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