Quinn Redeker

Quinn K. Redeker (born May 2, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter, who is well known for his work on soap operas.

Quinn Redeker
Born (1936-05-02) May 2, 1936
Woodstock, Illinois, USA
Other namesQuinn Redecker
Quinn Redeker
OccupationActor, screenwriter
Years active1960-present
AwardsSoap Opera Digest Award, 1973 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role for The Young and the Restless

Career

Redeker has been a screenwriter for over 40 years, with the most notable work to his name being the story writer for the 1978 film The Deer Hunter. Throughout 1960, Redeker was cast as a photographer on the short-lived NBC crime drama Dan Raven starring the former child actor Skip Homeier and Dan Barton. The following year, he appeared as nerdy Schulyer Davis in the film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules.

On television, he started acting in 1960 and amassed appearances on over five dozen television series. On 10/25/1972 he played a crooked cop on Adam-12. He's most well known for his roles as Alex Marshall on Days of Our Lives, whom he played from 1979 to 1987, and on The Young and the Restless where he played Nick Reed in 1979 and Joseph Taylor from 1979-1980 before his most well known character of Rex Sterling, from 1987 to 1994. Redeker also appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "Fantasy of Fear"(02/25/1975).

Awards

As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and an WGA Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay for The Deer Hunter, along with Deric Washburn, Louis A. Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

As an actor, Redeker was twice nominated for an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on The Young and the Restless, both in 1989 and 1990. He also won a Soapy Award for Best Villain for his role on Days of our Lives in 1983, along with a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Daytime" for The Young and the Restless.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1960Sea HuntUSCG Lt. Bob Camp / JoeyTV Series, 2 episodes
1961The Marriage-Go-RoundCrewcut - Party GuestUncredited
1962The Three Stooges Meet HerculesSchuyler Davis
1962The VirginianDaniel KroegerEpisode: "Impasse"
1967Spider BabyPeter Howe
1970AirportJohn ReindelUncredited
1970The Christine Jorgensen StoryTom Crawford
1971The Andromeda StrainCapt. MorrisUncredited
1972The CandidateRick Jenkin
1972The LimitJeff McMillan
1973The SlamsWarden
1974The Midnight ManSwanson
1975At Long Last LoveKitty's Boyfriend
1977RollercoasterOwner #2
1979The Electric HorsemanBud Broderick
1980Where the Buffalo RoamPilot
1980Ordinary PeopleWard
1980Coast to CoastBenjamin Levrington
2003An American ReunionCoach Grayman
2006Sweet Deadly DreamsBlaisdale
2008For Heaven's SakeProf. Harris
2009The ConfessionalFather Mills
2012Big MiraclePresident Reagan
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