Cast

Eddie Quillan

Acting

Cast

Eddie Quillan

Known for

Acting

Born

1907-03-31

From

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

1990-07-19

Also known as Edward Quillan

Biography

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.

Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Biography

The Grapes of Wrath

Hello, Dolly!

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Frankie and Johnny

Move Over, Darling

Big Money

The Godless Girl

Viva Las Vegas

Sweepstakes

Young Mr. Lincoln

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

Geraldine

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Hitchhike!

The Flame of New Orleans

Too Many Blondes

He Popped His Pistol

He Took a Powder

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Brigadoon

Broadway to Hollywood

Incident on a Dark Street

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

The Golf Nut

Come Blow Your Horn

The Strongest Man in the World

Melvin Purvis G-Man

Made for Each Other

Noisy Neighbors

Lifetime of Comedy

London by Night

Mystery of the Riverboat

Allegheny Uprising

A Fool and His Honey

Fun on the Run

For the Love of It

The Darker Side of Terror

Let Down Your Aerial

Hi'ya, Sailor

Doggie in the Bedroom

Her Actor Friend

The Tip-Off

Catalina, Here I Come

Zebra in the Kitchen

Song of the Sarong

Dark Mountain

Hollywood Party

Big City

The Flying Irishman

The Impostor

A Guy Could Change

Sideshow

Swing, Sister, Swing

How to Frame a Figg

It Ain't Hay

House About It

The Bounty Killer

Nobody's Home

He Flew the Shrew

Moonlight and Cactus

The Perils of Petersboro

La Conga Nights

The Judge and Jake Wyler

This Is the Life

Promises! Promises!

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Kid Glove Killer

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

The Mandarin Mystery

Jungle Queen

His Pest Friend

Mad Bull

Meet the Baron

Summer Magic

Here Comes Kelly

White Mama