Talk:Terry O'Quinn

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I think I remember he played a character called General Alexander in West Wing season 5. Can somebody verify that and add it?

Terry O'Quinn? Did Terry want to make his name more Irish? [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk)]] 06:13, Sep 25, 2004 (UTC)

I'm guessing, but he may have had to change it. There's another actor named Terry Quinn listed on IMDB. He only appeared in two movies but his career predated O'Quinn's. Union rules prohibit two actors from having the exact same name, so the latter Quinn may have chosen to change his name to O'Quinn when he began acting.

That said, shouldn't this article be listed as Terry O'Quinn not Terry Quinn? MK 06:04, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I have moved it. VeryVerily 01:37, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Not even kidding you, O'Quinn is my friend's uncle; he changed his name because, apparently, there's already a Terry Quinn in (I think) the Screen Actors' Guild. Takua108 02:16, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

A four-sentence biography and a Wikified IMDB list? Feh. I've removed the red-linked titles (except The Stepfather, in which he starred and was a breakthrough role for him). The rest of my omissions are below:

What's his wife's first name, Laurie or Lori? Both are shown

According to my brother, who is a member of the faculty at Illinois Weslyan, Terry O'Quinn's brother is currently (as of April 2007) a visiting professor at the School of Theatre Arts.Green Herring 01:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Can someone add a suitable photo of this great actor? Evren Güldoğan 19:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)