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Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

24 movies on Netflix

Biography

Anthony Quayle was a British actor, born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally in The Ghost Train before joining the Old Vic in 1932. He directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from 1948 to 1956 and laid the foundations for the Royal Shakespeare Company, while playing Shakespearean parts such as Falstaff, Othello and Benedick. His films included The Wrong Man (1956), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. He won a Primetime Emmy for QB VII and a Drama Desk Award for Sleuth, and was knighted in 1985.

76years old at death

  • Born Sefton
  • Died London
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • John Anthony Quayle (birth name)Also credited as Sir John Anthony Quayle

Movie Career

Films
24
Career span
45 years1948 to 1993

Genres

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  1. First role

    While taking a break from his studies at RADA, Quayle made his first professional stage appearance in The Ghost Train at the Q Theatre.

  2. First role

    Quayle made his film debut in Pygmalion in 1938, playing an Italian wigmaker. The part was brief and he was not credited for it.

  3. Behind the camera

    Quayle directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre from 1948 to 1956, and his work there helped set the stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company to be created.

  4. Behind the camera

    In 1984 Quayle founded Compass Theatre Company, opening it with a tour of The Clandestine Marriage in which he directed and played Lord Ogleby.

Anthony Quayle movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Lawrence of Arabia1962 Adventure, Biography, Dramaas Colonel Brighton

    IMDb rating 8.3346K votes

  2. The Wrong Man1956 Drama, Film-Noiras Frank D. O'Connor

    IMDb rating 7.435K votes

  3. The Guns of Navarone1961as Franklin

    IMDb rating 7.561K votes

  4. The Eagle Has Landed1976as Admiral Canaris

    IMDb rating 6.928K votes

  5. Anne of the Thousand Days1969as Cardinal Wolsey

    IMDb rating 7.48.9K votes

  6. Ice Cold in Alex1958as Captain van der Poel

    IMDb rating 7.77.6K votes

  7. The Battle of the River Plate1956as Commodore Harwood-H.M.S. Ajax

    IMDb rating 6.65.5K votes

Most often with

J. Lee Thompson directed four of these films. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Anthony Quayle's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$137 million

9 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 10Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Lawrence of Arabia1962as Colonel Brighton
    $70M51.2% of the total
  2. 2
    The Guns of Navarone1961as Franklin
    $29M21.1% of the total
  3. 3
    $18M13.2% of the total
  4. 4
    The Tamarind Seed1974as Jack Loder
    $8.0M5.8% of the total
  5. 5
    $4.8M3.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Operation Crossbow1965as Bamford
    $3.7M2.7% of the total
  7. 7
    The Wrong Man1956as Frank D. O'Connor
    $2.0M1.5% of the total
  8. 8
    The Battle of the River Plate1956as Commodore Harwood-H.M.S. Ajax
    $750K0.5% of the total
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993), $669,276

$669,276from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total

Awards

Three awards and honors, one of them major.

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Anthony Quayle's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
1975Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieQB VIIWon
Other honors
Commander of the Order of the British EmpireWon
Knight BachelorWon

Online

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