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Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 - June 10, 1989)
was an United States|American stage, film, and
radio actor and film director.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began his
acting career aged eleven on Broadway, and
appeared in his first film in 1934 - John Ford's
The World Moves On. During the war he served in
the US Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan
Peters in November of 1943. After WW II he tried
directing, first as co-producer and co-director on
Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before
his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny
Side of the Street (1951). His most successful
films came in the late 1950s, including Operation
Madball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958),
Strangers When We Meet and The World of Suzie Wong
both 1960.

He also produced such films as the William Holden
/ Audrey Hepburn comedy Paris When it Sizzles
(1964).

His output fell in the 1960s and in the 1970s he
made only three disappointing films. His final
work was on Peter Sellers' The Prisoner of Zenda
(1979), although he was briefly part of the crew
for another Sellers film - The Fiendish Plot of
Dr. Fu Manchu (1980).

After an extended period of depression and poor
health he committed suicide in his Los Angeles
home. He had divorced Peters in 1948 and married
entertainer, singer, and noted beauty Fran
Jeffries in 1965.  His second marriage produced a
daughter and lasted until his death.

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Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 - June 10, 1989)
was an United States|American stage, film, and
radio actor and film director.

He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began his
acting career aged eleven on Broadway, and
appeared in his first film in 1934 - John Ford's
The World Moves On. During the war he served in
the US Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan
Peters in November of 1943. After WW II he tried
directing, first as co-producer and co-director on
Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before
his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny
Side of the Street (1951). His most successful
films came in the late 1950s, including Operation
Madball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958),
Strangers When We Meet and The World of Suzie Wong
both 1960.

He also produced such films as the William Holden
/ Audrey Hepburn comedy Paris When it Sizzles
(1964).

His output fell in the 1960s and in the 1970s he
made only three disappointing films. His final
work was on Peter Sellers' The Prisoner of Zenda
(1979), although he was briefly part of the crew
for another Sellers film - The Fiendish Plot of
Dr. Fu Manchu (1980).

After an extended period of depression and poor
health he committed suicide in his Los Angeles
home. He had divorced Peters in 1948 and married
entertainer, singer, and noted beauty Fran
Jeffries in 1965.  His second marriage produced a
daughter and lasted until his death.