Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

1913-09-07 – 1989-10-20 (age 76) Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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Biography

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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Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

1962

as Colonel Harry Brighton

The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Maj. Roy Franklin

The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man

1956

as Frank D. O'Connor

The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed

1976

as Admiral Canaris

Mackenna's Gold
Mackenna's Gold

1969

as Older Englishman

The Fall of the Roman Empire
Hamlet
Hamlet

1948

as Marcellus

H.M.S. Defiant
H.M.S. Defiant

1962

as Vizard

The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

as Captain Vanderbilt

Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex

1958

as Captain van der Poel

Murder by Decree
Murder by Decree

1979

as Sir Charles Warren

The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed

1974

as Jack Loder

The Legend of the Holy Drinker
The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988

as Distinguished Gentleman

Misunderstood
Misunderstood

1967

as Sir John Edward Duncombe

Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow

1965

as Bamford

Pygmalion
Pygmalion

1938

as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Anne of the Thousand Days
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as King Nod (voice)