Name
Robert Quarry
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-11-03
Deathday
2009-02-20 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Walter Quarry (3 November 1925 – 20 February 2009) was an American actor, known for several prominent horror film roles.
Quarry was born in Santa Rosa, California, the son of Mable and Paul Quarry, a doctor. His films include Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), its sequel The Return of Count Yorga (1971), and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972), in which he played alchemist Dr. Biederbeck pitted against Vincent Price's Phibes in a race to find the mythical elixir of eternal life. Although it is well-known that Price did not care for his co-star - once, when Quarry was singing in his dressing room during the making of Dr Phibes Rises Again, he said to Price, "You didn't know I could sing did you?" and Price replied: "Well I knew you couldn't act." - the two were later also paired in Madhouse (1974). American International Pictures had plans for Quarry to succeed Price, but the decline in the company's fortunes, and old style horror films falling out of fashion, meant that it never happened. Quarry did make further horror film appearances, as the hippy guru vampire Khorda in 1973's The Deathmaster and as a gangster in the 1974 zombie movie Sugar Hill. A third Count Yorga film was often rumored to be in the works, but never materialised.
Quarry's career was further set back by a road accident that resulted in serious facial injuries (in which he was hit by a drunk driver), but he made several memorable guest appearances on TV shows, notably The Rockford Files episode, "Requiem For a Funny Box", as Lee Russo. He also played disfigured gunrunner Commander Corliss in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Return of the Fighting 69th". In the 1980s and 1990s, he returned to film, becoming a favorite of director Fred Olen Ray.
Quarry died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 83.
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- 1998 The Capitol Conspiracy as Agent Betts
- 1956 Crime of Passion as Sam, Reporter
- 1977 Rollercoaster as Mayor
- 1994 Inner Sanctum II as Steve Warren
- 1990 Spirits as Dr. Richard Wicks
- 1997 The Shooter as Examiner
- 1987 The Phantom Empire as Prof. Strock
- 1996 Fugitive Rage as Judge
- 1997 Hybrid as Dr. Farrell (as Robert Connell)
- 1974 Madhouse as Oliver Quayle
- 1970 Count Yorga, Vampire as Count Yorga
- 1972 Deathmaster as Khorda
- 1971 The Return of Count Yorga as Count Yorga
- 1987 Moon in Scorpio as Dr. Khorda
- 1991 Evil Spirits as Doctor
- 1990 Haunting Fear as Visconti
- 1995 Cyberzone as Chew'Bah
- 1991 Teenage Exorcist as Father McFerrin
- 1989 Warlords as Dr. Mathers
- 1999 Fugitive Mind as Mark Putnam
- 1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Darius Biederbeck
- 1987 Cyclone as Knowles
- 1956 A Kiss Before Dying as Dwight Powell
- 1974 Sugar Hill as Morgan
- 1990 Alienator as Doc Burnside
- 1996 Vampires: Thirst for the Truth as Self
- 2000 The Many Faces of Dracula as Count Yorga (archive footage)
- 1989 Sexbomb as King Faraday
- 1989 L.A. Bounty as Jimmy
- 2015 Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters as (archive footage)
- 1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project as Scientist (uncredited)
- 1987 Commando Squad as Milo
- 1998 Dear Santa as Mr. Ambrose
- 1998 Mom's Outta Sight as Robert Secord
- 1999 Invisible Mom II as Randolph St.John
- 1978 The Millionaire as Michael Anthony
- 1955 House of Bamboo as Phil (uncredited)
- 1974 The Midnight Man as Dr. Prichette
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt as Santa Rosa Teenager (uncredited)
- 1966 Agent for H.A.R.M. as Borg
- 1994 Mind Twister as Bob
- 1991 Shock Cinema: Volume Two as Self
- 1990 Mob Boss as Dr. Jones
- 1992 Evil Toons as Demon (voice) (uncredited)
- 1997 Rapid Assault as Military Officer
- 1993 Angel Eyes as Murray
- 1989 Beverly Hills Vamp as Father Ferraro
- 1969 Winning as Sam Jagin (uncredited)
- 1970 WUSA as Noonan
- 1970 A Clear and Present Danger as Hollis Kent
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Bob Detweiler
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 1 episode ) as Commander Corliss
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Danny Talbert
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Bushy
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Sea Hunt ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Howard Pascoe
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Myles (uncredited)
- 1957 The Thin Man ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Bullock
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Wheeler
- 1955 Navy Log ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Panic! ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Official Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Joe Zakarian
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Larry
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Wendell
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Andy Murray
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Casey Banks
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Lee Russo
- 1958 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer ( 1 episode ) as Ralph Shields
- 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook ( 1 episode ) as Perriscale
