Eddie Quillan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 31, 1907
- Died
- July 19, 1990 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
Matlock
TV · as David Sears · 1 ep
Father of Hell Town
Movie · as Smitty
Moonlighting
TV · as Abbie Cadabra · 1 ep
Hell Town
TV · as Poco Loco · 15 eps
Highway to Heaven
TV · 2 eps
The A-Team
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep
For the Love of It
Movie · as Wino
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Movie · as Alfred Ammonet
White Mama
Movie · as Old White Man
The Darker Side of Terror
Movie · as Watchman
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Movie · as Tompkins
Kaz
TV · 1 ep
Mad Bull
Movie · as Rafferty
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie · as Mr. Willoughby
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Hitchhike!
Movie · as Counterman
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Shorty, Gargan · 5 eps
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · 1 ep
Lucas Tanner
TV · 3 eps
She Lives!
Movie · as Janitor
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie · as Security Guard
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Movie · as Billy Lambert
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie · as Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
How to Frame a Figg
Movie · as Old Man
Nichols
TV · as Agent · 1 ep
Columbo
TV · as Ferguson · 1 ep
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Movie · as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
Movie · as Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
Love, American Style
TV · 1 ep
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie · as Train Porter (uncredited)
Here's Lucy
TV · as Cab Driver, Jackson · 1 ep
Julia
TV · 3 eps
Adam-12
TV · as T.J. · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · 3 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · 2 eps
Cimarron Strip
TV · as Guard · 1 ep
Frankie and Johnny
Movie · as Cashier (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie · as Elevator Operator
Batman
TV · as Newsie · 1 ep
The Bounty Killer
Movie · as Pianist
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Man Watching TV
The F.B.I.
TV · as Amos Wick · 1 ep
Lost in Space
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Hotel Clerk · 1 ep
Branded
TV · as Cowhand (uncredited) · 1 ep
Viva Las Vegas
Movie · as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · 1 ep
Valentine's Day
TV · as Grover Cleveland Fipple · 34 eps
Daniel Boone
TV · as Ephraim Smith (uncredited), Inn Landlord, Mr. Stokey, Proprietor · 1 ep
The Addams Family
TV · as Horace Beesley, Mr. Digby, Joe Digby, Clyde Arbogast, George Bass · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Scotty MacPherson · 1 ep
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Movie · as Stevens House Room Clerk
Summer Magic
Movie · as Boston Mailman (uncredited)
Promises! Promises!
Movie · as Bartender
Move Over, Darling
Movie · as Bellboy
Burke's Law
TV · as Elevator Starter, Mr. Jellybean · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Dick, Mort · 1 ep
Glynis
TV · 1 ep
Temple Houston
TV · 1 ep
The Lucy Show
TV · as Mr. Vincent, Briggs · 1 ep
Mister Ed
TV · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · 1 ep
Lifetime of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Bell Hop · 1 ep
Surfside 6
TV · 1 ep
Pete and Gladys
TV · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
Law of the Plainsman
TV · as Horace Arnold · 1 ep
The Detectives
TV · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · 2 eps
The Texan
TV · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Bookkeeper Abner Keller, Agent, Photographer · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Mel Jones · 1 ep
Come on Seven
Movie · as Eddie
Jungle Safari
Movie · as Chuck Kelly
His Pest Friend
Movie · as Eddie
Nobody's Home
Movie
He Took a Powder
Movie · as Eddie
Gunsmoke
TV · as Barkeep, Telegrapher · 1 ep
MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Sargeant Hall Bender, Air Sergeant · 1 ep
Doggie in the Bedroom
Movie · as Eddie
Brigadoon
Movie · as Sandy
A-Hunting They Did Go
Movie
He Popped His Pistol
Movie · as Eddie
Strop, Look and Listen
Movie · as Eddy
Heebie Gee-Gees
Movie · as Eddie
A Fool and His Honey
Movie · as Eddie
Fun on the Run
Movie
He Flew the Shrew
Movie · as Eddie
Sideshow
Movie · as Big Top
House About It
Movie
Let Down Your Aerial
Movie
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Movie
Crabbin' in the Cabin
Movie · as Eddie
A Guy Could Change
Movie · as George Cummings
Jungle Raiders
Movie · as Joe Riley
Jungle Queen
Movie · as Chuck Kelly
Sensation Hunters
Movie · as Ray Lawson
Song of the Sarong
Movie · as Tony Romans
The Impostor
Movie · as Bouteau
Dark Mountain
Movie · as Willie Dinsmire
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie · as Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Slightly Terrific
Movie · as Charlie Young
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie · as Dynamo Carson
Dixie Jamboree
Movie · as Jeff Calhoun
Twilight on the Prairie
Movie · as Phil
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie · as Stubby Lamont
This Is the Life
Movie · as Gus
Here Comes Kelly
Movie · as Jimmy Kelly
Melody Parade
Movie · as Jimmy Tracy
Alaska Highway
Movie · as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Follow the Band
Movie · as Marvin Howe
Hi'ya, Sailor
Movie · as Corky Mills
It Ain't Hay
Movie · as Harry, the Horse
Kid Glove Killer
Movie · as Eddie Wright
Priorities on Parade
Movie · as Sticks O'Hara
The Flame of New Orleans
Movie · as 3rd Sailor
Too Many Blondes
Movie · as Wally Pelton
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Movie · as Skat
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Movie · as Joe Olsen
Flying Blind
Movie · as Riley
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Connie Rivers
Dark Streets of Cairo
Movie · as Jerry Jones
Dancing on a Dime
Movie · as Jack Norcross
La Conga Nights
Movie · as Titus Endover
Allegheny Uprising
Movie · as Will Anderson
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie · as Adam Clay
Made for Each Other
Movie · as Conway
The Flying Irishman
Movie · as Henry Corrigan
The Family Next Door
Movie · as Sammy Pierce
Hawaiian Nights
Movie · as Ray Peters
Swing, Sister, Swing
Movie · as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
Big City
Movie · as Mike Edwards
London by Night
Movie · as Bill
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie · as Ellery Queen
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Movie · as Tod Mason
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie · as Tommy Ellison
Hollywood Party
Movie · as Bob Benson
Gridiron Flash
Movie · as Tommy "Cherub" Burke
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie · as Ted Hackett III
Strictly Personal
Movie · as Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
Meet the Baron
Movie · as Man at Dock (uncredited)
Girl Crazy
Movie · as Danny Churchill
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Movie · as Eddie
The Tip-Off
Movie · as Tommy
The Big Shot
Movie · as Ray Smith
Sweepstakes
Movie · as Buddy Doyle
Night Work
Movie · as Willie Musher
Big Money
Movie · as Eddie
The Sophomore
Movie · as Joe Collins
Geraldine
Movie · as Eddie Able
Noisy Neighbors
Movie · as Eddie Van Revel
The Godless Girl
Movie · as Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
Show Folks
Movie · as Eddie Kehoe
For Sale, a Bungalow
Movie · as Eddie
The Bull Fighter
Movie · as Young Flint
The College Kiddo
Movie · as Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
Love in a Police Station
Movie · as Officer Eddie Chase
Catalina, Here I Come
Movie · as Eddie
The Golf Nut
Movie · as Eddie
The Perils of Petersboro
Movie · as Eddie Knight
Should Husbands Marry?
Movie · as Eddie McGrew
Kitty from Killarney
Movie · as Eddie McManus
Her Actor Friend
Movie · as Buddy Jones