Don Quine
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Don Quine | |
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 Don Quine in Southern California | |
| Born | Donald Robert Charles Quine September 11, 1938 Fennville, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1959–1993 |
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| Spouses | Carole Kane
(m. 1959; div. 1966)Sharon Ann Quine (m. 2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Don Quine website |
Donald Robert Charles Quine (born September 11, 1938) is an American author, actor, and sports promoter. He is known for his television roles playing Joe Chernak in Peyton Place and Stacey Grainger in The Virginian. Quine also was the president of the Professional Karate Association (PKA) whose Kick of the 80’s weekly fight series on ESPN ran for close to a decade. He wrote American Karate, a book on self-defense.
Early life
[edit]Quine was born on September 11, 1938, in Fennville, Michigan, to Irene Elizabeth Quine (1916-2008) and Robert Corkill Quine (1895-1943).[citation needed]
Acting career
[edit]Quine attended a semester of pre-medical studies at the University of Colorado. Later, while at Wagner College in Staten Island, Quine became involved in the Theatre Arts program. This led him to New York City where he studied at the American Theatre Wing before landing the role of Tom Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s Off-Broadway premiere of All the King’s Men at the East 74th Street Theater in 1959.
Select filmography and television work
[edit]- Torch Song (1993) as Joe (Movie)
- Hawaii Five-O (1970) as Don Miles
- Medical Center (1969) as Tim Martin
- Lancer (1968) as Corey
- Insight (1968) as Mike
- The Virginian (1966–68) as Stacy Granger (55 episodes)
- Peyton Place (1965–66) as Joe Chernak (16 episodes)
- The F.B.I. (1966) as Frank Collins
- 12 O'Clock High (1965–66) as Lt. Thourneau and Sergeant Hanson
- The Fugitive (1964–66) as Sandy/Vin/Joe
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Don Quine at IMDb
- New York Times Professional Karate Association article
- The Classic TV Archive
- Sullivan’s Empire - IMDb
- Clayton County Line - IMDb
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- 1938 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- American male film actors
- American male novelists
- American male screenwriters
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American mystery writers
- American science fiction writers
- Balaban family
- Living people
- Male actors from Michigan
- Novelists from New York City
- Screenwriters from New York (state)