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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1907-03-31

Died: 1990-07-19

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	Her Actor Friend	Buddy Jones	0
2	1926	The Perils of Petersboro	Eddie Knight	0
3	1926	Should Husbands Marry?	Eddie McGrew	0
4	1926	Kitty from Killarney	Eddie McManus	0
5	1927	Catalina, Here I Come	Eddie	0
6	1927	The College Kiddo	Eddie Dunn - the Freshman	0
7	1927	The Golf Nut	Eddie	0
8	1927	For Sale, a Bungalow	Eddie	0
9	1927	The Bull Fighter	Young Flint	0
10	1927	Love in a Police Station	Officer Eddie Chase	0
11	1928	The Godless Girl	Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson	70
12	1928	Show Folks	Eddie Kehoe	60
13	1929	Geraldine	Eddie Able	0
14	1929	The Sophomore	Joe Collins	45
15	1930	Night Work	Willie Musher	62
16	1930	Big Money	Eddie	0
17	1931	Stout Hearts and Willing Hands		60
18	1931	Sweepstakes	Buddy Doyle	45
19	1931	The Tip-Off	Tommy Jordan	52
20	1931	The Big Shot	Ray Smith	0
21	1932	Girl Crazy	Danny Churchill	45
22	1933	Strictly Personal	Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed	50
23	1933	Broadway to Hollywood	Ted Hackett III	46
24	1933	Meet the Baron	Man at Dock (uncredited)	43
25	1934	Hollywood Party	Bob Benson	58
26	1934	Gridiron Flash	Tommy "Cherub" Burke	33
27	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Tommy Ellison	74
28	1936	The Gentleman from Louisiana	Tod Mason	0
29	1936	The Mandarin Mystery	Ellery Queen	50
30	1937	London by Night	Bill	60
31	1937	Big City	Mike Edwards	74
32	1938	Swing, Sister, Swing	Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters	0
33	1939	Made for Each Other	Conway	62
34	1939	The Family Next Door	Sammy Pierce	52
35	1939	The Flying Irishman	Henry Corrigan	46
36	1939	Young Mr. Lincoln	Adam Clay	72
37	1939	Hawaiian Nights	Ray Peters	0
38	1939	Allegheny Uprising	Will Anderson	56
39	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Connie Rivers	78
40	1940	La Conga Nights	Titus Endover	75
41	1940	Dancing on a Dime	Jack Norcross	50
42	1940	Dark Streets of Cairo	Jerry Jones	60
43	1941	Where Did You Get That Girl?	Joe Olsen	50
44	1941	Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga	Skat	50
45	1941	The Flame of New Orleans	3rd Sailor	60
46	1941	Too Many Blondes	Wally Pelton	0
47	1941	Flying Blind	Riley	50
48	1942	Kid Glove Killer	Eddie Wright	62
49	1942	Priorities on Parade	Sticks O'Hara	0
50	1943	It Ain't Hay	Harry, the Horse	64
51	1943	Follow the Band	Marvin Howe	0
52	1943	Alaska Highway	Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones	50
53	1943	Melody Parade	Jimmy Tracy	0
54	1943	Here Comes Kelly	Jimmy Kelly	10
55	1943	Hi'ya, Sailor	Corky Mills	60
56	1944	The Impostor	Bouteau	60
57	1944	Hi, Good Lookin'!	Dynamo Carson	57
58	1944	Slightly Terrific	Charlie Young	45
59	1944	Twilight on the Prairie	Phil	0
60	1944	This Is the Life	Gus	50
61	1944	Dixie Jamboree	Jeff Calhoun	45
62	1944	Dark Mountain	Willie Dinsmire	53
63	1944	Moonlight and Cactus	Stubby Lamont	40
64	1944	Mystery of the Riverboat	Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]	60
65	1945	Jungle Queen	Chuck Kelly	50
66	1945	Song of the Sarong	Tony Romans	50
67	1945	Jungle Raiders	Joe Riley	55
68	1945	Sensation Hunters	Ray Lawson	47
69	1946	A Guy Could Change	George Cummings	0
70	1948	Crabbin' in the Cabin		0
71	1948	Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath		0
72	1949	Let Down Your Aerial		0
73	1950	Sideshow	Big Top	0
74	1950	House About It		0
75	1951	He Flew the Shrew		0
76	1951	Fun on the Run		20
77	1952	A Fool and His Honey	Eddie	0
78	1952	Heebie Gee-Gees	Eddie	0
79	1952	Strop, Look and Listen		0
80	1953	He Popped His Pistol		0
81	1953	A-Hunting They Did Go		0
82	1954	Doggie in the Bedroom		0
83	1954	Brigadoon	Sandy	65
84	1955	His Pest Friend		0
85	1955	Nobody's Home		0
86	1955	He Took a Powder		0
