Biography: life and films
Anthony Quayle was an English actor and film director. He was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England on 7th September 1913 and died in Chelsea, London, England on 20th October 1989, aged 76.His best films as an actor include Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), Michael Powell's The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's crime-thriller The Wrong Man (1956), J. Lee Thompson's Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and Charles Jarrott's Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).
Anthony Quayle appeared in 36 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: J. Lee Thompson (5 films), Terence Young (2) and Michael Powell (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (29 films), romance (7), War (7), history (5), Thriller (4), crime-thriller (3), Horror (3), Biography (3), comedy (2) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for Anthony Quayle over all films is: 3.3
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Moscow Nights (1935) [a]
Hamlet (1948) [a]
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) [a]
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) [a]
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) [a]
No Time for Tears (1957) [a]
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) [a]
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) [a]
Serious Charge (1959) [a]
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) [a]
The Challenge (1960) [a]
The Guns of Navarone (1961) [a]
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) [a]
East of Sudan (1964) [a]
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [a]
Operation Crossbow (1965) [a]
Incompreso (1966) [a]
Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) [a]
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) [a]
Before Winter Comes (1969) [a]
Mackenna's Gold (1969) [a]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex - But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) [a]
Bequest to the Nation (1973) [a]
The Tamarind Seed (1974) [a]
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) [a]
Holocaust 2000 (1977) [a]
Murder by Decree (1979) [a]
Buster (1988) [a]
La Leggenda del santo bevitore (1988) [a]
Magdalene (1989) [a]
King of the Wind (1990) [a]
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) [a]
The silent era of French cinema
The best of British film comedies
The best French war films ever made
