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Anthony Quayle is a Actor British born on 7 september 1913 at Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (United-kingdom)
Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British born Manx actor and director.
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(1969)
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Birth name John Anthony Quayle
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 september 1913 at Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (United-kingdom)
Death 20 october 1989 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 september 1913 at Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (United-kingdom)
Death 20 october 1989 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British born Manx actor and director.
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H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
, 1h41Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter
Roles Vizard
Rating70%
The humane Captain Crawford (Guinness) is in command of the warship HMS Defiant during the French Revolutionary Wars. He soon finds himself in a battle of wills with his first officer, the sadistic and supercilious first lieutenant, Mr. Scott-Padget (Bogarde). The Lieutenant believes that Crawford is too soft on his crew, and also disagrees with the captain's decision to proceed with orders to sail to Corsica despite word that Napoleon has overrun much of Italy. Scott-Padget has powerful family connections, which he has used in the past to "beach" two previous commanding officers with whom he disagreed. Knowing that Crawford is helpless to intervene, Scott-Padget subjects the former's son, Midshipman Harvey Crawford (David Robinson), to excessive daily punishments so as to gain leverage over the captain.
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
, 2h30Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, J. Lee Thompson, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, James Robertson Justice, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker
Roles Maj. Roy Franklin
Rating74%
In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Keros — where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned — to bully neutral Turkey into joining them with a display of their military strength. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed superguns on the nearby island of Navarone. When aerial bombing efforts fail, Allied Intelligence gathers a team of commandos to infiltrate Navarone and destroy the guns. Led by Major Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), the team is composed of Captain Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck), a renowned spy and mountaineer; Colonel Andrea Stavrou (Anthony Quinn) from the defeated Greek army; Franklin's best friend Corporal Miller (David Niven), an explosives expert and former chemistry teacher; Greco-American Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren), a native of Navarone; and "Butcher" Brown (Stanley Baker), an engineer and expert knife fighter.
The Challenge (1960)
, 1h41Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh
Roles Jim
Rating60%
Mansfield plays Billy, a ruthless gang leader who dumps gang member Kristy when he is convicted of robbery. Kristy serves his time, then recovers the stolen loot when he's released. Billy and her gang then kidnap Kristy's son and demand money as ransom.
Serious Charge (1959)
, 1h27Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anthony Quayle, Sarah Churchill, Andrew Ray, Percy Herbert, Noel Howlett, Wensley Pithey
Roles Reverend Howard Phillips
Rating62%
An unmarried vicar, the Reverend Howard Phillips (Anthony Quayle), newly arrived in the parish, attempts to force local 19-year-old thug and petty criminal Larry Thompson (Andrew Ray) to face up to his responsibilities to Mary Williams (Leigh Madison), the naive young girl he has impregnated. Tempers are lost, a struggle ensues, and in retaliation Thompson accuses Phillips of 'interfering' with him. The episode is witnessed by Hester Peters (Sarah Churchill), the daughter of the parish’s previous clergyman, who had become infatuated with the athletic and handsome new vicar. However, having earlier seen a young girl (Mary) leaving the vicarage late one night (she had sought the vicar's advice about her pregnancy), Hester jumps to the conclusion the two are romantically linked and, 'a fury like a woman scorned', refuses to contradict Thompson's palpably false accusation. Mary is killed shortly afterwards; discovering Thompson kissing another girl at a bus shelter, she blindly flees across the road into the path of a car.
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
, 1h23Directed by John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sean Connery, Sara Shane, Al Mulock, Scilla Gabel
Roles Slade
Rating63%
A native village is robbed, supposedly by natives. Before a man dies, he mentions the name "Slade". Black colouring is found on his hand so they know it is white people who did it, disguised as Africans. Tarzan arrives, remembering Slade from a year previously as a man who let three of his men die during a hunt for a rogue elephant and has a grudge against him. A woman (Angie) turns up, Sanchez' latest woman, flying one of his planes. Later she buzzes Tarzan in his canoe, and crashes the plane so now Tarzan is stuck with her as he goes after Slade. Slade has 3 men and a girlfriend with him. He knows where a diamond mine is and has got his supplies for his trip by stealing them. Tensions run high amongst his men. Kruger is an ex-Nazi and a diamond expert. O'Bannion is an Irish rebel, a drunk and a trouble maker who keeps hassling Dino till Dino decides to kill him but falls foul of a wild animal and quicksand.
