Acting

Anthony Quayle

1913–1989 · Acting

65.2avg grm

14titles

#58best rank

3honors

best title · #58 on siteLawrence of Arabia1962 · as Colonel Brighton82.8

Honors

3

1975Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

—Knight Bachelor

—Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Bio

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s3 titles

The Legend of the Holy Drinker1988 · as Distinguished Gentleman55.4 TThe Theban Plays by Sophocles1986 · as Oedipus · series63.5 M

Masada1981 · as Rubrius Gallus · series64.0

1970s1 title

The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · as Narrator · series64.5

1960s5 titles

Strange Report1969 · as Adam Strange · series63.9 A

Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Wolsey56.8 M

Misunderstood1966 · as Sir John Edward Duncombe58.9 L

Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Colonel Brighton82.8 G

The Guns of Navarone1961 · as Maj. Roy Franklin73.5

1950s4 titles

TTime to Remember1959 · as Narrator · series64.0 I

Ice Cold in Alex1958 · as Captain van der Poel60.2 W

Woman in a Dressing Gown1957 · as Jim57.1 W

The Wrong Man1956 · as Frank D. O'Connor73.7

1940s1 title

Hamlet1948 · as Marcellus74.9

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Anthony Quayle

A

born1913

died1989

known forActing

titles on site14

best title rank#58 · Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

avg GRM65.2

honors3 · Emmy — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, 1975

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.

Filmography

ranked on this site

1980s

3 titles

55.4The Legend of the Holy Drinker1988 · as Distinguished Gentleman T63.5The Theban Plays by Sophocles1986 · as Oedipus · series M

64.0Masada1981 · as Rubrius Gallus · series

1970s

1 title

64.5The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · as Narrator · series

1960s

5 titles

63.9Strange Report1969 · as Adam Strange · series A

56.8Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Wolsey M

58.9Misunderstood1966 · as Sir John Edward Duncombe L

82.8Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Colonel Brighton G

73.5The Guns of Navarone1961 · as Maj. Roy Franklin

1950s

4 titles

T64.0Time to Remember1959 · as Narrator · series I

60.2Ice Cold in Alex1958 · as Captain van der Poel W

57.1Woman in a Dressing Gown1957 · as Jim W

73.7The Wrong Man1956 · as Frank D. O'Connor

1940s

1 title

74.9Hamlet1948 · as Marcellus

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