
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 in…
movieTwiggy
2025 · (archival footage)
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1979 · Director
tvProject U.F.O.
1978 · Director
movieThe Specialists
1975 · Director
movieW
1974 · Director
movieCatch-22
1973 · Director
tvHec Ramsey
1972 · Director
tvColumbo
1971 · Director
movieThe Moonshine War
1970 · Director
movieA Talent for Loving
1969 · Director
movieOh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967 · Director
movieHotel
1967 · Director
movieSynanon
1965 · Director, Producer
movieHow to Murder Your Wife
1965 · Director
movieSex and the Single Girl
1964 · Director
movieParis When It Sizzles
1964 · Director, Producer
movieThe Notorious Landlady
1962 · Director, Producer
movieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Narrator (uncredited)
movieThe World of Suzie Wong
1960 · Director
movieStrangers When We Meet
1960 · Director, Producer
movieIt Happened to Jane
1959 · Director, Producer
movieBell, Book and Candle
1958 · Director
movieOperation Mad Ball
1957 · Director
movieFull of Life
1956 · Director
movieThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · Director
movieHe Laughed Last
1956 · Story
movieMy Sister Eileen
1955 · Screenplay, Director
movieBring Your Smile Along
1955 · Story
movieSo This Is Paris
1954 · Director
Hey Mulligan
1954 · Director
moviePushover
1954 · Director
movieDrive a Crooked Road
1954 · Writer, Director
movieCruisin' Down the River
1953 · Director, Writer
movieSiren of Bagdad
1953 · Director
movieAll Ashore
1953 · Director, Screenplay
movieSound Off
1952 · Director, Writer
movieRainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 · Writer, Director
moviePurple Heart Diary
1951 · Director
movieSunny Side of the Street
1951 · Director
Woo-Woo Blues
1951 · Director
movieThe Awful Sleuth
1951 · Director
movieThe Flying Missile
1950 · Amn. Hank Weber
A Slip and a Miss
1950 · Director
movieRookie Fireman
1950 · Johnny Truitt
movieNo Sad Songs for Me
1950 · Brownie
movieThe Clay Pigeon
1949 · Ted Niles
movieWords and Music
1948 · Ben Feiner Jr.
movieCommand Decision
1948 · Maj. George Rockton
movieLeather Gloves
1948 · Director
movieThe Cockeyed Miracle
1946 · Howard Bankson
movieWe've Never Been Licked
1943 · Brad Craig
movieStand by for Action
1942 · Ensign Lindsay
movieDr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942 · Dr. Dennis Lindsey
movieFor Me and My Gal
1942 · Danny Hayden (uncredited)
movieMy Sister Eileen
1942 · Frank Lippincott
movieTish
1942 · Theodore 'Ted' Bowser
movieBabes on Broadway
1941 · Morton Hammond
movieKing of the Underworld
1939 · Medical Student (uncredited)
movieDinky
1935 · Jackie Shaw
movieA Dog of Flanders
1935 · Pieter Vanderkloot
movieLife Returns
1935 · Mickey
movieWednesday's Child
1934 · Young Boy (uncredited)
movieJane Eyre
1934 · John Reed
movieLittle Men
1934 · Ned
movieCounsellor at Law
1933 · Richard Dwight Jr.
movieThe World Changes
1933 · Young Richard (uncredited)
movieCavalcade
1933 · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)