Quinn Redeker R.I.P.

Quinn Redeker, who had regular roles on the show Dan Raven and the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless, died on December 20 2022 at the age of 86. He also wrote the original story  for The Deer Hunter (1978) with Lou Garfield.

Quinn Redeker was born on May 2 1936 in Woodstock, Illinois. He grew up in Seattle, Washington and Queen Anne High School. He began his career as a stand-up comic and studied acting under Sandy Meisner. He made his television debut in a guest appearance on Lock Up in 1959. The following year he guest starred on Sea Hunt and began playing magazine photographer Perry Levitt in the short-lived police drama Dan Raven.

In the Sixties he guest starred on the TV shows The Virginian, Alcoa Premiere, Wide Country, Laramie, Bonanza, The Third Man, The Loner, The Jean Arthur Show, The Hero, Run for Your Life, That Girl, Mannix, Ironside, The Outsider, Mayberry R.F.D., Here Come the Brides, and The Most Deadly Game. He made his film debut in an uncredited role in The Marriage-Go-Round in 1961. He appeared in the movies The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962), Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Airport (1970), and The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970).

In the Seventies Quinn Redeker guest starred on the television shows Adam-12, The F.B.I., The New Perry Mason, The Magician, Toma, Get Christie Love!, Marcus Welby M.D., The Bob Newhart Show, Kojak, Harry O, Cannon,The Practice, Gemini Man, Police Story, The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, Barnaby Jones, and Starsky and Hutch. He appeared in the mini-series The Law and in 1979 began playing the regular role of Alex Marshall on Days of Our Lives and the regular roles of Rex Sterling on The Young and the Restless. He appeared in the movies The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Candidate (1972), The Limit (1972), The Slams (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), At Long Last Love (1975), Rollercoaster (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979), Where the Buffalo Roam (1980), Ordinary People (1980), and Coast to Coast (1980).

In the Eighties he continued to appear on Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. He guest starred on the TV shows Fantasy Island and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. In the Nineties Quinn Redeker continued to appear on The Young and the Restless. He guest starred on the TV shows Godparents and The Michael Richards Show. He appeared in the movie Warpath (2000).

In the Naughts he guest starred on CSI: Miami He appeared in the movies An American Reunion (2003), Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006), For Heaven's Sake (2008), and The Confessional (2009). In the Teens he appeared in the movie Big Miracle (2012). He guest starred on the show Harry's Law.