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
, 2h10Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Richard Leech, Diane Clare
Roles Captain van der Poel
Rating76%
A British unit at Tobruk is attacked by the German Afrika Korps, in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. During the resulting evacuation, Captain Anson (John Mills), a transport pool officer suffering from battle fatigue and alcoholism, MSM Tom Pugh (Harry Andrews), and two nurses, Diana Murdoch (Sylvia Syms) and Denise Norton (Diane Clare), crew an Austin K2/Y ambulance, nicknamed 'Katy', and decide to drive across the desert back to British lines.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Katherine Kath, Dora Bryan, Patrick Allen
Roles Dr. Frank Smith
Rating62%
A courtroom drama, it sees an American scientist charged for murder by the British police for his supposed role in the death of an Eastern Bloc defector.
The Wrong Man (1957)
, 1h45Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Esther Minciotti
Roles Frank D. O'Connor
Rating73%
For the only time in his many films, Alfred Hitchcock starts this picture talking to the camera and says that "every word is true" in this story.
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
, 1h33Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Andrew Ray, Carole Lesley, Michael Ripper
Roles Jim Preston
Rating72%
The Prestons are an apparently happy London household, made up of wife Amy (Yvonne Mitchell), husband Jim (Anthony Quayle) and teenage son Brian (Andrew Ray). Although the family appears happy, there is considerable tension, as Amy never gets organised enough to get dressed each day. Instead, she does the housework, cooks the meals, etc., in her dressing gown. Jim is having an affair with a co-worker, Georgie (Sylvia Syms), who threatens to break it off unless Jim divorces his wife and leaves his family. He promises that he will do so, and demands a divorce from Amy. Amy is shocked and distraught, while Brian becomes angry with his father.
No Time for Tears (1957)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Flora Robson, Daphne Anderson
Roles Dr. Graham Seagrave
Rating62%
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1956)
, 1h41Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas, Operetta films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Dennis Price, Ludmila Tcherina, Anton Walbrook
Roles Gen. Orlovsky
Rating60%
In 1955 Vienna, during its post-war occupation, the black-market dealer Dr. Falke (Anton Walbrook) moves freely through the French, British, American and Russian sectors, dealing in champagne and caviar amongst the highest echelons of the allied powers. After a costume party, French Colonel Gabriel Eisenstein (Michael Redgrave) plays a practical joke on a drunken Falke, depositing him, asleep and dressed as a bat, in the lap of a patriotic Russian statue, to be discovered the following morning by irate Russian soldiers. Falke is nearly arrested until his friend General Orlofsky (Anthony Quayle) of the USSR intervenes. A vengeful Falke plans an elaborate practical joke on his friend, involving Orlofsky, a British major (Dennis Price), Eisenstein's beautiful wife Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina), her maid (Anneliese Rothenberger) and a masked ball where no one is what they seem. Complicating matters is American Captain Alfred Westerman (Mel Ferrer), an old flame of Rosalinda's who is determined to take advantage of her husband's absence.
, 1h59Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Bernard Lee, Patrick Macnee
Roles Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Rating65%
In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned: Graf Spee is equipped with long-range 11-inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser Exeter has much lighter 8-inch guns, and the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles have 6-inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.
Hamlet (1948)
, 2h35Directed by Laurence Olivier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway
Roles Marcellus
Rating75%
The film follows the overall story of the play, but cuts nearly half the dialogue, leaves out two major characters.
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
, 1h36Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Peter C. Bull, Flora Robson, Françoise Rosay, Frederick Valk
Roles Durer
Rating64%
Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) seeks solace from dashing Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger) when her husband Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), later to become King George I of Great Britain, wants nothing to do with her. The lovers are brought down by a jealous Countess Platen (Flora Robson).
Pygmalion (1939)
, 1h36Directed by Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr, Leslie Howard, Helen Westley, Jean Cadell
Roles Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Rating76%
Le professeur Henry Higgins, alors qu'il étudie de loin les manières d'une pauvre vendeuse à la sauvette de Piccadilly Circus, parie avec un collègue qu'il peut, en quelque temps et à titre d'expérience, complètement corriger l'allure et le langage de celle-ci, pour en faire une femme de la haute société.