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Sir Anthony Quayle: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Sir John Anthony Quayle
Born September 7, 1913 • England
Died October 20, 1989 (aged 76) • London • England

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Anthony Quayle as King Saul in the television movie The Story of David (1976).
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Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, wearing a black cap and dark fur-trimmed cloak, standing against a plain background.
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Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London.
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Alec Guinness as Macbeth
Alec Guinness
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Leslie Howard sits with his arms crossed on the back of a chair, looking thoughtfully to the side, in a black-and-white promotional portrait from 1939.
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José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac
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Helen Mirren smiles on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, wearing a yellow gown and an ornate emerald and diamond necklace with matching earrings.
Helen Mirren
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Portrait of Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins looking directly at the camera, wearing a dark jacket with a short beard and closely cropped hair.
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Hamlet (1948)
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