Eddie Quillan's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Julia Eddie Edson Hell Town Poco Loco Lucas Tanner Mr. Krebbs Here's Boomer Arthur

Main Movie Roles 1975 - The Strongest Man in the World 1972 - Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1969 - Hello, Dolly! 1968 - The Shakiest Gun in the West 1967 - A Guide for the Married Man 1966 - Frankie and Johnny 1964 - Viva Las Vegas 1963 - Take Her, She's Mine 1963 - Summer Magic 1963 - Promises! Promises! 1963 - Move Over, Darling 1961 - The Ladies Man 1954 - Brigadoon 1940 - The Grapes of Wrath 1939 - Made for Each Other 1939 - Allegheny Uprising 1939 - Young Mr. Lincoln 1936 - The Mandarin Mystery 1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Philadelphia in 1907, Eddie Quillan was seven years old and performing in vaudeville with his sister and three brothers in an act called "The Rising Generation." His parents, Joseph and Sarah Quillan, were well-known performers themselves and Joseph managed their act. Booked in such top places as the Orpheum Theatre, the kids eventually took a screen test but only Eddie was chosen...by Mack Sennett. Beginning with the short film A Love Sundae (1926), Eddie would make nearly 20 two-reelers with Sennett. Freelancing a couple of years later, he played the lead in The Godless Girl (1929) and The Sophomore (1929) but wasn't really leading man material with his rubbery face and short stature. Nevertheless, his high energy and sharp comedy instincts earned him many support roles with Big Money (1930), Girl Crazy (1932), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940) just a sampling of his more popular films. Discouraged at playing simple roles such as bellhops, soda jerks, et al., he continued on in "B" pictures until Sensation Hunters (1946), when his film career finally fell away. He owned and operated a bowling alley for a time but eventually came back again with middling results and infrequent movies such as Brigadoon (1954). Light-hearted fluff also came his way in the next decade with The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1965), Angel in My Pocket (1969) and How to Frame a Figg (1971) but his contributions were relatively minor. The 70s provided a minor resurge guesting on TV's "Mannix," "Lucas Tanner," "Police Story," "Baretta" and Little House on the Prairie." Eddie never married, dying of cancer in 1990.


TRIVIA:

• Brother of players 'John Quillan' (qv) and 'Marie Quillan' (qv)
• Son of actor 'Joseph Quillan (I)' (qv)