06.05.1912 - 29.04.1994 (81 years) (New York, New York, USA)
William Tyrell Quinn (1912 – April 29, 1994) was an American film actor. Quinn was born in 1912 in New York. He performed with his older brothers in a children's act in vaudeville.Quinn began working on radio around 1934. He starred as a detective on Little Herman on ABC in the late 1940s. Other radio programs on which he appeared included Counterspy, The FBI in Peace and War, Gangbusters, and Mr. District Attorney.Quinn appeared in more than 150 acting roles over seven decades, starting in the 1920s in silent films and ending in 1989 in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He was a regular on Archie Bunker's Place. His other television roles include The Odd Couple, in which he played the recurring role of the roommates' physician, Dr. Melnitz; The Rifleman as Sweeney, the bartender; McHale's Navy; and Mary's father in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In 1971, he was featured in the Universal Pictures movie How to Frame a Figg starring Don Knotts. He appeared in the 1961, Perry Mason, season 4, episode 22 "The Case of the Cowardly Lion" as Judge 1. He played Warden Sloan in the 1969 season 2 episode 2 "Six Hours to Live" of Land of the Giants. Quinn also played in Barnaby Jones, in the episode titled "Murder Once Removed" (January 21, 1975). He played Judge Antonio Runzuli in Bustin' Loose starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson. He was also known for his regular appearances on The Rifleman as Frank Sweeney, the North Fork Saloon bartender. Quinn was the father-in-law of Bob Newhart: He is the father of Newhart's wife, Virginia "Ginnie" Quinn Newhart. He appeared in small supporting roles in several episodes of The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.Quinn died on April 29, 1994, at the age of 81 in Camarillo, California of natural causes. He was survived by his wife of 54 years and three daughters.