Daniel Quinn (actor)

Daniel Quinn
Born(1956-08-19)August 19, 1956
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJuly 4, 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 58)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–2015

Daniel Quinn (August 19, 1956 – July 4, 2015) was an American actor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]

Career

Quinn moved to New York City at age 19, where he worked in theater and ballet before breaking into television and film.[2] On television, he has appeared in the soap opera The Young and the Restless,[3] police series Hunter,[2] and independent drama twentysixmiles.[4] He starred in the science fiction films Scanner Cop[5] and Scanners: The Showdown.[6]

Death

Daniel died of a heart attack on July 4, 2015, at the age of 58.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Dead Bang James 'Hard Rock' Ellis
1989 City Rhythms Francis Picasso
1990 Impulse Ted Gates
1990 Wild at Heart Young Cowboy
1991 Whore Brutal Man
1991 Motorama Billy
1993 Extreme Justice Bobby Lewis
1994 Scanner Cop Samuel Staziak
1995 Scanners: The Showdown
1997 Angry Dogs Jason Reed
1998 Back to Even Russell
2000 Slice & Dice Mike
2000 Little Pieces Brad
2001 Spiders II: Breeding Ground Captain Bigelow
2005 Heads N Tailz Rabbit
2005 Miracle at Sage Creek Seth Keller
2006 Raising Flagg Travis Purdy
2010 Rubber Dad
2012 The Sessions E.R. Doctor
2012 Karaoke Man Ritter
2013 Wrong Cops Neighbor
2015 Story of Eva Dr. Cornelius
2015 Flirting with Madness Mr. Brixton
2016 Psychophonia Detective Alex Becker
2016 Codex Henry
2017 Get the Girl Officer Talley
2017 Cabaret of the Dead Footman

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Crossbow Terence the Novice Episode: "Seekers of the Soul"
1989 Hunter Billy Joe Powell 3 episodes
1989 Matlock Art Spring 2 episodes
1989–1999 Baywatch Various roles 5 episodes
1990 So Proudly We Hail Dwayne Television film
1990 China Beach Medic Episode: "F.N.G."
1991 The Chase Julian Television film
1991 Conagher Johnny McGivern
1992 Dark Justice Billy Stafford Episode: "Instant Replay"
1993 Moon Over Miami Eddie Grace Episode: "A Missing Person"
1993 The Last Outlaw Loomis Television film
1994 Renegade Gabe Wilson Episode: "Sheriff Reno"
1995 The Avenging Angel Alpheus Young Television film
1995 Vanishing Son Terry Hessling Episode: "Single Flame"
1995 Marker Jimmy Episode: "The Pink Unicorn"
1995 American Cop Franco Television film
1995, 2004 NYPD Blue Carter Dubinsky / Gallagher 2 episodes
1996 The X-Files Lieutenant Jack Schaefer Episode: "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"
1997 Pacific Blue Sonny McCue Episode: "Bad Company"
1997 ER Casey Episode: "Friendly Fire"
1999 L.A. Heat Benjamin Baker Episode: "Widow Maker"
2001 Diagnosis: Murder Martin Peterson Episode: "The Red's Shoes"
2001 Living in Fear Art Sinnar Television film
2001 Crossing Jordan Steven Browning Episode: "Sight Unseen"
2002 Project Viper Alan Stanton Television film
2002 The Young and the Restless Ralph Hunnicutt 33 episodes
2003 She Spies Daniel Kovak Episode: "Rane of Terror"
2004 Without a Trace Lance Carlson Episode: "Bait"
2005 Monk Raymond Novak Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Kid"
2007 Criminal Minds Bob Kelton Episode: "Lucky"
2010 Twentysixmiles Dirk Stillwell 5 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Remembering Daniel Quinn, Actor and Reluctant Hero of the Motion Picture Home". TheWrap. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Maples, Tina (1989-03-24). "Local Actor Makes His Mark". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 8D.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Goldstein, Toby (2002-07-07). "Curtains For Amanda, Ralph". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  4. ^ Hibberd, James (2008-06-26). "A daring TV series is out to go the distance". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  5. ^ "Scanner Cop". TV Guide. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  6. ^ "Quinn: It's All in the Mind". The Standard. 1998-03-09. p. 19.
  7. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (2016). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015. McFarland & Company. p. 286. ISBN 9780786476671.


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