{{Short description|American actor}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2020}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = John Quade | image = John Quade.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = John Quade as Cholla in ''Every Which Way but Loose'' | birth_name = John William Saunders III | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|4|1}} | birth_place = Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|8|9|1938|4|1|mf=yes}} | death_place = Rosamond, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Film, television actor | years_active = 1968–93 | spouse = Gwendolyn Rice (1970-2009) (his death) }}

'''John William Saunders III''' (April 1, 1938 &ndash; August 9, 2009), better known by the stage name '''John Quade''', was an American character actor who starred in film and in television.<ref name=LAT>{{cite web|work=The Los Angeles Times|title=John Quade dies at 71; character actor specialized in playing heavies|first=Dennis|last=McLellan|date=August 13, 2009|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-john-quade13-2009aug13,0,494533.story}}</ref> He was best known for his role as Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang the Black Widows in the Clint Eastwood films ''Every Which Way but Loose'' (1978) and its sequel ''Any Which Way You Can'' (1980).<ref name=LAT/>

==Early life== Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Quade attended Perry Rural High School in Perry, Kansas before transferring to Highland Park High School in Topeka on September 7, 1954. While at Highland Park, he was a football tackle and also participated in basketball and track.<ref name="Highlander">''Highlander 1992: Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition''; yearbook of Highland Park High School (Topeka, Kansas), pg. 12</ref> He was a member of the Stamp, Radio, and Chess/Checkers clubs.<ref name=TCJ/> He graduated from Highland Park in May 1956.

Quade attended Washburn University in the fall semester of 1956. He worked for the Santa Fe Railway repair shop in Topeka.<ref name="Highlander"/> Quade met an engineer building missile silos in Kansas, which led to a job in California working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an aerospace engineer.<ref name="TCJ">{{cite web |last1=Blankenship |first1=Bill |title=In memoriam: John Quade |url=https://www.cjonline.com/article/20090824/LIFESTYLE/308249782 |website=cjonline.com |publisher=The Topeka Capital Journal |access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> Some of the parts Quade constructed are still on the moon.<ref name=LAT/> While at a restaurant in Pasadena, a talent scout from the movie industry approached Quade to ask if he had ever done any acting.<ref name=TCJ/>

==Acting career== Quade began acting on TV in 1968 with a part on the TV show ''Bonanza'',<ref name=TCJ/> and made his first film in 1972. Due to Quade's gruff look, he usually played roles as a brutish villain or ruthless authority figure. He appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in ''High Plains Drifter'',<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=John Quade, Character Actor, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/movies/15quade.html |website=The New York Times |date=August 15, 2009 |access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'',<ref name=LAT/> ''Every Which Way but Loose'',<ref name=LAT/> and ''Any Which Way You Can''.<ref name=LAT/> Quade's wife stated that, "Clint hired him for his face and told him afterward that he felt like he got a bonus because John could act."<ref name=LAT/> He appeared in ''Papillon'' with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.<ref name=LAT/> He played the role of Sheriff Briggs in the mini-series ''Roots''<ref name=LAT/> and was in the 1986 western mini-series'' Dream West''. Quade starred in two short-lived television series, ''Flatbush'' (1979) and ''Lucky Luke'' (1992).

He made many guest appearances on television shows ranging from ''Kojak'',<ref name="TV">{{cite web |title=John Quade |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/john-quade/credits/3000478606/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> ''Bonanza'',<ref name=LAT/> ''Gunsmoke'', ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''Vega$'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Bionic Woman'', ''The Dukes Of Hazzard'' (in the episode "Hazzard Connection"), ''Knight Rider'' (in the pilot episode "Knight of the Phoenix"), ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (in the two-part episode "The Plot to Kill a City" as Quince, a telekinetic supervillain), ''Galactica 1980'' (in the two-part episode "The Super Scouts" as the town sheriff), ''The A-Team'' (in the episodes "There's Always A Catch" and "Skins") and ''On the Air'', to TV miniseries such as ''Roots'', ''Dream West'' and ''Return to Lonesome Dove''.

==Death== On August 9, 2009, John Quade died at his home in Rosamond, California, at the age of 71 due to a heart attack while sleeping.<ref name=LAT/>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Melinda'' (1972) as Cop (uncredited) *''Hammer'' (1972) as Riley *''Bad Company'' (1972) as Nolan *''Goodnight, My Love'' (1972) as Edgar *''Deadhead Miles'' (1972) as Spud Holder *''High Plains Drifter'' (1973) as Jake Ross *''Brother on the Run'' (1973) as 'Fatback' - Hit Man *''The Blue Knight'' (1973) as Knobby Booker *''Papillon'' (1973) as Masked Breton *''The Sting'' (1973) as Riley *''Planet Earth'' (1974) as Kreeg Commandant *''The Swinging Cheerleaders'' (1974) as Belski *''Mr. Ricco'' (1975) as Arkansas *''Rancho Deluxe'' (1975) as Circular Face (uncredited) *''92 in the Shade'' (1975) as Roy *''The Last Hard Men'' (1976) as Gant *''The Outlaw Josey Wales'' (1976) as Comanchero Leader *''Special Delivery'' (1976) as Barney *''Roots'' (1977, TV Mini-Series) as Sheriff Biggs *''Night Terror'' (1977) as the Derelict *''Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion'' (1977) as Adam *''The Ghost of Flight 401'' (1978) as Marshall *''Every Which Way but Loose'' (1978) as Cholla (Black Widows Leader) *''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (1979, TV Series) as Jolen Quince (two episodes) *''Any Which Way You Can'' (1980) as Cholla (Black Widows Leader) *''Galactica 1980'' (1980, TV Series) as Sheriff *''Cattle Annie and Little Britches'' (1981) as Morgan *''No Man's Land'' (1984) as Henry Lambert *''Fury to Freedom'' (1985) as Mr. Ries *''The B.R.A.T. Patrol'' (1986) as 'Knife' *''Gone to Texas'' (1986) as Senator William Stansbury *''La Bamba'' (1987) as Bartender *''Tigershark'' (1987) as 'Cowboy' Dave Reynolds *''The Tracker'' (1988) as Lomax (outlaw) *''The Giant of Thunder Mountain'' (1991) as Carl (Townsman) *''And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird'' (1991) as Walter Kotzwinkle {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0702723|name=John Quade}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708130710/http://www.celebrity-deaths.com/celebrity-deaths-and-obituaries/actor-john-quade-dies-at-71/ Celebrity Deaths - John Quade] Includes videos, cause of death, & biography.

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