Children Ginny Newhart Role Actor | Name Bill Quinn Religion Roman Catholic | |
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Full Name William Tyrell Quinn Born May 6, 1912 ( 1912-05-06 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Spouse Mary Catherine Roden (m. 1940–1994) Books How Walmart Is Destroyin, How Wal‑Mart is Destroyin, Hunter Charles III: The Mind, Silent Invasion: Indifferent, Concealed Carry: A Practical Similar People Ginny Newhart, Bob Newhart, Gary Sherman, Melvin Jackson, Lightnin' Hopkins | ||
Elder Bill Quinn talks about Medical Marijuana in the Cree language
Bill Quinn (May 6, 1912 – April 29, 1994) was an American actor.
Quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles over seven decades, starting in the 1920s in silent films and ending in 1989 in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He is best remembered as Archie's blind friend, Mr. Van Ranseleer, in All in the Family, and later as a regular in the spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. His other television roles include The Odd Couple, in which he played the recurring role of the roommates' physician, Dr. Melnitz; The Rifleman as Sweeney, the bartender; McHale's Navy; and Mary's father in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In 1971, he was featured in the Universal Pictures movie How to Frame a Figg starring Don Knotts.
He played Judge Antonio Runzuli in Bustin' Loose starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson.
Quinn was the father-in-law of Bob Newhart: He is the father of Newhart's wife, Virginia Quinn Newhart.
Quinn died at the age of 81 in Camarillo, California of natural causes.