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Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931. Tall, burly, round-faced and possessed of a powerful and resonant voice, he was mentored early on in his career by the well-known stage director Tyrone Guthrie. Letters of introduction led to steady employment with the Old Vic Company by September 1932, and a succession of small roles in classical parts. Quayle's reputation as an actor grew steadily, and, in 1936, he appeared on Broadway opposite Ruth Gordon in 'The Country Wife'. For the next few years, he consolidated his position as a Shakespearean actor. When the Second World War began, he was among the first in his profession to enlist, serving with the Royal Artillery and rising to the rank of major. Some of his wartime experiences, such as coordinating operations with Albanian partisans as part of the secret Special Operations Executive, were destined to be paralleled by his fictional post-war screen exploits as incisive army officers or spies. With the war still fresh in his mind, he subsequently published two novels (respectively in 1945, and in 1947), 'Eight Hours from England' and 'On Such a Night'.
In 1946, Quayle also made his debut as a theatrical director with a London production of 'Crime and Punishment'. Between 1948 and 1956, he had a distinguished tenure as director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, bringing into the company some of the biggest stars of the stage, including Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. Though acting in films from 1938, the theatre remained his favorite medium. He played diverse roles with great intensity and professionalism, achieving critical acclaim as Petruchio and Falstaff, Tamburlaine and Galileo (on Broadway) and the original role of Andrew Wyke in Anthony Shaffer's play 'Sleuth' (played in the first screen version by Olivier). In motion pictures Quayle tended to portray tough, dependable authority figures. He was good value for money as Commodore Harwood in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), as the enigmatic Afrikaner captain in Ice Cold in Alex (1958) and as the stuffy, by-the-book Colonel Harry Brighton, who nonetheless appears to have a degree of admiration for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Due to his classical training, Quayle was often used in historical epics, giving one of his best performances as Cardinal Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), earning him an Academy Award nomination. His voice was heard as narrator of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and on radio in anything from 'The Ballad of Robin Hood' to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'.
The year prior to receiving his knighthood, Quayle founded the touring Compass Theatre Company, and served as its director until a few months before his death from cancer in October 1989.- Editor
- Producer
- Director
Stephen Priest was an editor and producer, known for Elton John: Blue Eyes (1982), John Farnham & Danni 'Elle: Communication (1989) and Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984). He died on 20 October 1989 in Sydney, Australia.- Actor
- Writer
Dahn Ben Amotz was born on 13 April 1923 in Poland. He was an actor and writer, known for Exodus (1960), Three Days and a Child (1967) and I Don't Give a Damn (1987). He died on 20 October 1989 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Producer
- Casting Director
- Writer
James Fishburn was born on 17 February 1932 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a producer and casting director, known for Frenchman's Farm (1987), The Mavis Bramston Show (1964) and Demonstrator (1971). He died on 20 October 1989 in Gold Coast, Queensand, Australia.- Sofya Fadeyeva was born on 6 December 1901 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Delo N. 306 (1956), Shchit i mech (1968) and The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968). She died on 20 October 1989 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Jerzy Wittlin was born on 9 January 1925 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Klopotliwy gosc (1971) and Jak cudne sa wspomnienia (1977). He died on 20 October 1989 in Poland.- Marthe Poncin was born on 20 May 1893 in Soissons, Aisne, France. She was an editor, known for A Man's Head (1933), Café de Paris (1938) and Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949). She died on 20 October 1989 in Soissons, Aisne, France.
- Thomas Andresen was born on 19 September 1934 in Flensburg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Es muß nicht immer Mord sein (1982) and Tödlicher Ausgang (1979). He died on 20 October 1989 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany.
- Production Designer
- Production Manager
- Writer
Arthur Spjuth was born on 1 May 1904 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a production designer and production manager, known for Gårdarna runt sjön (1957), Bohus bataljon (1949) and När Bengt och Anders bytte hustrur (1950). He died on 20 October 1989 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.