Denis Clifford Quilley (December 26, 1927 - October 5, 2003) was an English theatre, television and film actor who was long associated with the Royal National Theatre. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England.
Quilley was born in Islington, North London. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes One of his best-known roles was as Commander Traynor in the children's science fiction TV series Timeslip. Timeslip is a British children's Science fiction Television series made by ATV for the ITV network and He was also heard in many television voiceovers.
He had long runs on London's West End during the 1950s in Wild Thyme and Grab Me a Gondola. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the 1970s he appeared with the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth, Hamlet, The Tempest and Long Day's Journey Into Night, alongside Laurence Olivier in the last. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1956 dramatic play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill, widely considered to be his masterwork Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron
In 1980, he played the title role in Stephen Sondheim's Grand Guignol musical Sweeney Todd and in 1982 he played Terri Dennis in Peter Nichols' play, Privates on Parade (he appeared in the film version of Privates on Parade as well). Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven The Grand Guignol ( pronounced giɲɔl was a theatre ( Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol) in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis rue Peter Nichols (born 31 July 1927) is an English Writer of Stage plays Film and Television.
He appeared in two film version of Agatha Christie's classic mystery novels: as Captain Kenneth Marshall in Evil Under the Sun and as Antonio Foscarelli in Murder on the Orient Express. Evil Under the Sun is a 1982 British Mystery film, based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 feature film directed by Sidney Lumet and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by
His screen appearances grew increasingly rare in later life, one of his few starring appearances being as Saint Peter in the international drama mini-series, A. D. .
He did the voice of Molokov, a second to a Russian chess champion on the concept album of the musical Chess in 1984. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Chess is a musical with Lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA
One of his last stage performances was as Elisha Whitney in a Cole Porter revue. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. He was to have been in the musical Anything Goes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, but was too unwell to make the transfer from the National Theatre to the West End. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn.
He was working on his autobiography (ISBN 1-84002-268-X) in the months before he died at his home in London, aged 75, from liver cancer. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer of the Liver.
External links
- Denis Quilley at the Internet Movie Database
- Denis Quilley at the TCM Movie Database
- Denis Quilley at the Internet Broadway Database
- Guardian obituary
- The Scotsman
- Sondheim.org
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