Richard Quine

Actor, Director

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Birth Place

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Born

November 12, 1920

Died

June 10, 1989

Cause of Death

Shot Himself In The Head

Biography

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A former child actor who played some leading roles in the 1940s, notably in "For Me and My Gal" (1942) and "We've Never Been Licked" (1943), Quine began his behind-the-camera career in 1948, when he co-directed "Leather Gloves" with William Asher. He went on to direct several fine films in the 1950s, proving himself adept with thrillers ("Pushover" 1954), musicals ("My Sister Eileen" 195...

Filmography

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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

The Specialists (1975)

The Moonshine War (1970)

A Talent For Loving (1969)

Photos & Videos

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Sex And The Single Girl (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Dirty Delusions Of Grandeur

Sex And The Single Girl (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Not Because I'm Attractive

Family & Companions

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Susan Peters

Wife

Actor. Married in 1943; divorced in 1948; died in 1952 from complications from a spinal injury incurred in a hunting accident in 1944.

Biography

A former child actor who played some leading roles in the 1940s, notably in "For Me and My Gal" (1942) and "We've Never Been Licked" (1943), Quine began his behind-the-camera career in 1948, when he co-directed "Leather Gloves" with William Asher. He went on to direct several fine films in the 1950s, proving himself adept with thrillers ("Pushover" 1954), musicals ("My Sister Eileen" 1955) and comedies ("The Solid Gold Cadillac" 1956). His later output, despite the bigger budgets he was able to command, were generally less satisfactory.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

The Specialists (1975)

The Moonshine War (1970)

A Talent For Loving (1969)

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)

How To Murder Your Wife (1965)

Sex and the Single Girl (1964)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

The World of Suzie Wong (1961)

Strangers When We Meet (1960)

Bell, Book and Candle (1959)

It Happened to Jane (1959)

Full of Life (1957)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

My Sister Eileen (1955)

So This Is Paris (1955)

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

Pushover (1954)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

All Ashore (1953)

Siren of Bagdad (1953)

Sound Off (1952)

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Purple Heart Diary (1951)

Leather Gloves (1948)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Flying Missile (1951)

No Sad Songs for Me (1950)

He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)

Actor in movie at drive-in

Rookie Fireman (1950)

Command Decision (1949)

Major George Rockton

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

Words and Music (1948)

Ben Feiner, Jr.

The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

Stand by for Action (1943)

We've Never Been Licked (1943)

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Frank Lippincott

For Me and My Gal (1942)

Babes on Broadway (1942)

Morton ["Hammy"] Hammond

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

Dr. Dennis Lindsay

King of the Underworld (1939)

Life Returns (1938)

A Dog of Flanders (1935)

Pieter Vanderkloot

Little Men (1934)

Jane Eyre (1934)

Counsellor at Law (1933)

Writer (Feature Film)

He Laughed Last (1956)

Bring Your Smile Along (1955)

My Sister Eileen (1955)

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

All Ashore (1953)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

Story and Screenplay

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

Sound Off (1952)

Producer (Feature Film)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

Strangers When We Meet (1960)

It Happened to Jane (1959)

Leather Gloves (1948)

Music (Feature Film)

Sex and the Single Girl (1964)

It Happened to Jane (1959)

Juke Box Rhythm (1959)

Gunman's Walk (1958)

Going Steady (1958)

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

Director (Special)

Catch 22 (1973)

Cast (Short)

The Moonshine War (Featurette) (1970)

The Rear Gunner (1943)

Life Events

1934

Feature acting debut, "Jane Eyre"

1941

First adult role in feature, "Babes on Broadway"

1943

First lead role in feature, "We've Never Been Licked"

1951

Directorial debut, "Purple Heart Diary"

1957

First songwriting credit for feature, "Going Steady (With A Dream)"

1979

Last directorial effort, "The Prisoner of Zenda"

Photo Collections

The Notorious Landlady - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Notorious Landlady (1962), starring Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, and Fred Astaire. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

The World of Suzie Wong - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Five Miles to Midnight (1961), starring Nancy Kwan and William Holden. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Sex And The Single Girl (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Dirty Delusions Of Grandeur First scene for Natalie Wood as "Dr. Brown," only her name inspired by author Helen Gurley Brown, with colleagues (Otto Kruger, Mel Ferrer, Edmund Glover), angry over a scandal sheet's coverage of her work, in Sex And The Single Girl, 1964.

Sex And The Single Girl (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Not Because I'm Attractive Tabloid reporter Bob (Tony Curtis) is posing as his married friend Frank Broderick, trying to entrap newly famous sex therapist Dr. Brown (Natalie Wood) in an affair, in their second official session, in Sex And The Single Girl, 1964.

Operation Mad Ball (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You Rhumba, Lieutenant? Privates Hogan (Jack Lemmon) and Widowskas (pre-Moondoggie James Darren) on patrol, Captain Lock (Ernie Kovacs) escorting fetching new nurse Bixby (Kathryn Grant), opening director Richard Quine's post-war comedy Operation Mad Ball, 1958.

Operation Mad Ball (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Saw The Picture In post-WWII France, Private Hogan (Jack Lemmon) is enjoying a fancy meal in anticipation of a Court Martial, conspiring with buddies being prevented from seeing their nurse sweethearts, Roger Smith as Berryman, William Leslie as Grimes, Paul PIcerni as Bullard, James Darren as “Widow” and William Hickey as Sampson, in Operation Mad Ball, 1957.

