Eddie Quillan
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.
169 acting credits
Acting · 169
Columbo
1971
Perry Mason
1957
Mannix
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The A-Team
1983
Batman
1966
Love, American Style
1969
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Rifleman
1958
Adam-12
1968
Matlock
1986
Petticoat Junction
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Highway to Heaven
1984
Burke's Law
1963
Moonlighting
1985
The Lucy Show
1962
Police Woman
1974
Lost in Space
1965
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Baretta
1975
Here's Lucy
1968
Gunsmoke
1955
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Mister Ed
1961
Surfside 6
1960
The Addams Family
1964
The Texan
1958
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
The Detectives
1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Branded
1965
Petrocelli
1974
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Nichols
1971
MGM Parade
1955
87th Precinct
1961
Cimarron Strip
1967
Pete and Gladys
1960
Julia
1968
The Alaskans
1959
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Kaz
1978
Valentine's Day
1964
Temple Houston
1963
Lucas Tanner
1974
Hell Town
1985
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Glynis
1963
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Frankie and Johnny
1966
Brigadoon
1954
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
Viva Las Vegas
1964
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
Made for Each Other
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
Move Over, Darling
1963
For the Love of It
1980
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
Promises! Promises!
1963
Allegheny Uprising
1939
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
A Guy Could Change
1946
The Bounty Killer
1965
How to Frame a Figg
1971
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975
Summer Magic
1963
The Darker Side of Terror
1979
The Impostor
1944
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
The Sophomore
1929
Alaska Highway
1943
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
Strictly Personal
1933
Jungle Safari
1956
Night Work
1930
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
Too Many Blondes
1941
Hollywood Party
1934
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
Meet the Baron
1933
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
Jungle Queen
1945
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
Mad Bull
1977
Big City
1937
It Ain't Hay
1943
Dark Mountain
1944
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940
White Mama
1980
The Mandarin Mystery
1936
La Conga Nights
1940
Jungle Raiders
1945
Sideshow
1950
Gridiron Flash
1934
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
1980
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943
Dancing on a Dime
1940
The Godless Girl
1928
Flying Blind
1941
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
The Family Next Door
1939
Melody Parade
1943
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
Big Money
1930
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941
Girl Crazy
1932
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
Here Comes Kelly
1943
The Big Shot
1931
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
This Is the Life
1944
Sensation Hunters
1945
Follow the Band
1943
Father of Hell Town
1985
She Lives!
1973
Sweepstakes
1931
Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
Hitchhike!
1974
The Flying Irishman
1939
Show Folks
1928
Dixie Jamboree
1944
Song of the Sarong
1945
Twilight on the Prairie
1944
Priorities on Parade
1942
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944
Slightly Terrific
1944
Love in a Police Station
1927
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
Geraldine
1929
London by Night
1937
Heebie Gee-Gees
1952
Kid Glove Killer
1942
Hawaiian Nights
1939
Catalina, Here I Come
1927
Her Actor Friend
1926
He Flew the Shrew
1951
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
The Tip-Off
1931
Moonlight and Cactus
1944
Let Down Your Aerial
1949
The College Kiddo
1927
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
1948
Come on Seven
1956
Kitty from Killarney
1926
Should Husbands Marry?
1926
Fun on the Run
1951
The Perils of Petersboro
1926
Noisy Neighbors
1929
The Golf Nut
1927
His Pest Friend
1955
The Bull Fighter
1927
Doggie in the Bedroom
1954
House About It
1950
He Took a Powder
1955
A-Hunting They Did Go
1953
A Fool and His Honey
1952
Nobody's Home
1955
He Popped His Pistol
1953
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
Crabbin' in the Cabin
1948