Emerging from a Houston upbringing, Randy Quaid is the son of a real-estate agent and an electrician, with English, Scots-Irish and Cajun roots and a distant link to Gene Autry. After a chance high-school drama class sparked his interest, he pursued acting at the University of Houston, where a professor sent him to audition for Peter Bogdanovich, leading to his debut in The Last Picture Show.
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Known for Independence Day 1996 Brokeback Mountain 2005 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 Not Another Teen Movie 2001 ★ 7.4 What's Up, Doc? 1972
Professor Hosquith Series ★ 7.9 Night Gallery 1970
★ 7 The Last Detail 1973
Laurence M. 'Larry' Meadows ★ 7.2 Purgatory 1999
Doc Woods / Doc Holliday ★ 6.7 Quick Change 1990
Loomis ★ 6.6 Goya's Ghosts 2006
King Carlos IV ★ 6.7 The Long Riders 1980
Clell Miller ★ 6.5 Kingpin 1996
Ishmael Boorg Series ★ 7 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns 1999
Jack Woods ★ 6.6 The Paper 1994
Michael McDougal ★ 6.9 Bound for Glory 1976
Luther Johnson ★ 6.5 The Missouri Breaks 1976
Tittle Tod Series ★ 7.1 Night Visions 2001
Michael Doyle (segment "After Life") Series ★ 7.3 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 1980
Clayton Ritchie ★ 6.4 Get on the Bus 1996
Tennessee State Trooper (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 American Experience 1988
Narrator (voice) Series ★ 6.4 5ive Days to Midnight 2004
Irwin Sikorski ★ 6.8 Frankenstein 1993
The Monster ★ 6.3 Category 6: Day of Destruction 2004
Tornado Tommy ★ 6.2 Freaked 1993
Elijah C. Skuggs Series ★ 6.3 Elvis 2005
'Colonel' Tom Parker ★ 6.2 Breakout 1975
Hawk Hawkins Series ★ 6.3 Streets of Laredo 1995
John Wesley Hardin ★ 6.3 Real Time 2008
Reuben ★ 6.2 Kart Racer 2003
Vic Davies ★ 6.1 Bye Bye Love 1995
Vic Damico ★ 6.1 The Wild Life 1984
Charlie ★ 6.1 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 1974
Virgil ★ 6.1 Home on the Range 2004
Alameda Slim (voice) ★ 5.9 Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973
Finch Feather ★ 5.9 Out Cold 1989
Lester ★ 6 Foxes 1980
Jay ★ 6 No Man's Land 1987
Lieutenant Vincent Bracey ★ 6 Grind 2003
Jock Jensen ★ 5.7 Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989
Feet Samuels ★ 5.4 P.U.N.K.S 1999
Pat Utley ★ 5.7 Fool for Love 1985
Martin ★ 5.8 Carolina 2003
Ted Mirabeau ★ 5.9 Parents 1989
Nick Laemle ★ 5.4 The Choirboys 1977
Dean Proust ★ 5.7 Blade: House of Chthon 2006
Melvin ★ 5.7 Black Cadillac 2003
Charlie ★ 5.9 The Ice Harvest 2005
Bill Guerrard ★ 5.7 Last Dance 1996
Sam Burns ★ 4.3 Frank McKlusky, C.I. 2002
Madman McKlusky ★ 4.5 Heartbeeps 1981
Charlie ★ 4.1 Martians Go Home 1989
Mark Devereaux ★ 4.3 The Day the World Ended 2001
Dr. Michael McCann ★ 5.5 Moving 1988
Frank / Cornall Crawford ★ 5.7 Major League II 1994
Johnny (ucredited) ★ 3.9 Bug Buster 1998
General George S. Merlin ★ 5.1 Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach 2009
Coach Lew Tuttle ★ 4.3 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle 2000
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