From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEdward 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.Quillans 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 1935s Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone, 1939s Young Mr. Lincoln opposite Henry Fonda and Alice Brady, as Connie Rivers in John Fords 1940 film adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath opposite Henry Fonda, in 1943s Alaska Highway and It Aint Hay opposite the comedic duo Abbott and Costello.Quillans 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 Valentines 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, Heres 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.
Connie Rivers
Film 1940
Eddie
Film 1956
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Film 1964
Tommy Ellison
Film 1935
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Film 1963
3rd Sailor
Film 1941
Will Anderson
Film 1939
Adam Clay
Film 1939
Ellery Queen
Film 1936
Eddie Wright
Film 1942
Film 1931
Conway
Film 1939
Billy Lambert
Film 1972
Mike Edwards
Film 1937
Bouteau
Film 1944
Watchman
Film 1979
Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
Film 1928
Stevens House Room Clerk
Film 1963
Ted Hackett III
Film 1933
Willie Dinsmire
Film 1944
Eddie Knight
Film 1926
Eddie McGrew
Film 1926
Eddie McManus
Film 1926
Danny Churchill
Film 1932
Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
Film 1927
Young Flint
Film 1927
Officer Eddie Chase
Film 1927
Eddie
Film 1927
Janitor
Film 1973
Big Top
Film 1950
Tommy Jordan
Film 1931
Jimmy Kelly
Film 1943
Jerry Jones
Film 1940
Jimmy Tracy
Film 1943
Eddie
Film 1927
Ray Smith
Film 1931
Buddy Doyle
Film 1931
Bob Benson
Film 1934
Rafferty
Film 1977
Film 1948
Film 1948
Film 1950
Film 1949
Film 1951
Film 1951
Film 1953
Film 1955
Film 1953
Film 1952
Film 1955
Film 1955
Film 1954
Joe Riley
Film 1945
Chuck Kelly
Film 1945
Tommy "Cherub" Burke
Film 1934
Willie Musher
Film 1930
Jack Norcross
Film 1940
Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Film 1944
Henry Corrigan
Film 1939
Boston Mailman
Film 1963
Hotel Clerk
Film 1975
Sandy
Film 1954
Wino
Film 1980
Charlie Young
Film 1944
Eddie Kehoe
Film 1928
Dynamo Carson
Film 1944
Alfred Ammonet
Film 1980
Smitty
Film 1985
Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
Film 1969
Sammy Pierce
Film 1939
Joe Collins
Film 1929
Cashier (uncredited)
Film 1966
Tod Mason
Film 1936
Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
Film 1933
Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Film 1943
Eddie Able
Film 1929
Elevator Operator
Film 1966
Jeff Calhoun
Film 1944
Ray Lawson
Film 1945
Phil
Film 1944
Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
Film 1938
Ray Peters
Film 1939
Joe Olsen
Film 1941
Wally Pelton
Film 1941
Titus Endover
Film 1940
Skat
Film 1941
Corky Mills
Film 1943
Tony Romans
Film 1945
Eddie
Film 1927
Stubby Lamont
Film 1944
Man at Dock (uncredited)
Film 1933
Riley
Film 1941
George Cummings
Film 1946
Chuck Kelly
Film 1956
Bartender
Film 1963
Pianist
Film 1965
(archive footage)
Film 1960
Old Man
Film 1971
Mr. Willoughby
Film 1975
Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
Film 1972
Security Guard
Film 1973
Train Porter (uncredited)
Film 1968
Eddie
Film 1952
Gus
Film 1944
Counterman
Film 1974
Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Film 1970
Bellboy
Film 1963
Eddie
Film 1952
Eddie
Film 1930
Man Watching TV
Film 1965
Buddy Jones
Film 1926
Tv 1961
Bell Hop
Tv 1960
Elevator Starter
Tv 1963
Amos Wick
Tv 1965
Tv 1986
Newsie
Tv 1966
Tv 1964
Abbie Cadabra
Tv 1985
Tv 1984
Tv 1972
Tv 1975
Tv 1967
Tv 1960
Tv 1963
Tv 1964
Tv 1961
Tv 1974
Tv 1967
Tv 1968
Mel Jones
Tv 1957
Tv 1974
Tv 1960
Tv 1974
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
Tv 1967
Horace Beesley
Tv 1964
Horace Arnold
Tv 1959
Tv 1958
Tv 1959
Poco Loco
Tv 1985
Mr. Jellybean
Tv 1963
Mr. Digby
Tv 1964
Joe Digby
Tv 1964
Clyde Arbogast
Tv 1964
George Bass
Tv 1964
Tv 1969