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John Quade
Highest Rated: 93% The Sting (1973)
Lowest Rated: 20% Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Birthday: Apr 1, 1938
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Best known as the bumbling bad guy, Cholla, in the Clint Eastwood/orangutan action-comedy "Every Which Way But Loose," character actor John Quade worked as an aerospace engineer before breaking into television with a string of one-off roles in the late 1960s. Quade proved prolific in his new career, balancing film and TV work and appearing in 108 productions over three decades. It was in 1973, during production on Eastwood's Western thriller "High Plains Drifter," that Quade first encountered the iconic movie cowboy. Three years later, the pair reunited in the Oscar-nominated Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales," in which Quade once again had a small part. Finally in 1978, he faced off with Eastwood and Clyde the orangutan in "Every Which Way But Loose." He reprised the role two years later in the romp's sequel, "Any Which Way You Can." After this, much of the established character actor's work came in the form of television one-offs, though he did costar in the daffy family-comedy feature "And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird," which centered on brothers whose robot is haunted by the ghost of their father. After a long and colorful career, Quade hung up his spurs in 1993, retiring after appearing in one last Western, the short-lived sitcom "Lucky Luke." Quade spent his later years as an activist, speaking out about his Christian beliefs and his concerns that modern politics had strayed too far from the founding fathers' intentions. The aerospace-engineer-cum-actor-cum-activist died in 2009.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Turning Back | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird! | Walter Kotzwinkle (Character) | $402.5K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tiger Shark | "Cowboy" Dave Reynolds (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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The Tracker | Lomax (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Houston: The Legend of Texas | Sen. Stansbury (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fury to Freedom | Mr. Ries (Character) | - | 1985 |
20% |
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Any Which Way You Can | Cholla, Black Widow Leader (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches | Morgan (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Yeagers | Roy (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vegas | Dominic (Character) | - | 1978 |
41% |
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Every Which Way But Loose | Cholla (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Terror | Old Derelict (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape From Bogen County | Sheriff Mason (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Adam (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Hard Men | Gant (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Hours Before Morning | Korbett (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Planet Earth | Kreeg Commandant (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Godchild | Denton (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginia Hill Story | Mousie (Character) | - | 1974 |
93% |
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The Sting | Riley (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Knight | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brother on the Run | 'Fatback' - Hit Man (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goodnight, My Love | Edgar (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baywatch | Kyle Rigler (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Jim Holloway (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 70% | The A-Team | McKaydoo (Guest Star) | 1985 |
97% | 82% | Hill Street Blues | Sal Intestinale (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Augie Detweiller (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Ganz (Guest Star) | 1975 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Hawkins (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Knight | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Pete Stern (Guest Star) | 1974 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Red (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1971 |