Eddie Quillan
Acting • Born 1907-03-31 – Died 1990-07-19
Biography
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.
Filmography
182 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Connie Rivers
Come on Seven
Movie • 1956
Eddie
Viva Las Vegas
Movie • 1964
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Tommy Ellison
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie • 1963
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Flame of New Orleans
Movie • 1941
3rd Sailor
Allegheny Uprising
Movie • 1939
Will Anderson
Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Adam Clay
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie • 1936
Ellery Queen
Kid Glove Killer
Movie • 1942
Eddie Wright
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Movie • 1931
Made for Each Other
Movie • 1939
Conway
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Movie • 1972
Billy Lambert
Big City
Movie • 1937
Mike Edwards
The Impostor
Movie • 1944
Bouteau
The Darker Side of Terror
Movie • 1979
Watchman
The Godless Girl
Movie • 1928
Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Movie • 1963
Stevens House Room Clerk
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie • 1933
Ted Hackett III
Dark Mountain
Movie • 1944
Willie Dinsmire
The Perils of Petersboro
Movie • 1926
Eddie Knight
Should Husbands Marry?
Movie • 1926
Eddie McGrew
Kitty from Killarney
Movie • 1926
Eddie McManus
Girl Crazy
Movie • 1932
Danny Churchill
The College Kiddo
Movie • 1927
Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
For Sale, a Bungalow
Movie • 1927
Eddie
The Bull Fighter
Movie • 1927
Young Flint
Love in a Police Station
Movie • 1927
Officer Eddie Chase
She Lives!
Movie • 1973
Janitor
Sideshow
Movie • 1950
Big Top
The Tip-Off
Movie • 1931
Tommy
Here Comes Kelly
Movie • 1943
Jimmy Kelly
Dark Streets of Cairo
Movie • 1940
Jerry Jones
Melody Parade
Movie • 1943
Jimmy Tracy
Catalina, Here I Come
Movie • 1927
Eddie
The Big Shot
Movie • 1931
Ray Smith
Sweepstakes
Movie • 1931
Buddy Doyle
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1934
Bob Benson
Mad Bull
Movie • 1977
Rafferty
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Movie • 1948
Crabbin' in the Cabin
Movie • 1948
Let Down Your Aerial
Movie • 1949
House About It
Movie • 1950
He Flew the Shrew
Movie • 1951
Fun on the Run
Movie • 1951
Strop, Look and Listen
Movie • 1952
He Popped His Pistol
Movie • 1953
A-Hunting They Did Go
Movie • 1953
Doggie in the Bedroom
Movie • 1954
His Pest Friend
Movie • 1955
Nobody's Home
Movie • 1955
He Took a Powder
Movie • 1955
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Movie • 1978
Tompkins
Jungle Raiders
Movie • 1945
Joe Riley
Jungle Queen
Movie • 1945
Chuck Kelly
Gridiron Flash
Movie • 1934
Tommy "Cherub" Burke
London by Night
Movie • 1937
Bill
Night Work
Movie • 1930
Willie Musher
Dancing on a Dime
Movie • 1940
Jack Norcross
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie • 1944
Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Henry Corrigan
Summer Magic
Movie • 1963
Boston Mailman (uncredited)
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Movie • 1975
Hotel Clerk
Brigadoon
Movie • 1954
Sandy
For the Love of It
Movie • 1980
Wino
Slightly Terrific
Movie • 1944
Charlie Young
Show Folks
Movie • 1928
Eddie Kehoe
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie • 1944
Dynamo Carson
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Movie • 1980
Alfred Ammonet
Father of Hell Town
Movie • 1985
Smitty
Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1969
Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
The Family Next Door
Movie • 1939
Sammy Pierce
The Sophomore
Movie • 1929
Joe Collins
Frankie and Johnny
Movie • 1966
Cashier (uncredited)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Movie • 1936
Tod Mason
Strictly Personal
Movie • 1933
Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
Alaska Highway
Movie • 1943
Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Geraldine
Movie • 1929
Eddie Able
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Elevator Operator
White Mama
Movie • 1980
Old White Man
Dixie Jamboree
Movie • 1944
Jeff Calhoun
Sensation Hunters
Movie • 1945
Ray Lawson
Twilight on the Prairie
Movie • 1944
Phil
Follow the Band
Movie • 1943
Marvin Howe
Swing, Sister, Swing
Movie • 1938
Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
Hawaiian Nights
Movie • 1939
Ray Peters
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Movie • 1941
Joe Olsen
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Movie • 1941
Skat
La Conga Nights
Movie • 1940
Titus Endover
Too Many Blondes
Movie • 1941
Wally Pelton
Hi'ya, Sailor
Movie • 1943
Corky Mills
Song of the Sarong
Movie • 1945
Tony Romans
The Golf Nut
Movie • 1927
Eddie
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie • 1944
Stubby Lamont
Meet the Baron
Movie • 1933
Man at Dock (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Harry, the Horse
Flying Blind
Movie • 1941
Riley
A Guy Could Change
Movie • 1946
George Cummings
Jungle Safari
Movie • 1956
Chuck Kelly
Promises! Promises!
Movie • 1963
Bartender
The Bounty Killer
Movie • 1965
Pianist
Lifetime of Comedy
Movie • 1960
(archive footage)
How to Frame a Figg
Movie • 1971
Old Man
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie • 1975
Mr. Willoughby
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie • 1972
Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
Priorities on Parade
Movie • 1942
Sticks O'Hara
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie • 1973
Security Guard
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie • 1968
Train Porter (uncredited)
Heebie Gee-Gees
Movie • 1952
Eddie
This Is the Life
Movie • 1944
Gus
Hitchhike!
Movie • 1974
Counterman
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Movie • 1970
Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Move Over, Darling
Movie • 1963
Bellboy
A Fool and His Honey
Movie • 1952
Eddie
Big Money
Movie • 1930
Eddie
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie • 1965
Man Watching TV
Her Actor Friend
Movie • 1926
Buddy Jones
Noisy Neighbors
Movie • 1929
Eddie Van Revel
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Bell Hop
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Elevator Starter
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Cab Driver
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Old Man
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Buffalo Bill
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Amos Wick
Matlock
TV • 1986
David Sears
Batman
TV • 1966
Newsie
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Abbie Cadabra
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Baretta
TV • 1975
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Dick
Mannix
TV • 1967
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Bartender
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Bookkeeper Abner Keller
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Barkeep
Glynis
TV • 1963
Valentine's Day
TV • 1964
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Ephraim Smith (uncredited)
Julia
TV • 1968
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Mel Jones
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Hotel Clerk
Petrocelli
TV • 1974
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
Lucas Tanner
TV • 1974
The Alaskans
TV • 1959
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV • 1967
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Horace Beesley
Law of the Plainsman
TV • 1959
Horace Arnold
The Texan
TV • 1958
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Hell Town
TV • 1985
Poco Loco
Nichols
TV • 1971
Agent
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Mort
Adam-12
TV • 1968
T.J.
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Telegrapher
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Agent
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Mr. Vincent
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Briggs
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Mr. Jellybean
Columbo
TV • 1971
Ferguson
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Jackson
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Inn Landlord
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Mr. Stokey
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Proprietor
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Photographer
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Mr. Digby
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
George Bass
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Clyde Arbogast
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Joe Digby
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Branded
TV • 1965
Cowhand (uncredited)
Kaz
TV • 1978
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Scotty MacPherson
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self
Temple Houston
TV • 1963