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Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Actor · 1907 – 1990 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.8

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Hello, Dolly!

    1969 · 405 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935 · 406 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Viva Las Vegas

    1964 · 162 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.3
  • Movie6.5

    Brigadoon

    1954 · 174 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939 · 195 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

    1966 · 103 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Frankie and Johnny

    1966 · 56 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Made for Each Other

    1939 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.6

    The Flame of New Orleans

    1941 · 26 votes

  • Movie8.0

    White Mama

    1980 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Allegheny Uprising

    1939 · 33 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Summer Magic

    1963 · 54 votes

  • Movie6.6

    How to Frame a Figg

    1971 · 18 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Flying Irishman

    1939 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Hollywood Party

    1934 · 16 votes

  • Movie6.5

    It Ain't Hay

    1943 · 16 votes

  • Movie5.6
  • Movie6.3

    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    1975 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.9
  • Movie6.7

    Move Over, Darling

    1963 · 104 votes

Series24

  • TV8.1

    Columbo

    1971 · 857 votes

  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.5

    The A-Team

    1983 · 1.1K votes

  • TV8.0
  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.1

    Adam-12

    1968 · 48 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV7.0

    Matlock

    1986 · 143 votes

  • TV7.4

    Highway to Heaven

    1984 · 207 votes

  • TV5.9

    Petticoat Junction

    1963 · 42 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 617 votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV6.4

    Police Woman

    1974 · 33 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Big Valley

    1965 · 59 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV7.5

    Moonlighting

    1985 · 417 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.1

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    1964 · 35 votes

  • TV7.1
  • TV7.3

    Lost in Space

    1965 · 137 votes