This page will contain images about Richard Quine, as they become available.Richard QuineRichard Quine (November 12, 1920 - June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began his acting career aged eleven on Broadway, and appeared in his first film in 1934 - John Ford's The World Moves On. During the war he served in the US Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan Peters in November of 1943. After WW II he tried directing, first as co-producer and co-director on Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny Side of the Street (1951). His most successful films came in the late 1950s, including Operation Madball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Strangers When We Meet and The World of Suzie Wong both 1960. He also produced such films as the William Holden / Audrey Hepburn comedy Paris When it Sizzles (1964). His output fell in the 1960s and in the 1970s he made only three disappointing films. His final work was on Peter Sellers' The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), although he was briefly part of the crew for another Sellers film - The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980). After an extended period of depression and poor health he committed suicide in his Los Angeles home. He had divorced Peters in 1948 and married entertainer, singer, and noted beauty Fran Jeffries in 1965, his second marriage produced a daughter and lasted until his death. This page about Richard Quine includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Richard Quine News stories about Richard Quine External links for Richard Quine Videos for Richard Quine Wikis about Richard Quine Discussion Groups about Richard Quine Blogs about Richard Quine Images of Richard Quine |
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He had divorced Peters in 1948 and married entertainer, singer, and noted beauty Fran Jeffries in 1965, his second marriage produced a daughter and lasted until his death. Murnau's Nosferatu. After an extended period of depression and poor health he committed suicide in his Los Angeles home. Elias Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire, a fictional film loosely based on the historical facts surrounding the making of F.W. Fu Manchu (1980). Max Shreck is portrayed by actor Willem Dafoe in E. His final work was on Peter Sellers' The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), although he was briefly part of the crew for another Sellers film - The Fiendish Plot of Dr. The character Max Shreck in the 1992 film Batman Returns may be named in homage of Schreck. His output fell in the 1960s and in the 1970s he made only three disappointing films. Curiously, the word Schreck is also the German word for fright, or terror. He also produced such films as the William Holden / Audrey Hepburn comedy Paris When it Sizzles (1964). Their physiques do not match at all. His most successful films came in the late 1950s, including Operation Madball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Strangers When We Meet and The World of Suzie Wong both 1960. Suggestions that Schreck was really actor Alfred Abel can be seen to be wrong when the two actors are seen together. After WW II he tried directing, first as co-producer and co-director on Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny Side of the Street (1951). He was married to actress Fanny Normann, who appeared in a few films, often credited as Fanny Schreck. During the war he served in the US Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan Peters in November of 1943. In 1926, Schreck returned to the Kammerspiele in Munich and continued to act in films right through the advent of sound until his death. He began his acting career aged eleven on Broadway, and appeared in his first film in 1934 - John Ford's The World Moves On. Murnau expressed his repugnance over Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs (The Finances of the Grand Duke). He was born in Detroit, Michigan. Even the director, F.W. Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 - June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. Schreck did appear in a comedy, albeit poorly made. No prints of this film remain today. In 1923, Schreck appeared as a blind man in the acclaimed film Die Straße. Schreck's Count Orlok, with its bald, rat shaped head and long spidery fingers remains a haunting character. The company declared themselves bankrupt after the film's release to avoid paying copyright infringement costs to an irate Florence Stoker, the widow of Dracula author Bram Stoker. In 1922 he was hired by Prana Film for their first and only production, Nosferatu. For three years between 1919 and 1922, Schreck appeared at the Kammerspiele in Munich whilst working on his first film Der Richter von Zalamea, adapted from a six act play, for Decla Bioscop. Many of Reinhart's troupe made a huge contribution to the cinema. Schreck then joined Max Reinhart's celebrated company of performers back in Berlin. He made his stage debut in Messeritz and Speyer, and then toured Germany for two years appearing at theatres in Zittau, Erfurt, Bremen, Lucerne, Gera, and Frankfurt. He received his training at the Staatstheater in Berlin. Along with Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, Schreck is considered among the classic portrayers of Dracula. Max Schreck (June 11, 1879–November 26, 1936) was a German actor remembered today most for his lead role in Nosferatu. |