- Geboren am
- Verstorben20. Oktober 1989 · Chelsea, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich (Leberkrebs)
- GeburtsnameJohn Anthony Quayle
- Spitzname
- Tony
- Größe1,86 m
- Anthony Quayle wurde am 7 September 1913 in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire [now Aindale, Sefton, Merseyside], England, UK geboren. Er war Schauspieler, bekannt für Lawrence von Arabien (1962), Die Kanonen von Navarone (1961) und Der Adler ist gelandet (1976). Er war mit Dorothy Hyson und Hermione Hannen verheiratet. Er starb am 20 Oktober 1989 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- EhepartnerDorothy Hyson(1947 - 20. Oktober 1989) (er verstorben, 3 Kinder)Hermione Hannen(1934 - 1941) (geschieden)
- KinderChristopher QuayleRosanna Quayle
- Was a major in the British army during WW2 and then played one in Die Kanonen von Navarone (1961).
- Awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours List and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1985 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to drama.
- Formed his own theatre company, "Compass", which toured the provinces introducing theatre to new audiences.
- Served with writer Anthony Burgess ("A Clockwork Orange") in the British military during WW2.
- Discovered Robert Shaw and Barbara Jefford.
- If life doesn't have that little bit of danger, you'd better create it. If life hands you that danger, accept it gratefully.
- [Of the plays he produced at the Stratford Memorial Theatre] "Some complain that the productions are over-pictorial, others that they are dull, others that they're too long, and others that they've been cut. But the chief complaint seems to be that they can't get in."
- The marvellous thing about David Niven was his endless and genuine merriness and lightness of heart. I once said to him, Are you always like this - jokey and buoyant and fun? And he said, As a matter of fact I am, old thing, because life's so miserable that I feel it's one's duty to try and be cheerful and keep spirits up.
- I wasn't asked to be a handsome young man in films because I wasn't a handsome young man.
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