
John Quade
Acting • Born 1938-04-01 – Died 2009-08-09
Biography
John William Saunders III (April 1, 1938 – August 9, 2009), better known by the stage name John Quade, was an American character actor who starred in film and television. He was best known for his role as Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows in the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980).
Filmography
91 credits
The Ghost of Flight 401
Movie • 1978
Marshall

Go West, Young Girl
Movie • 1978
Ingalls

Bad Company
Movie • 1972
Nolan

The Sting
Movie • 1973
Riley

Mr. Ricco
Movie • 1975
Arkansas

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Movie • 1976
Jake

The B.R.A.T. Patrol
Movie • 1986
Knife

Tigershark
Movie • 1987
'Cowboy' Dave Reynolds

Escape from Bogen County
Movie • 1977
Sheriff Mason

And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!
Movie • 1991
Walter Kotzwinkle

Last Hours Before Morning
Movie • 1975
Korbett

Trouble in High Timber Country
Movie • 1980
Roy

Longarm
Movie • 1988

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Movie • 1977
Adam

Rancho Deluxe
Movie • 1975
Circular Face (uncredited)

Any Which Way You Can
Movie • 1980
Cholla

Planet Earth
Movie • 1974
Kreeg Commandant

Houston: The Legend of Texas
Movie • 1986
Sen. Stansbury

La Bamba
Movie • 1987
Bartender

Unconquered
Movie • 1989
Guard

The Tracker
Movie • 1988
Lomax

The Last Hard Men
Movie • 1976
Gant

Papillon
Movie • 1973
Masked Breton

Night Terror
Movie • 1977
The Derelict

Every Which Way but Loose
Movie • 1978
Cholla, The Biker Leader

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Movie • 1976
Comanchero Leader

High Plains Drifter
Movie • 1973
Jake Ross

The Godchild
Movie • 1974
Denton

Virginia Hill
Movie • 1974
Mousie

92 in the Shade
Movie • 1975
Roy

The Blue Knight
Movie • 1973
Knobby Booker

Deadhead Miles
Movie • 1972
Spud Holder

Special Delivery
Movie • 1976
Barney

Seasons in the Sun
Movie • 1986
Gordie Vickers

The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Movie • 1990
Carl (Townsman)

The Swinging Cheerleaders
Movie • 1974
Belski

Goodnight, My Love
Movie • 1972
Edgar

Honky Tonk
Movie • 1974

Hammer
Movie • 1972
Riley

Melinda
Movie • 1972
Cop (uncredited)

Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Morgan

CHiPs
TV • 1977
Reno

B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979

The A-Team
TV • 1983
Garber

Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975

The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976

Knight Rider
TV • 1982

Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Jolen Quince

Baretta
TV • 1975

How the West Was Won
TV • 1977

Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Brown

Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977

Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Shaw

Return to Lonesome Dove
TV • 1993
Martin

Hunter
TV • 1984
Jim Holloway

Ironside
TV • 1967

The Fall Guy
TV • 1981

The Quest
TV • 1976

Vega$
TV • 1978

Police Woman
TV • 1974

Police Story
TV • 1973

Switch
TV • 1975
Sheriff Jacobs

The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Bartender

Sword of Justice
TV • 1978

Galactica 1980
TV • 1980
Sheriff Ellsworth

McCloud
TV • 1970

Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV • 1980

Paris
TV • 1979

Lucky Luke
TV • 1992

When the Whistle Blows
TV • 1980

Flatbush
TV • 1979

Werewolf
TV • 1987
Storage Shed Owner

The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Tenner

Baywatch
TV • 1989
Kyle Rigler

Nichols
TV • 1971
Scully One

Nichols
TV • 1971
Zeb

Kojak
TV • 1973
Colby

Bonanza
TV • 1959
Tallman

The A-Team
TV • 1983
McKaydoo

The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Man

Lucky Luke
TV • 1992
Frank

Bonanza
TV • 1959
Telegrapher

The Highwayman
TV • 1987
Bartender

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Knife

Faraday and Company
TV • 1973
Hooper

Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Johnson

The Blue Knight
TV • 1973
Knobby Booker

Roots
TV • 1977
Sheriff Charlie Biggs

Power
TV • 1980
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