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