. O'Connor1956 The Wrong Man
as Gen. Orlovsky1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!
as Durer1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Marcellus1948 Hamlet
as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)1939 Pygmalion

TV Shows/Series with Anthony Quayle as Actor(18)

as Narrator - Himself1988 Reaching for the Skies
as Quintus1984 The Last Days of Pompeii
as Dr. Geneste1984 Lace
1983 Natural World
as Lord Montgomery1981 The Manions of America
as Rubrius Gallus1981 Masada
as Kyros Kassoulas1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Dartmouth1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Tom Banniester1974 QB VII
1973 The Evil Touch
as Narrator1970 The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1963 Espionage
as Lord Thornton Yearley1962 The Saint
1962 Man of the World
as Graham1957 Suspicion
as Betumain1956 Armchair Theatre
1954 Producers' Showcase
as Pasusanias1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Anthony John Quayle
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 09/07 1913 (September) in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Friday, 10/20 1989 (October) in London (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Rugby School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Abberley Hall School
Spouses (current/former): Dorothy Hyson, Hermione Hannen
Children: Rosanna Quayle
Other names for Anthony Quayle (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"アンソニー・クエイル"
"サー・ジョン・アンソニー・クエイル"
"John Anthony Quayle"
Anthony Quayle frequently works together with these people:
Julie Harris (13x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Denholm Elliott (8x, Actor)
John Gielgud (7x, Actor)
Emeric Pressburger (7x, Crew)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Andrew Ray (7x, Actor)
J. Lee Thompson (6x, Crew)
David Attenborough (6x, Actor)
Sylvia Syms (6x, Actress)
Ricardo Montez (6x, Actor)
Michael Powell (6x, Crew)
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