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3. 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).
Anthony Quayle. Actor: Lawrence of Arabia. Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931.
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- October 20, 1989
Anthony Quayle. Actor: Lawrence of Arabia. Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931. Tall, burly, round-faced and possessed of a powerful and resonant voice, he was mentored ...
- September 7, 1913
- October 20, 1989
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Apr 3, 2024 · Sir Anthony Quayle (born September 7, 1913, Ainsdale, Lancashire, England—died October 20, 1989, London) 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 ...
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Sep 17, 2020 · Quayle’s role as Maj Roy Franklin of Special Forces in ‘The Guns of Navarone’ (1961) must have reminded him of his time with the SOE. Post-war, Quayle cropped up in some of the most famous movies of all time. He played Col Brighton in ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ (1962). Two years on, he portrayed Verulus in ‘The Fall of the Roman Empire’.
Anthony Quayle was playing Macbeth in his own production during his residency at the University of Tennessee in 1975 while the audience threw tomatoes and an onion on stage. At the end of the play, he told the audience how an actor named McCready had had half-a-sheep thrown at him during a nineteenth century production of the play.
Sir John Anthony Quayle 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). He also 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 ...
