Teddy Quinn Movies
- 1971
Victoria Meyerink guest stars as Angela Clayton, a drab, chubby, standoffish girl who has developed a hopeless crush on Jody (Johnnie Whitaker). Taking pity on the girl, Buffy (Anissa Jones) decides to pull a "Henry Higgins", giving "Eliza Doolittle" Angela a fashion makeover, putting her on a diet, and arranging a party so she can meet some eligible boys. Unfortunately, Buffy is incapable of doing anything to change Angela's nasty, negative attitude. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
This final episode of I Dream of Jeannie's fourth season begins as Tony (Larry Hagman) and Roger (Bill Daily) return from the first manned moon flight (thereby beating Neil Armstrong by two months). Determined to get an exclusive story about the flight, ruthless reporter Charlie Farnum (George Furth) resorts to a wide variety of dirty tricks, the dirtiest being his effort to blackmail Tony by passing off his own wife and kids as Tony's "abandoned" family. Needless to say, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) comes to the rescue just before fadeout time. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
Accused of breaking a school cafeteria window, Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) is suspended because Bill (Brian Keith), believing his nephew to be innocent, refuses to pay for the damages. Reassessing the quality of Jody's public-school education, Bill is persuaded to enroll the boy in a fancy private school called Bradfield. But after doing a bit of investigating on his own, Jody realizes that he'd be the proverbial square peg in a round hole at Bradfield, and tries to figure a way to make amends at his old school--even though he's completely innocent. (Trivia note: both series star Johnnie Whitaker and guest actor Teddy Quinn later played Scotty Baldwin on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
Sheriff Austin (Pat Hingle) of Stillwater jails Candy on the basis of highly suspicious eyewitness testimony. Not only does Austin refuse to tell Candy that he's suspected of robbery and murder, but he also refuses to inform the Cartwrights of their top hand's whereabouts. Why is the Sheriff behaving in this fashion, and how long will it be before the situation devolves into tragedy? Strother Martin appears as Lonnie, while Jackie Gleason Show semi-regular Frank Marth is seen as Barnum. Written by Preston Wood, "The Silence at Stillwater" originally aired on September 28, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1969
Wayne Newton is the hero of the warm-hearted family feature 80 Steps to Jonah. The piping-voiced Newton is accused of car thievery, but who could doubt the sincerity of that angelic face? On the lam from the cops, he takes a job at a summer camp for blind children. Passing himself off as the new handyman the camp is expecting, the fugitive quickly ingratiates himself with the kids. Soon the cops come calling, but the falsely accused man is rescued by a last-minute confession. Veteran producer/director Gerd Oswald, previously a specialist in taut crime mellers, unexpectedly goes "cute" on 80 Steps to Jonah, though the end result is better than it deserves to be. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wayne Newton, Jo Van Fleet, (more)
- 1968
Samantha joins her neighbors in opposing a plan to build a new supermarket on the site of a children's playground. Alas and alack, Darrin has been hired to publicize the supermarket's owner, greedy Colonel Mossler (Arte Johnson). Sam refuses to resort to witchcraft until she realizes that Darrin is willing to lose his job rather than let down the neighborhood. Written by Rick Mittleman, "Samantha Fights City Hall" made its first network appearance on November 28, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, (more)
- 1968
Doris Day peers through layers of camera gauze to star in The Ballad of Josie, a second-rate variation of Cat Ballou. For openers, Day is arrested for the billiard-cue bludgeoning of her late husband. Upon her acquittal, she takes up sheep ranching in Wyoming. To prove herself as good as any man, Day organizes the other frontier wives into a woman's suffrage movement. She succeeds in establishing her equality, winning good-guy Peter Graves in the process. Ballad of Josie was produced by Norman MacDonnell, who was on firmer Western ground when he was producer of the radio and TV series Gunsmoke. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Doris Day, George Kennedy, (more)
- 1968
