Eddie Quillan
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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.
Known for
Credits
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Connie Rivers
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Tommy Ellison
Sweepstakes (1931)
as Buddy Doyle
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Elevator Operator
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Adam Clay
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
as Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)
as Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Mr. Willoughby
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
as Cashier (uncredited)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
as Bellboy
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
as 3rd Sailor
Brigadoon (1954)
as Sandy
Summer Magic (1963)
as Boston Mailman (uncredited)
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Conway
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Hitchhike! (1974)
as Counterman
Melvin Purvis G-Man (1975)
as Hotel Clerk
Hollywood Party (1934)
as Bob Benson
Big Money (1930)
as Eddie
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
as (archive footage)
Catalina, Here I Come (1927)
as Eddie
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
as Will Anderson
Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
as Stevens House Room Clerk
A Fool and His Honey (1952)
as Eddie
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
How to Frame a Figg (1971)
as Old Man
Song of the Sarong (1945)
as Tony Romans
Night Work (1930)
as Willie Musher
Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
as Man Watching TV
Dancing on a Dime (1940)
as Jack Norcross
Too Many Blondes (1941)
as Wally Pelton
Her Actor Friend (1926)
as Buddy Jones
Hi'ya, Sailor (1943)
as Corky Mills
It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Harry, the Horse
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
as Security Guard
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)
as Joe Olsen
Noisy Neighbors (1929)
as Eddie Van Revel
The Godless Girl (1928)
as Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
The Perils of Petersboro (1926)
as Eddie Knight
The Tip-Off (1931)
as Tommy
Geraldine (1929)
as Eddie Able
London by Night (1937)
as Bill
The Darker Side of Terror (1979)
as Watchman
Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
Alaska Highway (1943)
as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Kid Glove Killer (1942)
as Eddie Wright
Doggie in the Bedroom (1954)
as Eddie
Let Down Your Aerial (1949)
Actor
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
as Tod Mason
The Family Next Door (1939)
as Sammy Pierce
For the Love of It (1980)
as Wino
Twilight on the Prairie (1944)
as Phil
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Pianist
The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978)
as Tompkins
The Sophomore (1929)
as Joe Collins
The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Henry Corrigan
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
as Billy Lambert
Kitty from Killarney (1926)
as Eddie McManus
Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
as Jerry Jones
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway (1980)
as Alfred Ammonet
Promises! Promises! (1963)
as Bartender
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1948)
Actor
A Guy Could Change (1946)
as George Cummings
The Impostor (1944)
as Bouteau
Big City (1937)
as Mike Edwards
Love in a Police Station (1927)
as Officer Eddie Chase
Strictly Personal (1933)
as Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
He Popped His Pistol (1953)
as Eddie
This Is the Life (1944)
as Gus
The Golf Nut (1927)
as Eddie
Father of Hell Town (1985)
as Smitty
Fun on the Run (1951)
Actor
Dark Mountain (1944)
as Willie Dinsmire
His Pest Friend (1955)
as Eddie
Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944)
as Dynamo Carson
Mad Bull (1977)
as Rafferty
She Lives! (1973)
as Janitor
A-Hunting They Did Go (1953)
Actor
Girl Crazy (1932)
as Danny Churchill
Jungle Safari (1956)
as Chuck Kelly
House About It (1950)
Actor
Priorities on Parade (1942)
as Sticks O'Hara
He Took a Powder (1955)
as Eddie
Nobody's Home (1955)
Actor
Meet the Baron (1933)
as Man at Dock (uncredited)
He Flew the Shrew (1951)
as Eddie
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga (1941)
as Skat
For Sale, a Bungalow (1927)
as Eddie
Crabbin' in the Cabin (1948)
as Eddie
Sideshow (1950)
as Big Top
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Ted Hackett III
Strop, Look and Listen (1952)
as Eddy
Gridiron Flash (1934)
as Tommy "Cherub" Burke
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Eddie
Show Folks (1928)
as Eddie Kehoe
White Mama (1980)
as Old White Man
Sensation Hunters (1945)
as Ray Lawson
Dixie Jamboree (1944)
as Jeff Calhoun
Jungle Raiders (1945)
as Joe Riley
Flying Blind (1941)
as Riley
Follow the Band (1943)
as Marvin Howe
Here Comes Kelly (1943)
as Jimmy Kelly
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
as Ray Peters
Should Husbands Marry? (1926)
as Eddie McGrew
Moonlight and Cactus (1944)
as Stubby Lamont
The Big Shot (1931)
as Ray Smith
Come on Seven (1956)
as Eddie
The Bull Fighter (1927)
as Young Flint
Jungle Queen (1945)
as Chuck Kelly
The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
as Ellery Queen
La Conga Nights (1940)
as Titus Endover
The College Kiddo (1927)
as Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
Melody Parade (1943)
as Jimmy Tracy
Heebie Gee-Gees (1952)
as Eddie
Slightly Terrific (1944)
as Charlie Young