Patrick Quinn

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Patrick Quinn

Patrick Dominic Quinn (b. February 12, 1950, Philadelphia – September 24, 2006, Bushkill, Pennsylvania) was an American actor and a former president of the Actors' Equity Association. Quinn's father was a mortician.^[1]

Quinn studied theater at Temple University. After graduation from college he took his first Equity role in a touring company of Man of La Mancha. He also helped start the Charade Dinner Theater, the first Equity dinner theater in metropolitan Philadelphia.

His first Broadway role was in the 1976 revival of Fiddler on the Roof. He also was in the cast of Lend Me a Tenor, Beauty and the Beast, A Class Act and the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music.

Quinn's television credits included a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies and parts on various soap operas. He also appeared in all three current versions of the NBC crime drama Law & Order.

Quinn, who had been a member of Equity since 1970, was elected to the council in 1977. He was elected president in 2000. In 1987 he helped organize the non-profit organization Equity Fights AIDS, which later merged with Broadway Cares.

At the time of his death, he was slated to succeed Alan Eisenberg as executive director of the association.^[2]

Quinn died from a heart attack at his country home in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, aged 56. He was survived by his life partner of twelve years, Martin Casella; three brothers and one sister.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Campbell Robertson, "Patrick Quinn, 56, an Official of Actors' Equity Association", The New York Times, September 25, 2005, page A27
^ Andrew Salomon, "Patrick Quinn Is Equity's New Exec. Director", Backstage.com, August 22, 2006 [1] retrieved September 25, 2006