Operation Mad Ball (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Punishable By Death Vindictive Captain Lock (Ernie Kovacs) is determined to have crafty Private Hogan (Jack Lemmon) disciplined for minor violations that derailed his attempt to seduce a pretty nurse, Arthur O'Connell as his perplexed superior Col. Rousch, in post WWII France, in director Richard Quine's B>Operation Mad Ball, 1957.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) The Sun's In My Eyes Melodie Johnson as rural Kentucky hotel operator Lizann is revealed here to be the romantic interest of Alan Alda, as bootlegger Son Martin, sharing news about revenuer Long (Patrick McGoohan) visiting from Louisville, checking out his still, and meeting ally Aaron (Joe Williams), in The Moonshine War, 1970, with profanity from Elmore Leonard's novel and screenplay.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Pussyfoot Scientific Whiskey Expert The friendly approach, in 1932 rural Kentucky, Louisville booze boss Taulbee (Richard Widmark), with crooked fed Long (Patrick McGoohan), goon Dual (Lee Hazlewood) and moll Miley (Susanne Zenor) inquires with distiller Son (Alan Alda) about his sort-of secret giant whiskey stash, in The Moonshine War, 1970, from the Elmore Leonard novel.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Get Out The Fruit Jars! Louisville crime boss Dr. Taulbee (Richard Widmark), with gunman Dual (Lee Hazlewood) and squeeze Miley (Susanne Zenor), brings increasingly nervous crooked federal agent Long (Patrick McGoohan) to meet freelance crook Boyd (Dick Peabody), his plan to hijack a big local whiskey stash starting to emerge, in The Moonshine War, 1970.

Moonshine War, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Iffin' The Law Needs Upholdin' In the opening scene Patrick McGoohan was introduced as Long, a federal agent from Louisville, checked into a provincial Kentucky hotel in 1932, interested in local Son Martin (Alan Alda), introduced here with Will Geer as sheriff Baylor, Bo Hopkins and John Schuck among the crew, in director Richard Quine’s The Moonshine War, 1970, from Elmore Leonard’s novel and screenplay.

Hotel (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Detest You! Quick look at many in the all-star cast, Richard Conte as house detective Dupere looking into a car accident, Rod Taylor as his manager McDermott, Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie as the duke and duchess hiding we're-not-sure-what, Karl Malden the thief, in Hotel, 1967, from an Arthur Hailey novel.

Hotel (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Need Men Like You Another intrepid single location shot by director Richard Quine, as buyout mogul O’Keefe (Kevin McCarthy, with aides Clinton Sundberg and Jack Donner) comes after New Orleans hotel manager McDermott (Rod Taylor) with an offer, in Hotel, 1967, from the Arthur Hailey novel that was also the basis for the 1980’s ABC TV series.

Hotel (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Too Damn Good For That Vulture! Early scene, loyal young manager McDermott (Rod Taylor) visits his boss Trent (Melvyn Douglas), owner of the struggling St. Gregory in New Orleans. in Hotel, 1967, from an Arthur Hailey novel.

Dinky - (Original Trailer) Jackie Cooper is a military school cadet who isn't told his mother has been framed and sent to prison in Dinky (1935).

Drive A Crooked Road - (Original Trailer) A mechanic (Mickey Rooney) gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend in Drive A Crooked Road (1954).

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant - (Original Trailer) Three young surgeons vie to replace the legendary Dr. Kildare in Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942).

Bell Book and Candle - (Original Trailer) Beautiful witch Kim Novak places a love spell on James Stewart in the comedy Bell Book And Candle (1959) also starring Jack Lemmon.

Cockeyed Miracle, The - (Original Trailer) The ghosts of a father (Keenan Wynn) and son (Frank Morgan) sort out their family's problems in The Cockeyed Miracle (1946).

Words And Music - (Original Trailer) Judy Garland, Lena Horne and Perry Como perform the songs of Rodgers and Hart in Words And Music (1948).

Strangers When We Meet - (Original Trailer) A married architect (Kirk Douglas) and a neglected wife (Kim Novak) begin an affair in Strangers When We Meet (1960).

Babes On Broadway - (Original Trailer) Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney "put on a show" in Busby Berkeley's Babes On Broadway (1941).

Notorious Landlady, The - (Original Trailer) Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak and Fred Astaire star in The Notorious Landlady (1962) about a diplomat who falls for a murder suspect.

For Me and My Gal - (Original Trailer) An unscrupulous song-and-dance man uses his wife and his best friend to get ahead in For Me and My Gal (1942) with Gene Kelly & Judy Garland.

Stand By For Action - (Original Trailer) A haughty Harvard boy (Robert Taylor) is taken down a notch when he sees action in the Pacific in Stand By For Action (1943).

Command Decision - (Original Trailer) A senior officer faces the horror of sending his men on suicide missions over Germany during the last days of WW II in Command Decision (1948).

Companions

Susan Peters

Wife

Actor. Married in 1943; divorced in 1948; died in 1952 from complications from a spinal injury incurred in a hunting accident in 1944.

Bibliography

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