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Eddie Quillan
Actor
Died July 19, 1990 (83 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Old Man |
| 1980 | For the Love of It · as Wino |
| 1980 | Here's Boomer (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World · as Mr. Willoughby |
| 1975 | The Last Day · as Bank Clerk |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Guard |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Melvin Purvis G-MAN · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man (TV Series) · as The Bum |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) · as Buffalo Bill |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street · as Security Guard |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Dexter |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't · as Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | How to Frame a Figg · as Old Man |
| 1971 | Nichols (TV Series) · as Agent |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Ferguson |
| 1970 | The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again · as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! · as Mr. Cassidy |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket · as Reverend Beckwith |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as (segment "Love and the Loud Mouth") |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West · as Train Porter (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? · as Salesman |
| 1968 | The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz · as Man on Bicycle |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Davis |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Man #4 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as T.J. |
| 1967 | Eight on the Lam · as Car Dealer |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Elevator Operator |
| 1966 | Frankie and Johnny · as Cashier |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of Southampton (TV Series) · as Pawnbroker |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | Zebra in the Kitchen · as Man Watching TV |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer · as Pianist |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Hogan |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) · as Cowhand |
| 1965 | Lost in Space (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Amos Wick |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear · as Sgt. Smitty |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Ephraim Smith (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Scotty MacPherson |
| 1964 | The Addams Family (1964) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Viva Las Vegas · as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling · as Bellboy |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn · as Elevator Operator |
| 1963 | Summer Magic · as Boston Mailman |
| 1963 | Promises..... Promises! · as Bartender |
| 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition · as Tom |
| 1963 | Gunfight at Comanche Creek · as Stevens House Room Clerk |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Who's Got the Action? · as Dingo the Telephone Repairman |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy (TV Series) · as The Sailor |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Edmunds |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Briggs |
| 1961 | The Ladies Man · as Wolf Man (scenes deleted) |
| 1961 | Mister Ed (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) · as Attendant |
| 1960 | Lifetime of Comedy · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Lifetime of Comedy · as actor |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Mr. Hewlitt |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Willie the Barber |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV Series) · as George Martin |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Switzer |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Photographer |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Barkeep |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Air Sergeant |
| 1954 | Brigadoon · as Sandy |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Assayer |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Bellboy |
| 1945 | Sensation Hunters · as Ray Lawson |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain · as Willie Dinsmire |
| 1944 | Dixie Jamboree · as Jeff Calhoun |
| 1943 | Alaska Highway · as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones |
| 1941 | Flying Blind · as Riley |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Connie Rivers |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other · as Conway (pilot) |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln · as Adam Clay |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising · as Will Anderson |
| 1936 | The Mandarin Mystery · as Ellery Queen |
| 1936 | The Gentleman from Louisiana · as Tod Mason |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Tommy Ellison |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party · as Bob Benson |
| 1926 | Alice Be Good · as Buddy Jones |