Anthony Quayle

. In 2000, he collapsed, and was diagnosed with pancreatitis related to his diabetes. Quayle was knighted in 1985. Schell has also served as a writer, producer and director for a variety of films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1969 for his role in Anne of the Thousand Days. Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth, A Bridge Too Far, Cross of Iron, Julia and Judgment at Nuremburg, he has also appeared in Topkapi, The Black Hole, The Freshman, Stalin and Candles in the Dark. His film roles included parts in Ice Cold in Alex (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Schell has refused to be typecast.

His own Shakespearian roles included Falstaff and Othello; he also appeared in contemporary plays. In 1961, he took the role of the defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. 1974's The Pedestrian, which Schell wrote, produced, directed, and starred in, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. From 1948 to 1956 he directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and laid the foundations for the creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Born in Vienna, he made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in the World War II film The Young Lions. After appearing in vaudeville, he joined the Old Vic in 1932. His elder sister is actress Maria Schell. He was born in Ainsdale in Lancashire and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Austrian actor.

John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 — 20 October 1989) was an English actor and director. 1961 - Won Best Actor in a Leading Role - Judgment at Nuremberg. 1976 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Man in the Glass Booth. 1978 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Julia.