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- Richard Quine was born on November 12, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Mickey Rooney Show (1954), The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) and Strangers When We Meet (1960). He was married to Diana Balfour, Fran Jeffries, Barbara Bushman and Susan Peters. He died on June 10, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesDiana Balfour(May 20, 1977 - June 10, 1989) (his death)Fran Jeffries(January 4, 1965 - December 16, 1970) (divorced)Barbara Bushman(September 15, 1951 - February 17, 1960) (divorced, 2 children)Susan Peters(November 7, 1943 - September 10, 1948) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenKatherine Casey QuineVictoria Elizabeth Quine
- ParentsThomas Richard QuineAlice Catherine Tobey
- Actor Turned Director
- He reportedly killed himself because he was not able to make the kind of light comedy films he wanted to make.
- On New Year's Day, 1945, he and wife Susan Peters embarked on a duck hunting trip with Richard's cousin, Tom Quine, and his wife, in the Cuyamaca Mountains near San Diego. Susan accidentally dropped her .22-caliber rifle, and as she bent over to pick it up off the ground it went off. She was left paralyzed from the waist down.
- He and wife Susan Peters adopted a baby boy, Timothy Richard Quine (aka Richard Quine), a little more than a year after Susan's tragic hunting accident. They divorced two years later.
- Served in the United States Coast Guard during the war.
- Met fellow MGM contract player Susan Peters on the set of the film Tish (1942). They became engaged during the filming of their second movie together, Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942).
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