Quinn Redeker Wiki, Biography
Well-known actor Quinn Redeker, who played Alex Marshall on Days of Our Lives, recently passed away on December 20 at the age of 86. Actor Mark Edward Wilows paid tribute to Redeker on Facebook, posting two photos as he wrote:
“Quinn took this photo of me on the set of NBC’s Days of our Lives with stars Gloria Loring (Liz) and LeAnn Hunley (Anna). Quinn loved photography. If you look at Gloria, you can see Quinn in a white shirt. He played Alex Marshall on the show and was Rex Sterling on Young and Restless. Quinn also wrote the screenplay The Deer Hunter, which won an Academy Award.
Redeker’s family announced the news of his death, stating that he died of natural causes. More details about his funeral will be released soon.
Quinn Redeker’s Days of Our Lives character Alex Marshall was involved in criminal activity
Quinn Redeker played the role of Alex Marshall on the popular NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The character appeared on the show from July 25, 1979 to July 23, 1987.
Alex was a character who had many secrets and was involved in various criminal activities. It was also believed that he killed his brother Harley Marshall. He came to Salem in July 1979 and joined Anderson Manufacturing and married Mary the following year.
He also had a daughter named Jessica, who later came to Salem and Alex sponsored his tuition. He later tried to reconcile with Mary, who divorced him a long time ago but was unsuccessful.
The character was arrested in June 1987 when he tried to burn down the Salem Inn to get insurance money. He was sent to prison but his fate was never revealed.
Days of our lives is currently one of the longest running soap operas. A total of 14,430 episodes have aired since 1965.
Quinn Redeker has also appeared in other movies and television shows.
Born on May 2, 1936, Quinn Redeker made his entertainment industry debut with the action-adventure series Sea Hunt. He also played different roles in four episodes of the CBS detective television series, Barnaby Jones.
He played Dr. Melford on the ABC action series Starsky & Hutch. It ran for four seasons with 93 episodes from April 30, 1975 to May 15, 1979. Redeker also appeared as Officer Charlie Burnside in one episode of the NBC police procedural crime drama series Adam-12.
Redeker played the role of Daniel Kroeger in an episode of the NBC series The Virginian. He also appeared as Joseph Taylor, Nick Reed and Rex Sterling on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
Quinn has also played major roles in films such as The Marriage-Go-Round, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, Spider Baby, Airport, The Christine Jorgensen Story, The Andromeda Strain, The Candidate, The Slams, The Midnight Man, Rollercoaster and more.