Anthony Quayle

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 from the Wikipedia article Anthony Quayle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1913-09-07 · Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- 1989-10-20
Known for
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Colonel Harry Brighton
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) — The King
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Maj. Roy Franklin
- The Wrong Man (1956) — Frank D. O'Connor
- The Eagle Has Landed (1976) — Admiral Canaris
- Hamlet (1948) — Marcellus
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) — Verulus
- Mackenna's Gold (1969) — Older Englishman
- Murder by Decree (1979) — Sir Charles Warren
- Pygmalion (1938) — Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) — King Nod (voice)
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) — Wolsey
- The Saint (1962) — Lord Thornton Yearley
- Operation Crossbow (1965) — Bamford
- Ice Cold in Alex (1958) — Captain van der Poel
- Misunderstood (1967) — Sir John Edward Duncombe