Charles Quinlivan


Charles Quinlivan was a film and television actor in the United States in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, best known as the star of the western movie Seven Guns to Mesa, and played the title character of the short-lived 1960 TV series Mr. Garlund.

Personal life

Charles Quinlivan was born September 30, 1924, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He married Evelyn Byrd Jervey, and had a daughter, Byrd, who became a physician, and a son, Charles, who became a best boy grip in the film industry.
Quinlivan was shot and wounded in an attempted murder-suicide in 1958. The perpetrator, Hendry Sargent, had targeted Quinlivan after he had seen the actor walking with Sargent's ex-wife.
He was buried in Hollywood Hills at Pacific View Memorial Park.

Filmography

Film career

Zero Hour! - Harry BurdickSeven Guns to Mesa - John TreyAll the Young Men - Lt. Earl D. TolandBanning - Hob Davish Airport 1975 - Dan Vesper - Passenger

Television career

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, in One Way Out - KirkwoodGoodyear Theatre, in The White Flag - LarsenCheyenne, in Noose at Noon - Jim O'NeilHighway Patrol, in ConfessionSea Hunt, in Hot Cargo - Colonel KorvinMr. Garlund, - Frank GarlundThe Barbara Stanwyck Show, in The Cornerstone - Detective Thomas KellyLock-Up, in The Intruder - Don NicholsHawaii Five-O, in Engaged to Be Buried - CarsonEmergency!, in Details - Driver