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Randy Quaid Biography (1950-)

Born October 1, 1950, in Houston, TX; son of William Rudy (an electrician) and Juanita B. "Nita" (a real estate agent) Quaid; brother of Dennis Quaid (anactor); married Ella Marie Jolly, May 11, 1980 (divorced); married Evi Motolanez (an actress, director, model, and author), October 5, 1989; children: Amanda. Addresses: Agent: Paradigm, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 25th Floor,Los Angeles, CA 90067.; Publicist: Guttman Associates Public Relations, 118South Beverly Dr., Suite 201, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

October 1, 1950

Houston, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Uncredited) Targets (also known as Before I Die), Paramount, 1968
• Lester Marlow, The Last Picture Show, Columbia, 1971
• Professor Hosquith, What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972
• Finch Feather, Lolly-Madonna XXX (also known as The Lolly-Madonna War), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
• Laurence "Larry" Meadows, The Last Detail, Columbia, 1973
• Leroy, Paper Moon, Paramount, 1973
• Virgil, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (also known as L'apprentissage de Duddy Kravitz), Paramount, 1974
• Hawk Hawkins, Breakout, Columbia, 1975
• Little Tod, The Missouri Breaks, United Artists, 1976
• Luther Johnson, Bound for Glory, United Artists, 1976
• Dean Proust, The Choirboys (also known as Aanglarna), Universal, 1977
• Quentin Hammond, Three Warriors, Fantasy Films, 1977
• Jimmy Booth, Midnight Express, Columbia, 1978
• Clell Miller, The Long Riders, United Artists, 1980
• Jay, Foxes, United Artists, 1980
• Charlie, Heartbeeps, Universal, 1981
• Cousin Eddie, National Lampoon's Vacation (also known as American Vacation, National Lampoon's Summer Vacation, and Vacation), Warner Bros., 1983
• Charlie, The Wild Life, Universal, 1984
• Martin, Fool for Love, Cannon, 1985
• Moose Granger, The Slugger's Wife (also known as Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife), Columbia, 1985
• Sheriff Loomis, The Wraith, New Century/Vista, 1986
• Juan, Sweet Country (also known as Glykeia patrida), CinemaGroup, 1987
• Lieutenant Vincent Bracey, No Man's Land, Orion, 1987
• Frank/Cornell Crawford, Moving, Warner Bros., 1988
• Peter Blunt, Caddyshack II, Warner Bros., 1988
• Cousin Eddie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (also known asChristmas Vacation and National Lampoon's Winter Holiday), Warner Bros., 1989
• Feet Samuels, Bloodhounds of Broadway, Columbia, 1989
• Lester Atlas, Out Cold, Hemdale, 1989
• Nick Laemle, Parents, Vestron, 1989
• Lester Marlow, Texasville, Columbia, 1990
• Loomis, Quick Change, Warner Bros., 1990
• Mark Devereaux, Martians Go Home, Taurus, 1990
• Tim Daland, Days of Thunder, Paramount, 1990
• Elijah C. Skuggs, Freaked (also known as Hideous Mutant Freekz and Very Special People), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
• (Uncredited) Johnny, Major League II, Warner Bros., 1994
• Michael McDougal, The Paper, Universal, 1994
• Vic Damico, Bye Bye, Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
• Ishmael Boorg, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
• Russell Casse, Independence Day (also known as ID4), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Russell Casse in archive footage from Independence Day, Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion, 1996
• Sam Burns, Last Dance, Buena Vista, 1996
• (Uncredited) Tennessee state trooper, Get on the Bus, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
• Cousin Eddie, National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's Las Vegas Vacation and Vegas Vacation), WarnerBros., 1997
• General George S. Merlin, Bug Buster (also known as Blatella and Some Things Never Die), DMG Entertainment, 1998
• Pat Utley (some sources cite Tom Utley), P.U.N.K.S. (also known asRebels), A-Pix Entertainment, 1998
• Sheriff, Hard Rain (also known as The Flood and Pluie d'enfer), Paramount, 1998
• First Love, Last Rites, Strand Releasing, 1998
• The Debtors, 1999
• FBI director Cappy von Trapment, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (also known as Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle), Universal, 2000
• Mr. Briggs, Not Another Teen Movie (also known as Sex Academy), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
• Himself, Breaking the Silence: The Making of "Hannibal" (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2001
• Bruno, The Adventures of Pluto Nash (also known as Pluto Nash), Warner Bros., 2002
• Charlie, Black Cadillac, Artistic View Entertainment, 2002
• Eli Rockwood, Back by Midnight, 2002
• Madman McKlusky, Frank McKlusky, C.I., Buena Vista, 2002
• Jerry James, Milwaukee, Minnesota, 2003
• Mr. Jensen, Grind, Warner Bros., 2003
• Ted Mirabeau, Carolina, Miramax, 2003
• Vic Davies, Kart Racer, Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group, 2003
• Captain Flint, The Battle of Treasure Island, Crystal Sky, 2004
• Voice of Slim, Home on the Range (animated), Buena Vista, 2004
• Film Work
