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John Quayle (born 21 December 1938) is an English actor who is best remembered for his roles in many sitcoms including ''All Gas and Gaiters'', ''Terry and June'', ''Steptoe and Son'' and ''The Liver Birds''. ==Career== Quayle's first main TV role was that of Jim Hawkins in the 1951 BBC serialisation of ''Treasure Island'' alongside Bernard Miles as Long John Silver. He also appeared in a 1952 episode of ''Billy Bunter'' of ''Greyfriars School''. His roles in the 1960s included appearances in ''The Power Game'' and ''No Hiding Place''. He appeared in the sitcom ''All Gas and Gaiters'' in 1970. Later appearances included ''Steptoe and Son'', ''The Liver Birds'', ''Doomwatch'', ''The Dick Emery Show'', ''The Good Life'', ''The Duchess of Duke Street'', ''Happy Ever After'', ''Rising Damp'', ''Citizen Smith'', ''Mind Your Language'', ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'', and the semi-regular role of Bunny Newbury in ''Upstairs, Downstairs''. The 1980s saw Quayle play the two roles that he is perhaps the most remembered for. Firstly, he played the Duke of Broughton in the BBC period drama ''Nanny''. Secondly, in 1985 he became the third actor (after Terence Alexander and Tim Barrett) to play the Medfords' best friend Malcolm in the sitcom ''Terry and June''. He also played a lead role in Yorkshire Television's sitcom ''Farrington of the F.O.'' alongside Joan Sims and Angela Thorne. Other appearances in the 1980s included roles in Johnny Speight's ''The Nineteenth Hole'' and ''Only When I Laugh''. In 2006, he appeared in ''The Line of Beauty'' as Geoffrey Titchfield. In recent years Quayle has played Mr Wilcox in ''Hippies'', Anthony Stephens in ''Coronation Street'', as well as roles in ''The Bill'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Monarch of the Glen'', and ''Lab Rats''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Quayle (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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