87	1956	Jungle Safari	Chuck Kelly	40
88	1956	Come on Seven	Eddie	0
89	1960	Lifetime of Comedy	(archive footage)	0
90	1963	Come Blow Your Horn	Elevator Boy (uncredited)	48
91	1963	Summer Magic	Boston Mailman	67
92	1963	Promises! Promises!	Bartender	48
93	1963	Gunfight at Comanche Creek	Stevens House Room Clerk	55
94	1963	Move Over, Darling	Bellboy	65
95	1964	Viva Las Vegas	Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)	62
96	1965	Zebra in the Kitchen	Man Watching TV	50
97	1965	The Bounty Killer	Pianist	58
98	1966	The Ghost & Mr. Chicken	Elevator Operator	67
99	1966	Frankie and Johnny	Cashier (uncredited)	57
100	1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Train Porter (uncredited)	62
101	1969	Hello, Dolly!	Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)	70
102	1970	The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again	Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)	50
103	1971	How to Frame a Figg	Old Man	62
104	1972	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)	63
105	1972	The Judge and Jake Wyler	Billy Lambert	30
106	1973	Incident on a Dark Street	Security Guard	50
107	1973	She Lives!	Janitor	58
108	1974	Hitchhike!	Counterman	80
109	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Mr. Willoughby	61
110	1975	Melvin Purvis G-Man	Hotel Clerk	67
111	1977	Mad Bull	Rafferty	0
112	1978	The Case of the Baltimore Girls	Tompkins	0
113	1979	The Darker Side of Terror	Watchman	63
114	1980	White Mama	Old White Man	80
115	1980	The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway	Alfred Ammonet	0
116	1980	For the Love of It	Wino	30
117	1985	Father of Hell Town	Smitty	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Barkeep	66
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Telegrapher	66
3	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Mel Jones	62
4	1957	Perry Mason	Bookkeeper Abner Keller	77
5	1957	Perry Mason	Agent	77
6	1957	Perry Mason	Photographer	77
7	1958	The Texan		55
8	1958	The Rifleman		71
9	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Horace Arnold	60
10	1959	The Alaskans		55
11	1959	The Detectives		56
12	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
13	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Bell Hop	76
14	1960	Surfside 6		50
15	1961	Mister Ed		67
16	1961	87th Precinct		75
17	1962	The Lucy Show	Mr. Vincent	71
18	1962	The Lucy Show	Briggs	71
19	1963	Burke's Law	Elevator Starter	60
20	1963	Burke's Law	Mr. Jellybean	60
21	1963	Petticoat Junction	Dick	59
22	1963	Petticoat Junction	Mort	59
23	1963	Glynis		0
24	1964	Valentine's Day		0
25	1964	The Addams Family	Horace Beesley	81
26	1964	The Addams Family	Mr. Digby	81
27	1964	The Addams Family	George Bass	81
28	1964	The Addams Family	Clyde Arbogast	81
29	1964	The Addams Family	Joe Digby	81
30	1964	Daniel Boone	Ephraim Smith (uncredited)	69
31	1964	Daniel Boone	Inn Landlord	69
32	1964	Daniel Boone	Mr. Stokey	69
33	1964	Daniel Boone	Proprietor	69
34	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
35	1965	Lost in Space	Bartender	71
36	1965	The Big Valley	Hotel Clerk	61
37	1965	The F.B.I.	Amos Wick	56
38	1966	Batman	Newsie	73
39	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
40	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		63
41	1967	Mannix		67
42	1968	Julia		60
43	1968	Adam-12	T.J.	71
44	1968	Here's Lucy	Cab Driver	69
45	1968	Here's Lucy	Jackson	69
46	1969	Love, American Style		60
47	1971	Columbo	Ferguson	81
48	1971	Nichols	Agent	50
49	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
50	1974	Little House on the Prairie	Buffalo Bill	80
51	1974	Petrocelli		70
52	1974	Lucas Tanner		70
53	1974	Police Woman		63
54	1975	Baretta		63
55	1983	The A-Team	Old Man	75
56	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
57	1985	Moonlighting	Abbie Cadabra	75
58	1985	Hell Town	Poco Loco	50
59	1986	Matlock		72