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person_profile-Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Eddie Quillan

Date of Birth:

Mar 31, 1907

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 19, 1990

Biography of

Eddie Quillan

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Edward "Eddie" Quillan (March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990) was an American film actor whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s.

    Quillan's very first film appearance was in the 1922 comedy short Up and at 'Em. His next performance was in the 1926 comedy short The Love Sundae opposite actress Alice Day.

    Quillan would remain a popular leading and secondary actor throughout the sound film era and would appear in such notable films as 1935's Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone, 1939's Young Mr. Lincoln opposite Henry Fonda and Alice Brady, as 'Connie Rivers' in John Ford's 1940 film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath opposite Henry Fonda, in 1943's Alaska Highway and It Ain't Hay opposite the comedic duo Abbott and Costello.

    Quillan's breezy screen personality was seen in "B" musicals, comedies, and even serials during the 1940s. In 1948 Columbia Pictures producer Jules White teamed Quillan with veteran movie comic Wally Vernon for a series of comedy short subjects. White emphasized extreme physical comedy in these films, and Vernon and Quillan made a good team, enthusiastically engaging in pratfalling, kick-in-the-pants slapstick. The series ran through 1956.

    Beginning in the late 1950s, Quillan began to make the transition to the medium of television and by the 1960s could be seen frequently appearing as a guest actor in such series as The Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, Perry Mason, and approximately five appearances on the camp-horror comedy series The Addams Family. He was a regular on the Anthony Franciosa sitcom Valentine's Day from 1964 to 1965, and from 1968 through 1971 he appeared as "Eddie Edson" on the television drama Julia opposite actress Diahann Carroll.

    Through the 1950s and 1960s, Quillan continued to appear in motion pictures, but in increasingly smaller roles and often in bit parts. One notable appearance of the era was his role of 'Sandy' in the 1954 Vincente Minnelli directed musical Brigadoon. Quillan also appeared in the uncredited role of 'Mr.Cassidy' in the 1969 Gene Kelly film adaptation of Hello, Dolly!. Quillan appeared in My Three Sons as Mr Hewlett (1961) and also appeared on the western television adventure series The Rifleman as Angus Evans.

    In the 1970s, Quillan made guest appearances on such varied television series as Mannix, Here's Lucy, Chico and the Man and Baretta. After meeting and befriending actor and director Michael Landon, he played numerous bit roles in the popular television series Little House on the Prairie. Quillan also performed in the Landon-directed series Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy during the 1980s. Quillan made his last television appearance in a 1987 episode of the television crime-mystery series Matlock.

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Filmography of

Eddie Quillan

Found 88 Movies in total

Father of Hell Town

Smitty ( Actor )

... 1985

For the Love of It

Wino ( Actor )

... 1980

The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway

Alfred Ammonet ( Actor )

... 1980

White Mama

Old White Man ( Actor )

... 1980

A Special Gift

Mr. Watkins ( Actor )

... 1979

The Darker Side of Terror

Watchman ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1978

Mad Bull

Rafferty ( Actor )

... 1977

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Hotel Clerk ( Actor )

... 1975

The Strongest Man in the World

Mr. Willoughby ( Actor )

... 1975

Hitchhike!

Counterman ( Actor )

... 1974

She Lives!

Janitor ( Actor )

... 1973

Incident on a Dark Street

Security Guard ( Actor )

... 1973

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Billy Lambert ( Actor )

... 1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1972

How to Frame a Figg

Old Man ( Actor )

... 1971

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1970

Hello, Dolly!

Mr. Cassidy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Train Porter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1968

Frankie and Johnny

Cashier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1966

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Elevator Operator ( Actor )

... 1966

The Bounty Killer

Pianist ( Actor )

... 1965

Zebra in the Kitchen

Man Watching TV ( Actor )

... 1965

Viva Las Vegas

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Move Over, Darling

Bellboy ( Actor )

... 1963

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Stevens House Room Clerk ( Actor )

... 1963

Promises! Promises!

