23 Facts About Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film Anne of the Thousand Days.

Anthony Quayle played important roles in such major studio productions as The Guns of Navarone, Lawrence of Arabia, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Operation Crossbow, QB VII and The Eagle Has Landed.

Anthony Quayle was educated at Abberley Hall School, a preparatory school in Abberley, Worcestershire, and at Rugby School, then an all-boys independent boarding school.

Anthony Quayle trained for one year at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Anthony Quayle was made one of the area commanders of the Auxiliary Units in Northumberland.

Later Anthony Quayle joined the Special Operations Executive and served as a liaison officer with the partisans in Albania.

Anthony Quayle described his experiences in a fictional form in Eight Hours from England.

Anthony Quayle wrote of his Gibraltar experience in his second novel On Such a Night, published by Heinemann.

From 1948 to 1956 Anthony Quayle directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and laid the foundations for the creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Anthony Quayle played the role of Moses in Christopher Fry's play The Firstborn, in a production starring opposite Katharine Cornell.

Anthony Quayle made an LP with Cornell, in which he played the role of poet Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street.

Anthony Quayle made his Broadway debut in The Country Wife in 1936.

Anthony Quayle played James Tyrone in the first UK production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Anthony Quayle was artist-in-residence at the University of Tennessee in the mid-70s.

Anthony Quayle came to Knoxville in spring 1974, through a partnership with the Kennedy Center, starring in Henry Denker's The Headhunters, which rehearsed and opened at the Clarence Brown Theatre and then moved on to the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theatre.

Anthony Quayle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Cardinal Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days.

Anthony Quayle was a close friend of Jack Hawkins and Jack Gwillim; all four actors appeared in Lawrence of Arabia.

Anthony Quayle starred in the miniseries Masada as Rubrius Gallius.

Anthony Quayle starred in the 'Last Bottle in The World' episode of Tales of the Unexpected.

Anthony Quayle died at his home in Chelsea from liver cancer on 20 October 1989.

Anthony Quayle was mentioned in despatches during the Second World War.

Anthony Quayle was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1952 Birthday Honours.

Anthony Quayle was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1985 New Year Honours for services to the Theatre, and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 5 March 1985.