| Eddie Quillan | |
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 from the trailer for the film Broadway to Hollywood (1933). |
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| Born | March 31, 1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1990 (aged 83) Burbank, California, U.S. |
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. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s
Vaudeville and silent films
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into a family of vaudeville performers, Quillan made his stage debut at the age of seven alongside his parents, Scottish-born Joseph Quillan and his wife Sarah, as well as his siblings in their act entitled 'The Rising Generation'. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə By the early 1920s he was called upon by film director Mack Sennett to perform a screen test for Mack Sennett Studios. Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator Sennett signed Quillan to a contract in 1922.
Quillan's 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. Alice Day b Jacquiline Alice Newlin ( November 7, 1905 &ndash May 25, 1995) was a film actor who began her career His next ten film appearances (all released in 1926) were all comedy shorts that were vehicles for Day. He would spend the much of the remaining years of the 1920s in comedy shorts featuring actresses Ruth Taylor and Madeline Hurlock. Ruth Taylor may refer to Ruth Taylor (poet (1961–2006 Canadian poet editor and college professor Ruth Taylor (actress (1908–1984 Madeline Hurlock (12 December 1899 &ndash 4 April 1989 was a Silent film actress hailing from Federalsburg, Maryland. In 1928, Quillan starred in the comedy A Little Bit of Everything, notable because it featured his siblings Marie, Joseph and John in starring roles. Marie Quillan would eventually embark on a film career of her own and appear opposite her brother once more, in the 1929 comedy Nosy Neighbors.
Quillan's first feature-length film was the 1928 comedy-drama Show Folks opposite actress Lina Basquette, in which Quillan appropriately plays a vaudeville dancer. Lina Copeland Basquette ( April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994) was an American actress The film was a modest success and also featured actress Carole Lombard. Carole Lombard ( October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated Quillan's breakout role (and first dramatic film role) was in the 1929 Cecil B. DeMille directed The Godless Girl. Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director The Godless Girl ( 1929) is a film directed by Cecil B DeMille, shown for years as his last completely Silent film. The film paired Quillan once again with Basquette and starred Marie Prevost and Noah Beery, Sr. His subsequent exposure from the film landed him a contract with Pathé studios. Marie Prevost (November 8 1898 - January 21 1937 was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema. Noah Beery ( January 17 1882 – April 1 1946) was an American actor This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records.
Talkies and television
Eddie Quillan would remain a popular leading and secondary actor throughout the sound film era and would appear in such notable fims 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, and as 'Connie Rivers' in John Ford's 1940 film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath opposite Henry Fonda and 1943's It Ain't Hay opposite the comedic duo Abbott and Costello. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. Young Mr Lincoln is a 1939 fictionalized biography/ Drama film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Alice Brady ( November 2, 1892 - October 28,) was an Academy Award -winning American actress who began her career in the Silent John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The Grapes of Wrath ( 1940) is a American Drama film directed by John Ford. Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and William (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo performed together as Abbott and Costello, an American comedy duo whose
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 Eddie Quillan with veteran movie comic Wally Vernon for a series of comedy short subjects. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Jules White born Jules Weiss ( 17 September 1900 - 30 April 1985) was a movie director and producer 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, Eddie 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. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 Perry Mason is an Emmy -winning American TV series that ran from 1957 to 1966. The Addams Family is an American Television series based on the characters in Charles Addams ' ''New Yorker'' cartoons. From 1968 through 1971 he appeared as "Eddie Edson" on the television drama Julia opposite actress Diahann Carroll. Julia was a 1960s Television series, best remembered as being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical Diahann Carroll (born July 17 1935) is an American award-winning Actress and songstress.
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, starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse. Vincente Minnelli ( February 28, 1903 &ndash July 25, 1986) was a famous Academy Award -winning Hollywood director Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Eugene Curran “Gene” Kelly ( August 23, &ndash February 2,) was an American Dancer, Actor, Singer, director Charles "Van" Johnson (born August 25, 1916) is an American film and television actor and dancer Cyd Charisse ( March 8, 1922 &ndash June 17, 2008) was an American Dancer and actress. Quillan also appeared in the uncredited role of 'Mr. Cassidy' in the 1969 Gene Kelly film adaptation of Hello, Dolly!, starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau and featuring Louis Armstrong. Hello Dolly! is a 1969 American Musical film, based on the Broadway production of the same name. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Walter John Matthau ( October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American award-winning Actor best known for his role Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter
In the 1970s, Quillan made guest appearances on such television series as Mannix, Chico and the Man and Baretta. Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Chico and the Man was an American sitcom which ran on NBC from September 13[[ 974]] to July 21[[ 978]] starring Baretta is a American detective Television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. After meeting and befriending actor and director Michael Landon, he played numerous bit roles in the popular television series Little House on the Prairie. Michael Landon ( October 31 1936 - July 1 1991) was an American Actor, writer director, and producer Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to Quillan also performed in the Landon directed series Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy during the 1980s. Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. This article is about the television drama For the traditional Irish song see Come All You Warriors. Eddie Quillan made his last television appearance in a 1987 episode of the television crime-mystery series Matlock. Matlock was a long-running American Television Legal drama. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May
Eddie Quillan died of cancer in Burbank, California, USA in 1990 and was interred at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. The San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese since 1800 and is located at 11160 Stranwood Avenue in Mission Hills is a suburban community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
External links/Sources
- Eddie Quillan at the Internet Movie Database
- Eddie Quillan at The International Silent Movie
- Eddie Quillan at The New York Times Movies
- Eddie Quillan at Find-A-Grave
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| NAME | Quillan, Eddie |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1907-3-31 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1990-7-19 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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