Anthony Quayle
Anthony Quayle
Person

Anthony Quayle

Actor 1913-09-07 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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962 · Colonel Harry Brighton

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

1972 · The King

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961 · Maj. Roy Franklin

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956 · Frank D. O'Connor

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

1976 · Admiral Canaris

Hamlet

Hamlet

1948 · Marcellus

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964 · Verulus

Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

1969 · Older Englishman

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

1979 · Sir Charles Warren

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

1938 · Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993 · King Nod (voice)

Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969 · Wolsey

The Saint

The Saint

1962 · Lord Thornton Yearley

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965 · Bamford

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958 · Captain van der Poel

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

1988 · François Villiers

Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1967 · Sir John Edward Duncombe

Buster

Buster

1988 · Sir James McDowell

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988 · Distinguished Gentleman

A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror

1965 · Doctor Murray