• Producer, The Debtors, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Various characters, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1985-1986
• Dwight Davis, Davis Rules (also known as The Principal andSpiral Bound), ABC, 1991, then CBS, 1991-1992
• Mike Grubb, The Grubbs, Fox, 2002
• Chief Hank Shaw, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, CBS, 2003
• Miniseries
• Clayton Ritchie, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1980
• Putzi Hanfstaengel, Inside the Third Reich, ABC, 1982
• Elmer Scheele, Murder in the Heartland (also known as Starkweather: Murder in the Heartland), ABC, 1993
• John Wesley Hardin, Streets of Laredo (also known as Larry McMurty's Streets of Laredo), CBS, 1995
• Randy Weaver, Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (also known as Every Knee Shall Bow: The Siege at Ruby Ridge and The Siege at Ruby Ridge), CBS, 1996
• Jack Woods, The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (also known as Leprechauns and Kampf der Kobolde), NBC, 1999
• Homicide detective Irwin Sikorski, 5 Days to Midnight, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004
• Movies
• Herbie, Getting Away from It All, ABC, 1972
• Carl Grant, The Great Niagara, ABC, 1974
• Grat Dalton, The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (also known as Raid on Coffeyville), NBC, 1979
• Chet Watson, To Race the Wind, CBS, 1980
• Lenny Small, Of Mice and Men, NBC, 1981
• Evan Cleman, Cowboy, CBS, 1983
• Lyndon Baines "LBJ" Johnson, LBJ: The Early Years, NBC, 1987
• Kenny Lee, Dead Solid Perfect (also known as Dead Perfect),HBO, 1988
• Pete Suvak, Evil in Clear River (also known as Hate on Trial and Winter in Clear River), ABC, 1988
• Jack Cloud, Cold Dog Soup, 1990
• The monster, Frankenstein, TNT, 1993
• Jim Flynn, Roommates, NBC, 1994
• Lenny Benedetti, Next Door, Showtime, 1994
• Whip, Legends of the North (also known as Esperanza and Grand nord), 1994
• Detective Steve Carella, Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning, NBC, 1995
• Taylor, Curse of the Starving Class, Showtime, 1995
• Allan Hansen, Woman Undone, Showtime, 1996
• Sheriff Miller, Moonshine Highway, Showtime, 1996
• Lenny, Sands of Eden, 1997
• Jeremy Dillon, Last Rites, Starz!, 1998
• Lenny, La guerre de l'eau (also known as Water War), 1998
• Phil, Valentine's Day (also known as Protector), HBO, 1998
• Doc Woods and Doc Holliday, Purgatory (also known as PurgatoryWest of the Pecos), TNT, 1999
• Phil Chadway, The Thin Blue Lie, Showtime, 2000
• President A. Thorton Osgood II, Mail to the Chief, ABC, 2000
• Dr. Michael McCann, The Day the War Ended, HBO, 2001
• Cousin Eddie Johnson, Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (also known as National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie's Christmas Vacation Lost), NBC, 2003
• Specials
• Himself, The Making of "Midnight Express" (documentary), 1977
• Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, A Streetcar Named Desire, ABC, 1984
• Voice of Corporal Kevin Macaulay, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (also known as Dear America), HBO, 1987
• Himself, Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City,Texas (also known as The Making of Texasville), Showtime, 1991
• Sci-Fi Channel's Invasion of Independence Day, The Sci-Fi Channel,1996
• Himself and narrator, George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (documentary), PBS, 2000
• Comedy Central Presents the NY Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase, Comedy Central, 2002
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, The 14th Annual CableACE Awards, Lifetime, 1993
• Presenter, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 1997
• Presenter, The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, Bravo and Independent Film Channel, 1999
• Episodic
• John, "The Late Mr. Peddington," Night Gallery (also known as Rod Serling's Night Gallery), NBC, 1972
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1990
• Himself, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1991
• The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1996
• Bill Johnson, "All the President's Women," Gun (also known as Robert Altman's Gun), ABC, 1997
• Himself, Christian Slater: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
• Michael Doyle, "Afterlife," Night Visions, Fox, 2001
• The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003
• Also appeared in episodes of other series, including The Daily Show, Comedy Central.
• Pilots
• Coach Dobbs, Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car (also known asToonces and Friends), NBC, 1992
• Billy Keats, The Billy Club, CBS, 1997
• Mac Grubb, The Grubbs, Fox, 2002
• Stage Appearances
• Title role, The Golem, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Lee, True West, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, beginning c. 1982, later Los Angeles Stage Company, Los Angeles, c. 1984
• RECORDINGS
• Music Videos
• Appeared in music videos, including "Heavy Fuel," by Dire Straits; and "Rock Star," by N.E.R.D.
• Videos
• (Uncredited) Truck driver, Bangles Greatest Hits, 1990

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• People Weekly, February 14, 2000, pp. 18-19
• Texas Monthly, June, 2000, p. 204