Richard Quine

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Nov 12 (died age 68) Detroit, Michigan, USA 1933–2025 (92 year career)

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Biography

Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. Quine was born in Detroit. He made his Broadway debut in the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II musical Very Warm for May in 1939 and appeared in My Sister Eileen the following year. His screen acting credits include The World Moves On (1934), Jane Eyre (1934), Babes on Broadway (1941), My Sister Eileen (1942), and Words and Music (1948), among others. At MGM he became friends with Mi…

Known For

Film

Columbo

Director

Film

Bell, Book and Candle

Director

Film

Paris When It Sizzles

Director

Film

How to Murder Your Wife

Director

Film

Pushover

Director

Film

Sex and the Single Girl

Director

Film

The Notorious Landlady

Director

Film

Cavalcade

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (26)

Twiggy

2025

as (archival footage)

7.7

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

as Narrator (uncredited)

No Sad Songs for Me

as Brownie

The Flying Missile

as Amn. Hank Weber

Rookie Fireman

as Johnny Truitt

The Clay Pigeon

as Ted Niles

Command Decision

as Maj. George Rockton

Words and Music

as Ben Feiner Jr.

The Cockeyed Miracle

as Howard Bankson

We've Never Been Licked

1943

as Brad Craig

Tish

1942

as Theodore 'Ted' Bowser

My Sister Eileen

as Frank Lippincott

For Me and My Gal

as Danny Hayden (uncredited)

6.4

Stand by for Action

1942

as Ensign Lindsay

6.8

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

as Dr. Dennis Lindsey

5.3

Babes on Broadway

1941

as Morton Hammond

6.5

King of the Underworld

1939

as Medical Student (uncredited)

Dinky

as Jackie Shaw

A Dog of Flanders

as Pieter Vanderkloot

Life Returns

as Mickey

Wednesday's Child

as Young Boy (uncredited)

Little Men

as Ned

Jane Eyre

as John Reed

Counsellor at Law

as Richard Dwight Jr.

6.4

Cavalcade

1933

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.5

The World Changes

1933

as Young Richard (uncredited)

4.3

Crew (52)

Movies (48)

The Prisoner of Zenda

Director

The Specialists

Director

Director

Catch-22

Director

The Moonshine War

Director

A Talent for Loving

Director

Hotel

Director

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

1967

Director

4.4

How to Murder Your Wife

Director

Synanon

Director

Synanon

Producer

Sex and the Single Girl

1964

Director

6.4

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

Director

6.3

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

Producer

6.3

The Notorious Landlady

1962

Director

6.7

The Notorious Landlady

1962

Producer

6.7

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

Director

6.4

Strangers When We Meet

1960

Director

6.2

Strangers When We Meet

Producer

It Happened to Jane

Director

It Happened to Jane

Producer

Bell, Book and Candle

Director

Operation Mad Ball

Director

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Director

He Laughed Last

Story

Full of Life

Director

My Sister Eileen

Director

My Sister Eileen

Screenplay

Bring Your Smile Along

Story

Pushover

Director

So This Is Paris

Director

Drive a Crooked Road

Director

Drive a Crooked Road

Writer

Siren of Bagdad

Director

All Ashore

Director

All Ashore

Screenplay

Cruisin' Down the River

1953

Director

Cruisin' Down the River

1953

Writer

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

1952

Director

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

1952

Writer

Sound Off

1952

Director

Sound Off

1952

Writer

The Awful Sleuth

1951

Director

Sunny Side of the Street

1951

Director

6.0

Purple Heart Diary

1951

Director

Woo-Woo Blues

1951

Director

A Slip and a Miss

1950

Director

Leather Gloves

1948

Director

Television (4)

Project U.F.O.

Director

Hec Ramsey

Director

Columbo

Director

Hey Mulligan

Director