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