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