Eddie Quillan

Eddie Quillan Headshot

Actor • Singer • Vaudevillian

Birth Date: March 31, 1907

Death Date: July 19, 1990 — 83 years old

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

IMDB

Played Ellison in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) and Connie Rivers, the radio mechanic, in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940). Quillan later appeared in TV shows including "Little House on the Prairie."

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

MatlockStream

Guest Star
Series
1986

Hell Town

Actor
Poco Loco
Show
1985

Helltown Goes Bananas

Actor
Poco Loco
Movie
1985

Highway to HeavenStream

Guest Star
Clyde
Series
1984

La familia Ingalls

Guest Star
Show
1982

The Darker Side of Terror

Actor
Watchman
Movie
1979

The JeffersonsStream

Guest Star
Guard
Series
1975

Police Woman

Guest Star
Bus Driver
Series
1974

Little House on the PrairieStream

Guest Star
Kavendish
Series
1974

Hitchhike!

Actor
Counterman
Movie
1974

Melvin Purvis: G-Man

Actor
Hotel Clerk
Movie
1974

She Lives

Actor
Janitor
Movie
1973

Me and the Chimp

Guest Star
Show
1972

Colombo: Mio caro nipote

Actor
Ferguson
Movie
1972

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Actor
Billy Lambert
Movie
1972

ColumboStream

Guest Star
Ferguson
Series
1971
80%

Love, American Style

Actor
Series
1969

The Good Guys

Guest Star
Man
Show
1968

The Mod Squad

Guest Star
Davis
Series
1968

Here's LucyStream

Guest Star
Series
1968

Julia

Actor
Series
1968

MannixStream

Guest Star
Judas Hobo
Series
1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Guest Star
Series
1967

Cimarron Strip

Guest Star
Show
1967

A Guide for the Married Man

Actor
Cologne Salesman (uncredited)
Movie
1967
44%

The Ghost and Mr. ChickenStream

Actor
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Movie
1966
67%

Lost in SpaceStream

Guest Star
Bartender
Series
1965

Cap'n Ahab

Actor
Emcee
Show
1965

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Stream

Guest Star
Man
Series
1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Stream

Guest Star
Series
1964
100%

The Addams FamilyStream

Guest Star
Horace Beesley
Series
1964
100%

Valentine's Day

Actor
Mr Fipple; neighborhood handyman
Series
1964

Petticoat JunctionStream

Guest Star
Series
1963

Summer MagicStream

Actor
Mailman (uncredited)
Movie
1963

Promises! Promises!Stream

Actor
Bartender
Movie
1963

McHale's Navy

Guest Star
Series
1962

The Lucy ShowStream

Guest Star
Series
1962

HazelStream

Guest Star
Series
1961

The Andy Griffith ShowStream

Guest Star
Bell Hop
Series
1960

Surfside 6

Guest Star
Series
1960

My Three SonsStream

Guest Star
Series
1960

Lifetime Of Comedy

Actor
Movie
1960

Lock-UpStream

Actor
Series
1959

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Perry MasonStream

Guest
Bookkeeper Keller
Series
1957

The Thin Man

Guest Star
Jesse Lamont
Show
1957

BrigadoonStream

Actor
Sandy
Movie
1954
86%

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Hill Benehy
Series
1952

Death Valley DaysStream

Guest Star
Assayer
Series
1952

Jungle Queen 11: The Trail of Doom

Actor
Chuck Kelly
Show
1945

Jungle Queen

Actor
Chuck Kelly
Show
1945

Club Paradise

Actor
Ray Lawson
Movie
1945

Mystery of the River Boat

Actor
Jug Jenks
Movie
1944

Dark Mountain

Actor
Willie Dinsmire
Movie
1944

Dixie Jamboree

Actor
Jeff Calhoun
Movie
1944

Hi, Good Lookin'

Actor
Movie
1944

Twilight on the Prairie

Actor
Phil
Movie
1944

It Ain't Hay

Actor
Harry
Movie
1943

Alaska Highway

Actor
Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Movie
1943

Here Comes Kelly

Actor
James Aloysius 'Jimmy' Kelly
Movie
1943

Melody Parade

Actor
Jimmy Tracy
Movie
1943

Follow the Band

Actor
Marvin Howe
Movie
1943

Kid Glove Killer

Actor
Eddie Wright
Movie
1942

Flying Blind

Actor
Riley
Movie
1941

Dancing on a Dime

Actor
Jack Norcross
Movie
1941

The Flame of New Orleans

Actor
Third Sailor
Movie
1941

The Grapes of WrathStream

Actor
Connie
Movie
1940
100%

Dark Streets of Cairo

Actor
Jerry Jones
Movie
1940

Allegheny Uprising

Actor
Anderson
Movie
1939

Made for Each OtherStream

Actor
Conway
Movie
1939

Young Mr. LincolnStream

Actor
Adam Clay
Movie
1939
100%

The Flying Irishman

Actor
Henry Corrigan
Movie
1939

The Family Next Door

Actor
Sammy
Movie
1939

Hawaiian Nights

Actor
Ray Peters
Movie
1939

London by Night

Actor
Bill
Movie
1937

The Big City

Actor
Mike Edwards
Movie
1937

The Mandarin Mystery

Actor
Ellery Queen
Movie
1936

The Gentleman From Louisiana

Actor
Tod Mason
Movie
1936

Gridiron Flash

Actor
Thomas Burke
Movie
1935

Mutiny on the BountyStream

Actor
Ellison
Movie
1935
96%

Hollywood PartyStream

Actor
Bob Benson
Movie
1934

Broadway to Hollywood

Actor
Ted Hackett III
Movie
1933

Girl Crazy

Actor
Danny Churchill
Movie
1932

The Big Shot

Actor
Ray Smith
Movie
1932

The Tip Off

Actor
Thomas "Tommy" Jordan
Movie
1931

Sweepstakes

Actor
Bud Doyle
Movie
1931

Big Money

Actor
Eddie
Movie
1930

Night Work

Actor
Willie
Movie
1930

The Godless Girl

Actor
Movie
1929

Catalina, Here I Come

Actor
Eddie
Movie
1927

The Golf Nut

Actor
Eddie
Movie
1927

Photos

SENSATION HUNTERS, (aka CLUB PARADISE), l-r: Eddie Quillan, Doris Merrick, Robert Lowery on lobbycard, 1945.FOLLOW THE BAND, Robert Mitchum (left), Eddie Quillan (right), 1943FOLLOW THE BAND, Eddie Quillan, Samuel S. Hinds, Robert Mitchum, 1943ALASKA HIGHWAY, Ralph Sanford, William Henry, Richard Arlen, Eddie Quillan, Harry Shannon, 1943BIG MONEY, Eddie Quillan, 1930BIG MONEY, Eddie Quillan, 1930