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Anthony Quayle

Highest Rated: 100% Pygmalion (1938)

Lowest Rated: 43% Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Birthday: Sep 7, 1913

Birthplace: Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Distinguished stage actor who had a non-speaking part in "Pygmalion" (1938) and made his screen debut proper in Olivier's "Hamlet" (1948), playing Marcellus. Quayle subsequently turned in memorable supporting roles in films ranging from the period drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), to Woody Allen's farcical "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972).

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% Pygmalion
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100% 63% Damn the Defiant!
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93% 75% The Wrong Man
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93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire
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88% 69% Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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86% 64% Murder by Decree
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82% 70% Pursuit of the Graf Spee
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79% 93% Woman in a Dressing Gown
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Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle THE WRONG MAN, director Alfred Hitchcock (rear), seated from left: Vera Miles, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quayle (front) on set, 1956, thewrongman1956-fsct03(thewrongman1956-fsct03) THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quayle, 1961 WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, 1957 WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN, Anthony Quayle, Yvonne Mitchell, 1957 GUNS OF NAVARONE, Irene Papas, James Darren, Anthony Quayle, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Gia Scala, 1961 THE WRONG MAN, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Henry Fonda, 1956 THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, from left: Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Stanley Baker, James Darren, 1961 THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE, (aka PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE), Ian Hunter, Anthony Quayle, Patrick Macnee, 1956 OPERATION CROSSBOW, Tom Courtenay, Anthony Quayle, 1965 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Endless Game Glanville (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 57% King of the Wind Lord Granville (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 85% The Legend of the Holy Drinker Distinguished Gentleman (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 57% Buster Sir James McDowell (Character) $350.1K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Key to Rebecca Abdullah (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 90% Lace Dr. Geneste (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 94% Masada Rubrius Gallus (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 79% Dial M for Murder Insp. Hubbard (Character) - 1981
86% 64% Murder by Decree Sir Charles Warren (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 28% Holocaust 2000 Professor Griffith (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 43% Moses Aaron (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 56% 21 Hours at Munich General Zvi Zamir (Character) - 1976
71% 68% The Eagle Has Landed Admiral Canaris (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 51% Great Expectations Jaggers (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 57% QB VII Tom Banniester (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 75% The Tamarind Seed Jack Loder (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nelson Affair Lord Minto (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jarrett Cosmo Bastrop (Character) - 1973
88% 69% Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) The King (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 33% Before Winter Comes Brigadier Bewley (Character) - 1969
43% 82% Anne of the Thousand Days Cardinal Wolsey (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destiny of a Spy Col. Malendin (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 36% The Poppy Is Also a Flower Captain Vanderbilt (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Misunderstood Unknown (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barefoot in Athens King Pausanias of Sparta (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 35% A Study in Terror Doctor Murray (Character) - 1966
75% 54% Operation Crossbow Bamford (Character) - 1965
93% 69% The Fall of the Roman Empire Verulus (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet East of Sudan Private Baker (Character) - 1964
93% 93% Lawrence of Arabia Col. Harry Brighton (Character) $6.0M 1962
100% 63% Damn the Defiant! Vizard (Character) - 1962
92% 86% The Guns of Navarone Maj. Roy Franklin (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 17% Serious Charge Howard Phillips (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 50% Tarzan's Greatest Adventure Slade (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Takes a Thief Jim (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 94% Ice Cold in Alex Captain van der Poel (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Wouldn't Talk Dr. Frank Smith (Character) - 1958
79% 93% Woman in a Dressing Gown Jim Preston (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Time for Tears Dr. Graham Seagrave (Character) - 1957
82% 70% Pursuit of the Graf Spee Commodore Harwood (Character) - 1956
93% 75% The Wrong Man Frank O'Connor (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 60% Oh... Rosalinda!! Gen. Orlovsky (Character) - 1955
100% 85% Pygmalion Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited) (Character) - 1938

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No Score Yet 71% The Bourne Identity Gen. François Villiers (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Natural World Narrator 1984
18% No Score Yet The Last Days of Pompeii Unknown (Character) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Kyros Kassoulas (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moses the Lawgiver Unknown (Character) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Six Wives of Henry VIII Narrator 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet El Santo Lord Yearley (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1956