Denis Quilley

Denis Clifford Quilley, OBE was an English actor and singer. From a family with no theatrical connections, Quilley was determined from an early age to become an actor. He was taken on by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in his teens, and after a break for compulsory military service he began a West End career in 1950, succeeding Richard Burton in The Lady's Not For Burning. In the 1950s he appeared in revue, musicals, operetta and on television as well as in classic and modern drama in the theatre.

26 December 1927

Born on the same birth date (26 December 1927): Alan King • Denis Gifford • Stu Miller

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Ceylan Ertem • Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry • Elizabeth Kostova • Fred Schepisi • Gray Davis • James Kottak • Martin Cooper (inventor) • Norm Ullman • Percy Hodge • Philaret Drozdov • Robert Hamerton-Kelly • Rolf Botvid

Born in the same month (December 1927): Bhumibol Adulyadej • Denis Gifford • Edward Meneeley • Helen Watts • Jan Kubíček • Jim Fuchs • John Buscema • Leo Kubiak • Mary Higgins Clark • Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark • Ram Narayan • Ramsey Clark • Randall Garrett • Robert Noyce • Roméo LeBlanc • Stu Miller • W. D. Amaradeva