Richard Quine

Known for: Directing
Born: November 12, 1920, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died: June 10, 1989
Movies: 61

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 Mickey Rooney and later directed several of Rooney's films.

During World War II, Quine served in the United States Coast Guard, He married actress Susan Peters in November 1943. After the war, 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 directing credits include Pushover (1954), My Sister Eileen (1955), Operation Mad Ball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Strangers When We Meet (1960), and The World of Suzie Wong (1960).

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

6.3

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

6.4

How to Murder Your Wife

1965

5.5

Cavalcade

1933

6.5

Sex and the Single Girl

1964

6.6

Pushover

1954

6.2

It Happened to Jane

1959

6.8

The Notorious Landlady

1962

6.5

For Me and My Gal

1942

6.4

Strangers When We Meet

1960

Filmography

2025	Twiggy	(archival footage)
1960	The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950	The Flying Missile	Amn. Hank Weber
1950	Rookie Fireman	Johnny Truitt
1950	No Sad Songs for Me	Brownie
1949	The Clay Pigeon	Ted Niles
1948	Words and Music	Ben Feiner Jr.
1948	Command Decision	Maj. George Rockton
1946	The Cockeyed Miracle	Howard Bankson
1943	We've Never Been Licked	Brad Craig
1942	Stand by for Action	Ensign Lindsay
1942	Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	Dr. Dennis Lindsey
1942	For Me and My Gal	Danny Hayden (uncredited)
1942	My Sister Eileen	Frank Lippincott
1942	Tish	Theodore 'Ted' Bowser
1941	Babes on Broadway	Morton Hammond
1939	King of the Underworld	Medical Student (uncredited)
1935	Dinky	Jackie Shaw
1935	A Dog of Flanders	Pieter Vanderkloot
1935	Life Returns	Mickey
1934	Wednesday's Child	Young Boy (uncredited)
1934	Jane Eyre	John Reed
1934	Little Men	Ned
1933	Counsellor at Law	Richard Dwight Jr.
1933	The World Changes	Young Richard (uncredited)
1933	Cavalcade	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1979	The Prisoner of Zenda	Director
1975	The Specialists	Director
1974	W	Director
1973	Catch-22	Director
1970	The Moonshine War	Director
1969	A Talent for Loving	Director
1967	Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad	Director
1967	Hotel	Director
1965	Synanon	Director, Producer
1965	How to Murder Your Wife	Director
1964	Sex and the Single Girl	Director
1964	Paris When It Sizzles	Director, Producer
1962	The Notorious Landlady	Director, Producer
1960	The World of Suzie Wong	Director
1960	Strangers When We Meet	Director, Producer
1959	It Happened to Jane	Director, Producer
1958	Bell, Book and Candle	Director
1957	Operation Mad Ball	Director
1956	Full of Life	Director
1956	The Solid Gold Cadillac	Director
1955	My Sister Eileen	Screenplay, Director
1954	So This Is Paris	Director
1954	Pushover	Director
1954	Drive a Crooked Road	Writer, Director
1953	Cruisin' Down the River	Director, Writer
1953	Siren of Bagdad	Director
1953	All Ashore	Director, Screenplay
1952	Sound Off	Director, Writer
1952	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Writer, Director
1951	Purple Heart Diary	Director
1951	Sunny Side of the Street	Director
1951	Woo-Woo Blues	Director
1951	The Awful Sleuth	Director
1950	A Slip and a Miss	Director
1948	Leather Gloves	Director

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