Bartender ( Actor )

... 1963

Summer Magic

Boston Mailman ( Actor )

... 1963

Come Blow Your Horn

Elevator Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

Lifetime of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1960

Jungle Safari

Chuck Kelly ( Actor )

... 1956

Brigadoon

Sandy ( Actor )

... 1954

Sideshow

Big Top ( Actor )

... 1950

A Guy Could Change

George Cummings ( Actor )

... 1946

Sensation Hunters

Ray Lawson ( Actor )

... 1945

Jungle Raiders

Joe Riley ( Actor )

... 1945

Song of the Sarong

Tony Romans ( Actor )

... 1945

Jungle Queen

Chuck Kelly ( Actor )

... 1945

Mystery of the Riverboat

Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7] ( Actor )

... 1944

Moonlight and Cactus

Stubby Lamont ( Actor )

... 1944

Dark Mountain

Willie Dinsmire ( Actor )

... 1944

Dixie Jamboree

Jeff Calhoun ( Actor )

... 1944

This Is the Life

Gus ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

Slightly Terrific

Charlie Young ( Actor )

... 1944

Hi, Good Lookin'!

Dynamo Carson ( Actor )

... 1944

The Impostor

Bouteau ( Actor )

... 1944

Hi'ya, Sailor

Corky Mills ( Actor )

... 1943

Alaska Highway

Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones ( Actor )

... 1943

Follow the Band

Marvin Howe ( Actor )

... 1943

It Ain't Hay

Harry, the Horse ( Actor )

... 1943

Priorities on Parade

Sticks O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1942

Kid Glove Killer

Eddie Wright ( Actor )

... 1942

Flying Blind

Riley ( Actor )

... 1941

The Flame of New Orleans

3rd Sailor ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Where Did You Get That Girl?

Joe Olsen ( Actor )

... 1941

Dark Streets of Cairo

Jerry Jones ( Actor )

... 1940

Dancing on a Dime

Jack Norcross ( Actor )

... 1940

La Conga Nights

Titus Endover ( Actor )

... 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Connie Rivers ( Actor )

... 1940

Allegheny Uprising

Will Anderson ( Actor )

... 1939

Hawaiian Nights

Ray Peters ( Actor )

... 1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

Adam Clay ( Actor )

... 1939

The Flying Irishman

Henry Corrigan ( Actor )

... 1939

The Family Next Door

Sammy Pierce ( Actor )

... 1939

Made for Each Other

Conway ( Actor )

... 1939

Swing, Sister, Swing

Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters ( Actor )

... 1938

Big City

Mike Edwards ( Actor )

... 1937

London by Night

Bill ( Actor )

... 1937

The Mandarin Mystery

Ellery Queen ( Actor )

... 1936

The Gentleman from Louisiana

Tod Mason ( Actor )

... 1936

Mutiny on the Bounty

Tommy Ellison ( Actor )

... 1935

Gridiron Flash

Tommy "Cherub" Burke ( Actor )

... 1934

Hollywood Party

Bob Benson ( Actor )

... 1934

Meet the Baron

Man at Dock (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Broadway to Hollywood

Ted Hackett III ( Actor )

... 1933

Strictly Personal

Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed ( Actor )

... 1933

Girl Crazy

Danny Churchill ( Actor )

... 1932

The Big Shot

Ray Smith ( Actor )

... 1931

The Tip-Off

Tommy Jordan ( Actor )

... 1931

Sweepstakes

Buddy Doyle ( Actor )

... 1931

Big Money

Eddie ( Actor )

... 1930

Night Work

Willie ( Actor )

... 1930

The Sophomore

Joe Collins ( Actor )

... 1929

... 1929

Show Folks

Eddie Kehoe ( Actor )

... 1928

The Godless Girl

Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson ( Actor )

... 1928