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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.
as David Sears(1 ep)
as Poco Loco(15 eps)
as Smitty
as Abbie Cadabra(1 ep)
as Old Man(1 ep)
as Wino
as Alfred Ammonet
as Old White Man
as Watchman
as Tompkins
as Rafferty
as Hotel Clerk
as Mr. Willoughby
as Shorty(5 eps)
as Gargan(1 ep)
as Counterman
as Janitor
as Security Guard
as Billy Lambert
as Charlie, School Custodian (uncredited)
as Agent(1 ep)
as Ferguson(1 ep)
as Old Man
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
as Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
as Cab Driver(1 ep)
as Jackson(1 ep)
as T.J.(1 ep)
as Train Porter (uncredited)
as Guard(1 ep)
as Cashier (uncredited)
as Elevator Operator
as Newsie(1 ep)
as Amos Wick(1 ep)
as Bartender(1 ep)
as Hotel Clerk(1 ep)
as Pianist
as Man Watching TV
as Cowhand (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Ephraim Smith (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Inn Landlord(1 ep)
as Mr. Stokey(1 ep)
as Proprietor(1 ep)
as Scotty MacPherson(1 ep)
as Grover Cleveland Fipple(34 eps)
as Horace Beesley(1 ep)
as Mr. Digby(1 ep)
as Joe Digby(1 ep)
as Clyde Arbogast(1 ep)
as George Bass(1 ep)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
as Bellboy
as Stevens House Room Clerk
as Dick(1 ep)
as Mort(1 ep)
as Elevator Starter(1 ep)
as Mr. Jellybean(1 ep)
as Bartender
as Boston Mailman (uncredited)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
as Mr. Vincent(1 ep)
as Briggs(1 ep)
as Bell Hop(1 ep)
as (archive footage)
as Horace Arnold(1 ep)
as Bookkeeper Abner Keller(1 ep)
as Agent(1 ep)
as Photographer(1 ep)
as Mel Jones(1 ep)
as Eddie
as Chuck Kelly
as Eddie
as Self(1 ep)
as Barkeep(1 ep)
as Telegrapher(1 ep)
as Eddie
as Sargeant Hall Bender(1 ep)
as Air Sergeant(1 ep)
as Sandy
as Eddie
as Eddie
as Eddy
as Eddie
as Eddie
as Eddie
as Big Top
as Eddie
as George Cummings
as Ray Lawson
as Joe Riley
as Tony Romans
as Chuck Kelly
as Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]
as Stubby Lamont
as Willie Dinsmire
as Jeff Calhoun
as Gus
as Phil
as Charlie Young
as Dynamo Carson
as Bouteau
as Corky Mills
as Jimmy Kelly
as Jimmy Tracy
as Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
as Marvin Howe
as Harry, the Horse
as Sticks O'Hara
as Eddie Wright
as Riley
as Wally Pelton
as 3rd Sailor
as Joe Olsen
as Jerry Jones
as Jack Norcross
as Titus Endover
as Connie Rivers
as Will Anderson
as Ray Peters
as Adam Clay
as Henry Corrigan
as Sammy Pierce
as Conway
as Chick 'Satchel Lips' Peters
as Mike Edwards
as Bill
as Ellery Queen
as Tod Mason
as Tommy Ellison
as Tommy "Cherub" Burke
as Bob Benson
as Man at Dock (uncredited)
as Ted Hackett III
as Thomas ("Tommy") Jefferson Reed
as Danny Churchill
as Ray Smith
as Tommy
as Buddy Doyle
as Eddie
as Eddie
as Willie Musher
as Joe Collins
as Eddie Van Revel
as Eddie Able
as Eddie Kehoe
as Samuel 'Bozo' Johnson
as Officer Eddie Chase
as Young Flint
as Eddie
as Eddie
as Eddie Dunn - the Freshman
as Eddie
as Eddie McManus
as Eddie McGrew
as Eddie Knight
as Buddy Jones
