Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Birth:
3/31/1907
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.
The Grapes of Wrath
Come on Seven
Viva Las Vegas
Mutiny on the Bounty
Come Blow Your Horn
The Flame of New Orleans
Allegheny Uprising
Young Mr. Lincoln
The Mandarin Mystery
Kid Glove Killer
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Made for Each Other
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Big City
The Impostor
The Darker Side of Terror
The Godless Girl
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Broadway to Hollywood
Dark Mountain
The Perils of Petersboro
Should Husbands Marry?
Kitty from Killarney
Girl Crazy
For Sale, a Bungalow
The Bull Fighter
The College Kiddo
Love in a Police Station
She Lives!
Sideshow
The Tip-Off
Here Comes Kelly
Dark Streets of Cairo
Melody Parade
Catalina, Here I Come
The Big Shot
Sweepstakes
Hollywood Party
Mad Bull
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
Crabbin' in the Cabin
House About It
Let Down Your Aerial
A-Hunting They Did Go
His Pest Friend
Strop, Look and Listen
Doggie in the Bedroom
Fun on the Run
He Flew the Shrew
He Popped His Pistol
Nobody's Home
He Took a Powder
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Jungle Raiders
Jungle Queen
Gridiron Flash
London by Night
Night Work
Dancing on a Dime
Mystery of the Riverboat
The Flying Irishman
Summer Magic
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Brigadoon
For the Love of It
Slightly Terrific
Show Folks
Hi, Good Lookin'!
The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway
Father of Hell Town
Hello, Dolly!
The Family Next Door
The Sophomore
Frankie and Johnny
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Strictly Personal
Alaska Highway
Geraldine
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
White Mama
Dixie Jamboree
Sensation Hunters
Twilight on the Prairie
Follow the Band
Swing, Sister, Swing
Hawaiian Nights
La Conga Nights
Too Many Blondes
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Hi'ya, Sailor
Song of the Sarong
The Golf Nut
Moonlight and Cactus
Meet the Baron
It Ain't Hay
Flying Blind
A Guy Could Change
Jungle Safari
Promises! Promises!
The Bounty Killer
Lifetime of Comedy
How to Frame a Figg
The Strongest Man in the World
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Priorities on Parade
Incident on a Dark Street
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Heebie Gee-Gees
This Is the Life
Hitchhike!
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Move Over, Darling
A Fool and His Honey
Big Money
Zebra in the Kitchen
Her Actor Friend