Louis Quinn

Louis Quinn (born Louis Frackt; March 23, 1915 – September 14, 1988) was an American television and film actor, best known for his role as Roscoe, the comic relief racetrack tout, from 1958 to 1963 in the ABC/Warner Bros. detective television series, 77 Sunset Strip. and graduated from Los Angeles High School.

Early in 1953, WINS in New York City carried The Louis Quinn Show from midnight to 1 a.m., with the program originating in its studios. On December 30, 1953, Quinn began broadcasting his program over KCMJ, Palm Springs, California. The program originated in the Fireside Room of the La Paz Hotel in Palm Springs.

Film Quinn's writing career began at Warner Bros., where director Bryan Foy signed him as a writer in August 1940. He was the writer for seven feature films before he went into the military during World War II.

On the big screen, Quinn played mostly supporting roles in such films as Al Capone (1959), The Crowded Sky (1960), Gypsy (1962), For Those Who Think Young (1964), Birds Do It (1966), Unholy Rollers (1972), Superchick (1973), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), and All the President's Men (1976). In 1958 Quinn appeared (uncredited) as the First Hotel Clerk on the TV western Cheyenne in the episode titled "Dead to Rights."

Quinn began his role of "Roscoe" on 77 Sunset Strip when he was brought in as a script doctor that led to him delivering his own jokes. He admitted that he made more money as a joke writer than he did as an actor. She made guest appearances on 77 Sunset Strip four times during its run, and joined Quinn in appearing as lighthouse keepers "Mr. and Mrs. Keeper" in the Batman TV episode The Joke's on Catwoman (1968). They died a month apart in 1988.

Death Quinn died of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 73. His survivors included a daughter, a brother, and four sisters.

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