Don Quine


Donald Robert Charles Quine is an American author, actor, and sports promoter. He is known for his television roles playing Joe Chernak in Peyton Place and Stacey Grainger in The Virginian. Quine also was the president of the Professional Karate Association whose Kick of the 80’s weekly fight series on ESPN ran for close to a decade. He wrote American Karate, a book on self-defense.

Early life

Quine was born on September 11, 1938, in Fennville, Michigan, to Irene Elizabeth Quine and Robert Corkill Quine.

Acting career

Quine attended a semester of pre-medical studies at the University of Colorado. Later, while at Wagner College in Staten Island, Quine became involved in the Theatre Arts program. This led him to New York City where he studied at the American Theatre Wing before landing the role of Tom Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s Off-Broadway premiere of All the King’s Men at the East 74th Street Theater in 1959.

Select filmography and television work

  • Torch Song as Joe
  • Hawaii Five-O as Don Miles
  • Medical Center as Tim Martin
  • Lancer as Corey
  • Insight as Mike
  • The Virginian as Stacy Granger
  • Peyton Place as Joe Chernak
  • The F.B.I. as Frank Collins
  • 12 O'Clock High as Lt. Thourneau and Sergeant Hanson
  • The Fugitive as Sandy/Vin/Joe