Person Details

Birthday: 1907-03-31 02:15:35

Death: 1990-07-19 02:15:35

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 41

TV Involvements: 22


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Ferguson
Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Photographer
The A-Team
Average
8

The A-Team

(1983) Old Man
Little House on the Prairie
Average
8

Little House on the Prairie

(1974) Buffalo Bill
The Big Valley
Average
6

The Big Valley

(1965) Hotel Clerk
Lost in Space
Average
7

Lost in Space

(1965) Bartender
Adam-12
Average
7

Adam-12

(1968) T.J.
Daniel Boone
Average
7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Proprietor

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1986 N/A
1985 Poco Loco
Smitty
N/A
1984 N/A
1983 Old Man
1980 Wino
Alfred Ammonet
Old White Man
1979 Mr. Watkins
Watchman
1978 Tompkins
1977 Rafferty
1975 Mr. Willoughby
N/A
1974 N/A
N/A
Buffalo Bill
N/A
Counterman
1973 Janitor
Security Guard
1972 Billy Lambert
N/A
Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
1971 Agent
Ferguson
Old Man
1970 Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
1969 Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
N/A
1968 Cab Driver
T.J.
N/A
Train Porter (uncredited)
1967 N/A
N/A
N/A
1966 Cashier (uncredited)
Elevator Operator
Newsie
1965 Amos Wick
Hotel Clerk
Bartender
Pianist
Man Watching TV
1964 N/A
Inn Landlord
Mr. Stokey
Proprietor
Ephraim Smith (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1963 Bellboy
Stevens House Room Clerk
N/A
Mort
Dick
Elevator Starter
Mr. Jellybean
Bartender
Boston Mailman
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1962 Briggs
Mr. Vincent
1961 N/A
N/A
1960 N/A
Bell Hop
N/A
(archive footage)
1959 N/A
N/A
Horace Arnold
1958 N/A
N/A
1957 Agent
Photographer
Bookkeeper Abner Keller
Mel Jones
1956 Eddie
Chuck Kelly
1955 N/A
Telegrapher
Barkeep
N/A
N/A
1954 Sandy
N/A
1953 N/A
N/A
1952 N/A
Eddie
Eddie
1951 N/A
N/A
1950 N/A
Big Top
1949 N/A
1948 N/A
N/A
1946 George Cummings
1945 Ray Lawson
Joe Riley
Tony Romans
Chuck Kelly
1944 Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Stubby Lamont
Willie Dinsmire
Jeff Calhoun
Gus
Phil
Charlie Young
Dynamo Carson
Bouteau
1943 Corky Mills
Jimmy Kelly
Jimmy Tracy
Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Marvin Howe
Harry, the Horse
1942 Sticks O'Hara
Eddie Wright
1941 Riley
Wally Pelton
3rd Sailor
Skat
Joe Olsen
1940 Jerry Jones
Jack Norcross
Titus Endover
Connie Rivers
1939 Will Anderson
Ray Peters
Adam Clay
Henry Corrigan
Sammy Pierce
Conway
1938 Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
1937 Mike Edwards
Bill
1936 Ellery Queen
Tod Mason
1935 Tommy Ellison
1934 Tommy "Cherub" Burke
Bob Benson
1933 Man at Dock (uncredited)
Ted Hackett III
Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
1932 Danny Churchill
1931 Ray Smith
Tommy Jordan
Buddy Doyle
N/A
1930 Eddie
Willie
1929 Joe Collins
1928 Eddie Kehoe
Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
1927 Officer Eddie Chase
Young Flint
Eddie
Eddie
Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
Eddie
1926 Eddie McManus
Eddie McGrew
Eddie Knight
Buddy Jones
Year Character Movie/Tv

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