Anthony Quayle

(1913–89)

British actor (d. 76) | Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Hamlet (1948), Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

Distinguished British stage actor and director, in occasional films as an actor

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Quayle studied at RADA and was on stage from 1931, becoming director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon (1948-56), playing many classical roles. His second wife was actress Dorothy Hyson.

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- East of Sudan (1964)
- Today at 8.25am on GREAT! movies christmas
- Today at 9.25am on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1
- Tuesday at 11.05am on GREAT! movies christmas
- Tuesday at 12.05pm on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1
- A trooper, a governess and others escape downriver from one of General Gordon’s outposts.
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Saturday at 2pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- 23^rd January at 2.50am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- An adventurer’s life with the Arabs, told in flashbacks after his accidental death in the thirties.
- Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
- 25^th January at 1.30pm on TCM Movies HD
- 25^th January at 2.30pm on TCM Movies Plus 1
- In 1942 Libya, the commander of a motor ambulance gets his vehicle and passengers to safety despite the hazards of minefields and a German spy.
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- 28^th January at 8pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- In 1943, a sabotage team is sent to destroy two giant guns on a Turkish island.