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name: "Richard Quine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-quine"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 November 1920"
died: "10 June 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:18:50.284061+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Richard Quine

Director. Born 12 November 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 10 June 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 November 1920, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 10 June 1989

## Biography

Richard Quine (12 November 1920 – 10 June 1989) was an American film and television director. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he began his career as a child actor in radio, vaudeville and stage productions, later appearing in films including *Babes on Broadway* (1941) and *My Sister Eileen* (1942).

Quine turned to directing in the late 1940s. His feature credits include *Pushover* (1954), *My Sister Eileen* (1955), *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), *Strangers When We Meet* (1960), *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), *Paris When It Sizzles* (1964), *Sex and the Single Girl* (1964) and *How to Murder Your Wife* (1965). He also directed episodes of the series *Columbo* in the early 1970s and his final feature, *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1979).

*Sources: themoviedb.org, britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), Director
- *Paris When It Sizzles* (1964), Director
- *How to Murder Your Wife* (1965), Director
- *Sex and the Single Girl* (1964), Director
- *Pushover* (1954), Director
- *It Happened to Jane* (1959), Director
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), Director
- *Strangers When We Meet* (1960), Director

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