Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
Birth name	Randall Rudy Quaid
Born	October 1, 1950 (1950-10-01) (age 57) Houston, Texas,  United States
Spouse(s)	Ella Jolly (1980-1985) Evi Quaid (1989-present)
Awards Golden Globe Awards Best Actor - Miniseries 1988 LBJ: The Early Years

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Biography

Personal life

Quaid was born in Houston, Texas to Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid, an electrician.^[1] Quaid is married to former Helmut Newton model Evi Quaid, and is the older brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid. He attended Pershing Middle School and Bellaire High School (Houston). Houston redirects here. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... TVA electricians, Tennessee, 1942. ... Helmut Newton portrait on his gravestone. ... Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. ...

Feature films

In a career that spans over 30 years, he has appeared in over 90 movies. Peter Bogdanovich discovered him when Quaid was a student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. He received his first exposure in The Last Picture Show, when escorting Jacy Farrow (played by Cybill Shepherd) to late-night indoor skinny dipping at a swimming pool. It was the first of several roles he has had which were directed by Bogdanovich and/or based on the writings of Larry McMurtry. Peter Bogdanovich Serbian Cyrillic Петар Богдановић (born July 30, 1939) is a Serbian-American film director, writer and actor. ... For other system schools, see University of Houston System. ... The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Skinny dipping, or skinny-dipping is swimming naked. ... Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. ...

Quaid as Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Quaid appeared in several National Lampoon's Vacation movies where he proved an impressive scene-stealer as Cousin Eddie, the dim-witted, bucolic in-law of Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Last Detail (1973) and won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years (1987). He was featured (with Margaret Colin) in two science fiction movies, the unsuccessful Martians Go Home and very successful Independence Day. Other movies include Kingpin, where he played the lovable Amish bowler Ishmael, alongside Woody Harrelson and Weird Science (the television version) cast member Vanessa Angel; a loser father in Not Another Teen Movie; and an obnoxious neighbor to Richard Pryor's character in Moving. He played the lead role in the HBO movie Dead Solid Perfect as a golfer trying to make it on the PGA Tour. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989, Warner Bros. ... January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... For other uses, see Chevy Chase (disambiguation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Last Detail is a 1973 film which tells the story of two United States Navy shore patrol policemen who decide to take out a young sailor for one last night on the town before he goes to jail for eight years. ... // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Margaret Colin is an actress born on May 26, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a police officer and a crop duster. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Martians Go Home is a 1990 comedy starring Randy Quaid. ... Independence Day is an American action movie about an attempted alien takeover of the Earth. ... Kingpin is a 1996 Farrelly brothers film starring Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel, and Randy Quaid. ... This article is about Old Order Amish, but also refers to other Amish sects. ... A bowler releases the ball. ... Woodrow Woody Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actor. ... Weird Science was a mid-1990s American TV comedy series, a spin-off of the 1985 movie of the same name. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. ... Not Another Teen Movie is a USA comedy film released in 2001 by Columbia Pictures. ... Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. ... Moving is the title of a comedy film produced in 1988 and starring Richard Pryor. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Dead Solid Perfect is a 1988 American film following the life of a professional golfer on the PGA tour. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...

In 2004, Quaid appeared on stage undertaking the starring role of Frank in the world premiere of Sam Shepard’s The God of Hell produced by the New School University at the Actors Studio Drama School in New York. In The God of Hell Quaid's portrayal of Frank, a Wisconsin dairy farmer whose home is infiltrated by a dangerous government operative who wants to take over his farm, was well-received and reviewed by New York City's top theatre critics. It also marked the second time that Quaid starred in a Shepard play, the first being the long running Broadway hit True West.

In 2005, Quaid starred as Bill Geurrard in the Universal Pictures film The Ice Harvest. His chilling portrayal of a Kansas City mob boss was voted as one of the Top 10 Film Gangsters of all-time in a UK poll, the number one slot went to Marlon Brando. He had a pivotal supporting role in the SAG Award nominated ensemble drama Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which he played a homophobic rancher whose two male employees are the movie's main characters. On March 23, 2006, Quaid filed a lawsuit for $10 million plus punitive damages against Focus Features, Del Mar Productions, James Schamus, David Linde, alleging that they both intentionally and negligently misrepresented Brokeback Mountain as being, "a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money" in order to secure Quaid's professional acting services at a considerably lower rate to his usual fee. The film then grossed over $160 million. The lawsuit was closely monitored by many actors who forgo their usual fees to make low-budget movies they believe have artistic merit. On May 5, 2006, Quaid dropped his lawsuit after he was advised that a financial resolution would be made. In 2007, Quaid portrays King Carlos the IV in Goya's Ghosts, a role for which he learned to play the violin, and he stars in the comedy Gary the Tennis Coach alongside Sean William Scott. This article is about the motion picture. ... Punitive damages are damages awarded to a successful plaintiff in a civil action, over and above the amount of compensatory damages, to: punish the conduct of the civil defendant; deter the civil defendant from committing the invidious act again; and deter others from doing the same thing. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ... James Allan Schamus is an American Academy Award nominated, BAFTA Award winning film producer and screenwriter, noted for his work on critically acclaimed independent films such as Safe, The Brothers McMullen and the Academy Award winning film Brokeback Mountain. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Art film. ...

Television

Quaid received both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his 2005 portrayal of talent manager Colonel Tom Parker in the critically acclaimed CBS television network mini-series Elvis. Quaid's other television appearances include a season as a Saturday Night Live cast member (1985–1986), the role of real-life gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in the miniseries Streets of Laredo, and starring roles in the short-lived series The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003) and Davis Rules (1991-1992). He was featured in the highly-rated TV movies Category 6: Day of Destruction and Category 7: The End of the World and starred in Last Rites, a made-for-cable Starz/Encore! premiere movie. This article is about the American television series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire was a short-lived American television series starring Randy Quaid and Mare Winningham and written by David E. Kelley. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He also provided the voice of an animated Colonel Sanders character in a series of television commercials for fried chicken restaurant chain KFC. Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... KFCs Fried chicken with french fries. ... KFC, also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a food chain based in Louisville, Kentucky, known mainly for its fried chicken. ...

Filmography

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Recurring characters on SNL

• The Floating Head: A Rod Serling-esque character in the Twilight Zone parody, "The Limits of the Imagination"
• Rudy Randolph, Jr.: A pitchman dressed as a cowboy who sells irregular merchandise (e.g. furniture from the Gulf Coast that smells like dead bodies) or treasures from dictators (e.g. Ferdinand Marcos's clothes). Often paired with Rudy Randolph III (played by Robert Downey, Jr.) The name is a spin on Quaid's real name.

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Celebrity impersonations

• Bob Guccione
• Ed McMahon
• Lyle Alzado
• John F. Kennedy
• Ronald Reagan (often paired with Terry Sweeney's Nancy Reagan)
• Roy Orbison
• Lyndon La Rouche
• Gregory Peck
• Joaquin Andujar

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References

External links

• Randy Quaid at the Internet Movie Database
• WCBS Newsradio article - Randy Quaid drops lawsuit over "Brokeback Mountain" pay. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.