Richard Quine

Richard 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.


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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.
. After an extended period of depression and poor health he committed suicide in his Los Angeles home. In February 2003, Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver so their son, Wyatt, could play hockey. Fu Manchu (1980). He claims that he was often an outcast in Hollywood because of his Libertarian beliefs and so moved to an area outside Aspen, Colorado to live and try writing (he co-wrote Escape From L.A.). 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. Russell is a prominent member of the United States Libertarian Party.

His output fell in the 1960s and in the 1970s he made only three disappointing films. The couple have never married but have a son, Wyatt. He also produced such films as the William Holden / Audrey Hepburn comedy Paris When it Sizzles (1964). Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he had met on the set of Elvis, in 1979 and they had a son, Boston. In 1983, during the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell met his longtime companion, Goldie Hawn, on the set of the film Swing Shift. 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 was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (1984) for the film Silkwood. 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). Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (1979) for the made for television movie Elvis.

During the war he served in the US Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan Peters in November of 1943. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and he returned to acting. He began his acting career aged eleven on Broadway, and appeared in his first film in 1934 - John Ford's The World Moves On. The collision tore the rotator cuff in one of Russell's shoulders. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by another player running to second base. Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 - June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. He led his league in hitting with a .563 batting average.

In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the minor league franchise of the California Angels (now the Anaheim Angels). Russell also had a baseball career (Russell's father had also been a baseball player for a while). He starred in many Disney films such as Follow Me, Boys! (1966), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). Russell started his film career at the age of 10 in an uncredited part in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair and was soon signed to a ten year contract with the Walt Disney Company, reportedly by Walt Disney himself.

He is the son of Bing Russell, also an actor. Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. Kurt Russell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/) at the Internet Movie Database. Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Whitey.

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