Quinn Redeker
Encyclopedia
Quinn K. Redeker is an American
actor
and screenwriter
, who is well-known for his work on soap opera
s.
. Throughout 1960, Redeker was cast as a photograph
er on the short-lived NBC
crime drama Dan Raven
starring the former child actor
Skip Homeier
. The following year, he appeared as nerdy Schulyer Davis in the film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
.
On television, he started acting in 1960 and amassed appearances on over five dozen television series. He's most well-known for his roles as Alex Marshall on Days of our Lives
, who he played from 1979 to 1987, and on The Young and the Restless
where he played Nick Reed in 1979 and Joseph Taylor from 1979-1980 before his most well known character of Rex Sterling
, from 1987 to 1994.
for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter
, along with Deric Washburn
, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino
.
As an actor, Redeker was twice nominated for the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy Award
for his role on The Young and the Restless, both in 1989 and 1990. He also won a Soapy Award for Best Villain for his role on Days of our Lives in 1983, along with a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Daytime" for The Young and the Restless.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, who is well-known for his work on soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s.
Career
Redeker has been a screenwriter for over 30 years, with the most notable work to his name being the story writer for the 1978 film The Deer HunterThe Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
. Throughout 1960, Redeker was cast as a photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
er on the short-lived NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
crime drama Dan Raven
Dan Raven
Dan Raven is a crime drama starring Skip Homeier , a former child actor in films, which aired on NBC between January 23, 1960, and January 6, 1961. The setting of the series is the famous Sunset Strip of West Hollywood, California...
starring the former child actor
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
Skip Homeier
Skip Homeier
-Career:Homeier began acting as Skippy Homeier at the age of six, on the radio show Portia Faces Life. From 1943 until 1944 he played the role of Emil in the Broadway play, Tomorrow the World. Cast as a child indoctrinated into Nazism, who is brought to the United States from Germany following the...
. The following year, he appeared as nerdy Schulyer Davis in the film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was the third feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was directed by long-time...
.
On television, he started acting in 1960 and amassed appearances on over five dozen television series. He's most well-known for his roles as Alex Marshall on Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
, who he played from 1979 to 1987, and on The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
where he played Nick Reed in 1979 and Joseph Taylor from 1979-1980 before his most well known character of Rex Sterling
Rex Sterling
Rex Sterling was a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by actor Quinn Redeker from July 1987 to December 1994, and in a guest appearance on April 23, 2004.-Character's background:...
, from 1987 to 1994.
Awards
As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA AwardWriters Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
, along with Deric Washburn
Deric Washburn
-Filmography:* Silent Running * The Deer Hunter * The Border * Extreme Prejudice -Awards:As a writer, Washburn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis...
, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. He is best known for writing and directing Academy Award-winning The Deer Hunter and the infamous Heaven's Gate. His films are characterized by their striking visual style and controversial subject...
.
As an actor, Redeker was twice nominated for the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
for his role on The Young and the Restless, both in 1989 and 1990. He also won a Soapy Award for Best Villain for his role on Days of our Lives in 1983, along with a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role: Daytime" for The Young and the Restless.