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Anthony Quayle
Sir John Anthony Quayle CBE was a British actor, theatre director, and novelist born on 7 September 1913. Quayle served in the Royal Artillery, British Army during the Second World War which greatly affected his life. His acting career included numerous high-profile roles in films such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Guns of Navarone, The Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Eagle Has Landed. He was knighted in 1985 for his services to the Theatre. His first film role was as an Italian wigmaker in Pygmalion and he later played significant parts in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man and Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate. His television work included the drama series Strange Report and the television film adaptation of The Bourne Identity.
In his personal life, Quayle was married twice. His first wife was actress Hermione Hannen, to whom he was married from 1935 to 1941. His second wife, American-born actress Dorothy Hyson, bore him two daughters and a son. Quayle is also known for his writing, authoring two novels and an autobiography. His first novel, Eight Hours from England, is a semi-fictional account of his war service with the S.O.E. in Albania. Quayle passed away from liver cancer on 20 October 1989.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: John Anthony Quayle
Born: Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: September 7, 1913
Occupations: Actor, Theatre Director, Novelist
Years Active: 1935-1989
Children: 3
Spouses: Hermione Hannen, Dorothy Hyson
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Movies Featuring Anthony Quayle
Hamlet
The Guns of Navarone
The Wrong Man
The Eagle Has Landed
Operation Crossbow
King of the Wind
Dial M for Murder
The Manions of America
Masada
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Key to Rebecca
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Buster
The Endless Game
Lace
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Magdalene
The Bourne Identity
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Henry IV Part 2
Misunderstood
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Holocaust 2000
Oh… Rosalinda!!
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Judgement of Albion
Murder by Decree
Barefoot in Athens
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Battle of the River Plate
Before Winter Comes
A Study in Terror
The Thief and the Cobbler
Anne of the Thousand Days
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Bequest to the Nation
Ice Cold in Alex
The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk
Pygmalion
Moses the Lawgiver
Great Expectations
The Tamarind Seed
No Time for Tears
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
QB VII
East of Sudan
Henry IV Part 1
See You at the Pillar
Serious Charge
Mackenna’s Gold
Lawrence of Arabia
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
21 Hours at Munich
The Story of David
Career Timeline
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1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Distinguished Gentleman
Buster
Sir James McDowell
Magdalene
Father Noessler
1979
Henry IV Part 2
Sir John Falstaff
Murder by Decree
Sir Charles Warren
Henry IV Part 1
Sir John Falstaff
1969
Before Winter Comes
Brigadier Bewley
Anne of the Thousand Days
Wolsey
Mackenna’s Gold
Older Englishman
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