Anthony Quayle

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Sir John Anthony Quayle CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director.

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Known For

Lawrence of Arabia

Colonel Harry Brighton

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

The King

The Guns of Navarone

Maj. Roy Franklin

The Wrong Man

Frank D. O'Connor

The Eagle Has Landed

Admiral Canaris

Hamlet

Marcellus

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Verulus

Mackenna's Gold

Older Englishman

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2000	Sir John Mills' Moving Memories MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1993	The Thief and the Cobbler MOVIE	King Nod (voice)
1990	King of the Wind MOVIE	Lord Granville
1989	Confessional TV	Pope
1989	The Endless Game MOVIE	Glanville
1989	The Endless Game TV	Glanville
1988	Magdalene MOVIE	Father Noessler
1988	Buster MOVIE	Sir James McDowell
1988	Reaching for the Skies TV	Narrator - Himself
1988	The Legend of the Holy Drinker MOVIE	Distinguished Gentleman
1988	The Bourne Identity TV	François Villiers
1987	The Best of British Cinema TV	Self - Narrator
1986	Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus MOVIE	Oedipus
1985	The Key to Rebecca MOVIE	Abdullah
1984	The Eastern Front MOVIE	Narrator
1984	The Last Days of Pompeii TV	Quintus
1984	Lace TV	Dr. Geneste
1984	The Heart of the Dragon TV	Narrator
1983	Natural World TV	Self
1981	The Manions of America TV	Lord Montgomery
1981	Dial M for Murder MOVIE	Insp. Hubbard
1981	Masada TV	Rubrius Gallus
1979	Henry IV Part 2 MOVIE	Sir John Falstaff
1979	Henry IV Part 1 MOVIE	Sir John Falstaff
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Kyros Kassoulas
1979	Murder by Decree MOVIE	Sir Charles Warren
1978	Ice Age MOVIE	The Old Man
1978	The Secret Life of Edward James MOVIE	Readings
1977	Holocaust 2000 MOVIE	Professor Griffith
1977	BBC2 Play of the Week TV	The Old Man
1976	21 Hours at Munich MOVIE	Zvi Zamir
1976	The Eagle Has Landed MOVIE	Admiral Canaris
1976	The Story of David MOVIE	King Saul
1976	The Story of David TV	King Saul
1976	Moses the Lawgiver MOVIE	Aaron
1975	Moses the Lawgiver TV	Self
1974	Moses the Lawgiver TV	Aaron
1974	The Lives of Benjamin Franklin TV	Dartmouth
1974	The Tamarind Seed MOVIE	Jack Loder
1974	QB VII TV	Tom Banniester
1974	Great Expectations MOVIE	Jaggers
1973	The Evil Touch TV	Self
1973	Bequest to the Nation MOVIE	Lord Minto
1973	Jarrett MOVIE	Cosmo Bastrop
1972	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask MOVIE	The King
1970	The Six Wives of Henry VIII TV	Narrator
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days MOVIE	Wolsey
1969	Destiny of a Spy MOVIE	Col. Malendin
1969	Strange Report TV	Adam Strange
1969	Mackenna's Gold MOVIE	Older Englishman
1969	Before Winter Comes MOVIE	Brigadier Bewley
1968	The Judgement of Albion MOVIE	Voice
1968	A Case of Libel MOVIE	Colonel Douglas
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Daniel Bloch
1967	Misunderstood MOVIE	Sir John Edward Duncombe
1967	See You at the Pillar MOVIE	Self
1966	Barefoot in Athens MOVIE	King Pausanias of Sparta
1966	The Poppy Is Also a Flower MOVIE	Captain Vanderbilt
1965	A Study in Terror MOVIE	Doctor Murray
1965	Operation Crossbow MOVIE	Bamford
1964	East of Sudan MOVIE	Private Baker
1964	The Fall of the Roman Empire MOVIE	Verulus
1963	Espionage TV	Self
1962	Lawrence of Arabia MOVIE	Colonel Harry Brighton
1962	The Saint TV	Lord Thornton Yearley
1962	Man of the World TV	Dr. Moretti
1962	H.M.S. Defiant MOVIE	Vizard
1961	The Rose Affair MOVIE	Betumain
1961	The Guns of Navarone MOVIE	Maj. Roy Franklin
1961	Drama 61-67 TV	Samurai
1960	Sunday-Night Play TV	The General
1960	The Challenge MOVIE	Jim
1959	The Scent of Fear MOVIE	Colonel Kralik
1959	Tarzan's Greatest Adventure MOVIE	Slade
1959	Serious Charge MOVIE	Reverend Howard Phillips
1958	Ice Cold in Alex MOVIE	Captain van der Poel
1958	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk MOVIE	Dr. Frank Smith
1957	No Time for Tears MOVIE	Dr. Graham Seagrave
1957	Suspicion TV	Graham
1957	Woman in a Dressing Gown MOVIE	Jim Preston
1956	The Wrong Man MOVIE	Frank D. O'Connor
1956	The Battle of the River Plate MOVIE	Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Harry Albert
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Betumain
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Colonel Kralik
1956	The Barretts of Wimpole Street MOVIE	Robert Browning
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Host
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Co-Host
1955	Oh... Rosalinda!! MOVIE	Gen. Orlovsky
1954	Producers' Showcase TV	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Pasusanias
1948	Hamlet MOVIE	Marcellus
1948	Saraband for Dead Lovers MOVIE	Durer
1938	Pygmalion MOVIE	Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
	I Am Pablo Neruda MOVIE	Self

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