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Sir John Anthony Quayle, was an English actor and theatre director. He 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), and 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 Years Honours List.
Birth Name
John Anthony Quayle
Born
Sunday, 07 September 1913
Died
Friday, 20 October 1989
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shakespeare Uncovered | Falsatff | 2012 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Thief and the Cobbler | King Nod (original version) / King Nod (voice) | 1993 |
| King of the Wind | Lord Granville | 1990 |
| Magdalene | Father Noessler | 1988 |
| Buster | Sir James McDowell | 1988 |
| Reaching for the Skies | Narrator | 1988 |
| The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Distinguished Gentleman | 1988 |
| The Bourne Identity | Gen. François Villiers | 1988 |
| Best of British | Narrator | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shakespeare Uncovered | Falsatff | 2012 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Thief and the Cobbler | King Nod (original version) / King Nod (voice) | 1993 |
| King of the Wind | Lord Granville | 1990 |
| Magdalene | Father Noessler | 1988 |
| Buster | Sir James McDowell | 1988 |
| Reaching for the Skies | Narrator | 1988 |
| The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Distinguished Gentleman | 1988 |
| The Bourne Identity | Gen. François Villiers | 1988 |
| Best of British | Narrator | 1987 |
| The Theban Plays by Sophocles | Oedipus | 1986 |
| The Key to Rebecca | Abdullah | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong | (archive footage) | 1985 |
| Klassix 13 | Himself | 1985 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | Quintus | 1984 |
| Lace | Dr. Geneste | 1984 |
| The Manions of America | Lord Montgomery | 1981 |
| Dial 'M' for Murder | Insp. Hubbard | 1981 |
| Masada | Rubrius Gallus | 1981 |
| Henry IV Part II | Sir John Falstaff | 1979 |
| Henry IV Part I | Sir John Falstaff | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Kyros Kassoulas | 1979 |
| Murder by Decree | Sir Charles Warren | 1979 |
| The Chosen | Griffith / Professor Griffith | 1977 |
| The Eagle Has Landed | Admiral Canaris / Adm. Wilhelm Canaris | 1976 |
| 21 Hours at Munich | General Zvi Zamir / Zvi Zamir | 1976 |
| The Story of David | King Saul | 1976 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Moses the Lawgiver | Aaron | 1974 |
| Great Expectations | Jaggers | 1974 |
| The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | Dartmouth | 1974 |
| The Tamarind Seed | Jack Loder | 1974 |
| QB VII | Tom Banniester | 1974 |
| Moses the Lawgiver | Aaron | 1974 |
| The Evil Touch | Self - Host | 1973 |
| The Nelson Affair | Lord Minto | 1973 |
| Jarrett | Cosmo Bastrop | 1973 |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask | The King | 1972 |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask | The King | 1972 |
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Narrator | 1970 |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Cardinal Wolsey | 1969 |
| Strange Report | Adam Strange | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Mackenna's Gold | Older Englishman | 1969 |
| Before Winter Comes | Brigadier Bewley | 1969 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Daniel Bloch | 1967 |
| Misunderstood | Sir John Edward Duncombe | 1967 |
| See You at the Pillar | Narrator | 1967 |
| The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Captain Vanderbilt / Capt. Vanderbilt | 1966 |
| A Study in Terror | Doctor Murray | 1965 |
| Court Martial | Col. Julian Rodney | 1965 |
| Operation Crossbow | Bamford | 1965 |
| East of Sudan | Pvt. Baker / Private Baker | 1964 |
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | Verulus | 1964 |
| Espionage | Philip | 1963 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Colonel Brighton / Colonel Harry Brighton | 1962 |
| The Saint | Lord Thornton Yearley | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
| Man of the World | Dr. Moretti | 1962 |
| Damn the Defiant! | Vizard | 1962 |
| The Guns of Navarone | Maj. Roy Franklin | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Samurai | 1961 |
| It Takes a Thief | Jim | 1960 |
| Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | Slade | 1959 |
| Serious Charge | Rev. Howard Phillips / Reverend Howard Phillips | 1959 |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Captain van der Poel | 1958 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Dr. Frank Smith | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Graham | 1957 |
| No Time for Tears | Dr. Graham Seagrave | 1957 |
| Woman in a Dressing Gown | Jim / Jim Preston | 1957 |
| The Wrong Man | Frank D. O'Connor | 1956 |
| The Battle of the River Plate | Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Harry Albert / Colonel Kralik / Betumain | 1956 |
| Oh... Rosalinda!! | Gen. Orlovsky | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Gooch / Julian Armstrong / Leone | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | God Ra / Robert Browning | 1954 |
| Train of Events | Violinist | 1949 |
| Saraband | Durer | 1948 |
| Hamlet | Marcellus | 1948 |
| Pygmalion | Eliza's Hairdresser | 1939 |
| I Stand Condemned | Vanya - Soldier dictating Letter | 1935 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1975 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special | Won |
| 1970 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1970 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
