Eddie Quillan
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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.
Acted in
Matlock
1986
Hell Town
1985
as Poco Loco
Father of Hell Town
1985
as Smitty
Moonlighting
1985
as Abbie Cadabra
Highway to Heaven
1984
The A-Team
1983
as Old Man
For the Love of It
1980
as Wino
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
1980
as Alfred Ammonet
White Mama
1980
as Old White Man
The Darker Side of Terror
1979
as Watchman
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
as Tompkins
Mad Bull
1977
as Rafferty
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Mr. Willoughby
Baretta
1975
Police Woman
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Buffalo Bill
Petrocelli
1974
Lucas Tanner
1974
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1974
as Hotel Clerk
Hitchhike!
1974
as Counterman
She Lives!
1973
as Janitor
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
as Security Guard
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
as Billy Lambert
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
Nichols
1971
as Agent
Columbo
1971
as Ferguson
How to Frame a Figg
1971
as Old Man
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
1969
as Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
Love, American Style
1969
Here's Lucy
1968
as Cab Driver
Here's Lucy
1968
as Jackson
Adam-12
1968
as T.J.
Julia
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Train Porter (uncredited)
Mannix
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Frankie and Johnny
1966
as Cashier (uncredited)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
as Elevator Operator
Batman
1966
as Newsie
The F.B.I.
1965
as Amos Wick
Lost in Space
1965
as Bartender
The Big Valley
1965
as Hotel Clerk
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Pianist
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Man Watching TV
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
as Ephraim Smith (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964
as Inn Landlord
Daniel Boone
1964
as Mr. Stokey
Daniel Boone
1964
as Proprietor
The Addams Family
1964
as Horace Beesley
Valentine's Day
1964
The Addams Family
1964
as Mr. Digby
The Addams Family
1964
as George Bass
The Addams Family
1964
as Clyde Arbogast
The Addams Family
1964
as Joe Digby
Viva Las Vegas
1964
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Move Over, Darling
1963
as Bellboy
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
as Stevens House Room Clerk
Glynis
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Dick
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mort
Burke's Law
1963
as Elevator Starter
Burke's Law
1963
as Mr. Jellybean
Promises! Promises!
1963
as Bartender
Summer Magic
1963
as Boston Mailman
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Mr. Vincent
The Lucy Show
1962
as Briggs
87th Precinct
1961
Mister Ed
1961
Surfside 6
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Bell Hop
Pete and Gladys
1960
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
as (archive footage)
The Detectives
1959
The Alaskans
1959
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Horace Arnold
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
Perry Mason
1957
as Bookkeeper Abner Keller
Perry Mason
1957
as Agent
Perry Mason
1957
as Photographer
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Mel Jones
Come on Seven
1956
as Eddie
Jungle Safari
1956
as Chuck Kelly
He Took a Powder
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Barkeep
Gunsmoke
1955
as Telegrapher
Nobody's Home
1955
His Pest Friend
1955
Brigadoon
1954
as Sandy
Doggie in the Bedroom
1954
A-Hunting They Did Go
1953
He Popped His Pistol
1953
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
Heebie Gee-Gees
1952
as Eddie
A Fool and His Honey
1952
as Eddie
Fun on the Run
1951
He Flew the Shrew
1951
House About It
1950
Sideshow
1950
as Big Top
Let Down Your Aerial
1949
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Crabbin' in the Cabin
1948
A Guy Could Change
1946
as George Cummings
Sensation Hunters
1945
as Ray Lawson
Jungle Raiders
1945
as Joe Riley
Song of the Sarong
1945
as Tony Romans
Jungle Queen
1945
as Chuck Kelly
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
as Stubby Lamont
Dark Mountain
1944
as Willie Dinsmire
Dixie Jamboree
1944
as Jeff Calhoun
This Is the Life
1944
as Gus
Twilight on the Prairie
1944
as Phil
Slightly Terrific
1944
as Charlie Young
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944
as Dynamo Carson
The Impostor
1944
as Bouteau
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
as Corky Mills
Here Comes Kelly
1943
as Jimmy Kelly
Melody Parade
1943
as Jimmy Tracy
Alaska Highway
1943
as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Follow the Band
1943
as Marvin Howe
It Ain't Hay
1943
as Harry, the Horse
Priorities on Parade
1942
as Sticks O'Hara
Kid Glove Killer
1942
as Eddie Wright
Flying Blind
1941
as Riley
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Wally Pelton
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
as 3rd Sailor
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
as Skat
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
as Joe Olsen
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
as Jerry Jones
Dancing on a Dime
1940
as Jack Norcross
La Conga Nights
1940
as Titus Endover
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Connie Rivers
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Will Anderson
Hawaiian Nights
1939
as Ray Peters
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
as Adam Clay
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Henry Corrigan
The Family Next Door
1939
as Sammy Pierce
Made for Each Other
1939
as Conway
Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
Big City
1937
as Mike Edwards
London by Night
1937
as Bill
The Mandarin Mystery
1936
as Ellery Queen
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
as Tod Mason
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Tommy Ellison
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Tommy "Cherub" Burke
Hollywood Party
1934
as Bob Benson
Meet the Baron
1933
as Man at Dock (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Ted Hackett III
Strictly Personal
1933
as Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
Girl Crazy
1932
as Danny Churchill
The Big Shot
1931
as Ray Smith
The Tip-Off
1931
as Tommy Jordan
Sweepstakes
1931
as Buddy Doyle
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
Big Money
1930
as Eddie
Night Work
1930
as Willie
The Sophomore
1929
as Joe Collins
Geraldine
1929
Show Folks
1928
as Eddie Kehoe
The Godless Girl
1928
as Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
Love in a Police Station
1927
as Officer Eddie Chase
The Bull Fighter
1927
as Young Flint
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
as Eddie
The Golf Nut
1927
as Eddie
The College Kiddo
1927
as Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
Catalina, Here I Come
1927
as Eddie
Kitty from Killarney
1926
as Eddie McManus
Should Husbands Marry?
1926
as Eddie McGrew
The Perils of Petersboro
1926
as Eddie Knight
Her Actor Friend
1926
as Buddy Jones