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