Anthony Quayle

Birthplace: Ainsdale, England, United Kingdom
Birthday: September 7, 1913

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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Credits

Actor

The Evil Touch
Jarrett
Bassett Cosgrove
Henry IV, Part One
Sir John Falstaff
Moses -- the Lawgiver
Aaron
The Endless Game
Glanville

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Career Milestones

1990
Last feature role, "King of the Wind"
1985
Became Sir Anthony Quayle
1971
Starred in mystery TV series, "The Strange Report"
1948
First speaking role in feature, "Hamlet"
1948 to 1956
Managed Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, in Stratford-on -Avon