The Saint
1967
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Sep 17, 2020 · News. Sep 17, 2020 Steve Palace. Photo of Quayle in Albania: SOE Archives. Actor and director Sir Anthony Quayle played arguably his most famous role during wartime. He wasn’t on the big screen or treading the boards – he was working for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), stationed in Albania.
Apr 3, 2024 · Sir Anthony Quayle was a British actor and director who was well known for his roles in classic plays on the stage as well as for his motion-picture career. Quayle made his first stage appearance in 1931 in vaudeville but became a member of the Old Vic Theatre in 1932 and made his New York City.
Sir John Anthony Quayle CBE (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor, theatre director and novelist. 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).
Oct 21, 1989 · Sir Anthony Quayle, a versatile actor and director who helped establish Stratford-on-Avon as a major center of British theater, died of cancer yesterday at his home in London. He was 76 years...
Oct 21, 1989 · Sir Anthony Quayle, who in a career that reached through six decades earned a reputation as one of the English-speaking world’s most distinguished actors, died Friday at his home in London....
Oct 15, 2018 · Quayle was appointed as professor in theatre in 1974. He taught classes as an artist in residence and served as artistic director of the Clarence Brown Company—a professional theatre company in residence at UT. He played in Everyman the same year. In 1975 he directed and played the title role in MacBeth.
Anthony Quayle was a versatile, round-faced stage actor who became an unexpected film star in the 1950s, appearing in a wide range of roles, excelling at authority figures, with a hint of a weakness in their nature.