While visiting the home of permissive parent Gretchen Millhowser (Peggy Pope), little Tabitha is tormented by Michael (Teddy Quinn), Gretchen's obnoxious brat of a son. Though she promised her own mommy, Samantha, that she wouldn't practice witchcraft, Tabitha can't resist the temptation to turn the bullying Michael into a bulldog. This was one of several Bewitched episodes written by former Orson Welles associate Richard Baer. "Playmates" was originally telecast on March 21, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, (more)
- 1967
In this drama, sweet and honest Tammy is hired as a secretary by a powerful industrialist with a handsome young son. Meanwhile a society dame is angered that the millionaire hired Tammy because she wanted her own girl to have a shot at the son. To ruin the new secretary's chances, the dame and her conniving daughter try to smear Tammy's reputation at every turn. They even try to sic the IRS on her for evasion of back taxes; the government agency retaliates by trying to take away Tammy's house to repay the debt. Fortunately, the hapless girl's grandpa and uncle show an old deed that proves that they do indeed own the house. Not only that, according to the deed, the little family also owns the property of the wealthy socialite and her family. Tammy disagrees with her family's plan and fears that her backwoods relatives will ruin her life. She is saved by her boss who secretly pays the taxes and then holds a riotous party in which her family acts like fools. Fortunately, everyone forgets about it and she and the son live happily. This is the last of four pictures about Tammy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Debbie Watson, Frank McGrath, (more)
- 1966
While shopping at a department store, Martin (Ray Walston) takes a whiff of the new cologne "Home Fatale"--and promptly freezes in a mannequin-like posture. Unless Tim (Bill Bixby) can take him home to reverse the process, Martin will remain a permanent clothes dummy. Unfortunately, the store manager refuses to sell the mannequin Martin at any price--and just when things couldn't possibly get worse, Mrs. Brown (Pamela Britton) is likewise "frozen", moments before the untimely arrival of Detective Brennan (Alan Hewitt)! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
The wife of vicious outlaw Jess Miller (Michael Witney), long-suffering Allie (Janet De Gore takes refuge at the Ponderosa, where she grew up. Jess wants to forcibly take Allie back-but he wants nothing to do with their son Tommy (Teddy Quinn, a deaf mute. Frank Puglia appears as the kindly Padre. Another Bonanza object lesson in tolerance and understanding, "Tommy" was written by Mort Thaw, Mary T. Taylor and Thomas Thompson, and first aired on December 18, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, (more)
- 1966
Lana Turner takes the lead in the seventh film version of Alexandre Bisson's glossy soap opera. Holly Parker (Turner) is married to respected diplomat Clay Anderson (John Forsythe), but his busy schedule prevents them from seeing each other very often. Distracted and lonely, Holly allows her head to be turned by carefree playboy Phil Benton (Ricardo Montalban), who dies in a freak accident during an assignation. In a panic, Holly contacts her mother-in-law, Estelle Anderson (Constance Bennett) and asks what she should do. Estelle, a joyless woman who has never cared for her daughter-in-law, tells Holly that unless she wants to destroy her husband's life and career, she should flee the country and never return. Tearfully, Holly follows Estelle's advice, leaving behind her young son. Many years later, Holly has fallen on hard times; addicted to drugs, she scrapes out a meager living as a prostitute in a cheap hotel in Mexico. Devious criminal Dan Sullivan (Burgess Meredith) tries to involve Holly in a blackmail scheme; at the last minute, she finds out that Clay is the target, and she kills Sullivan. She cannot afford to hire a lawyer to defend her, so she is assigned a dedicated young public defender, whom she soon recognizes as her son, Clay Anderson, Jr. (Keir Dullea). Not wanting Clay, Jr. to know her true identity, Holly is tried as "Madame X," but she has trouble keeping her composure given the trial and her mixed joy and shame at seeing her son. Madame X was Constance Bennett's first film in 12 years and the last she would ever make; she died of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly after completing her work on the picture, nine months before it was released. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lana Turner, John Forsythe, (more)
