Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan

Age
83 (passed away Jul. 19th, 1990)
Birthday
Mar. 31st, 1907
Born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Height
5' 6"

Eddie Quillan's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Julia TV Show
Julia
Hell Town TV Show
Hell Town
Lucas Tanner TV Show
Lucas Tanner
Here's Boomer TV Show
Here's Boomer
 

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

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Mr. Joe Digby
5
Mr. Stokey
4
Mr. Willoughby
4
Agent
3
Thacher
3
Grover Cleveland Fipple
2
Angus Evans
2
[Complete List]



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)


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