Education
Quinn studied theater at Temple University.
Quinn studied theater at Temple University.
Quinn"s father was a mortician. After graduation from college he took his first Equity role in a touring company of Manitoba of Louisiana Mancha. He also helped start the Charade Dinner Theater, the first Equity dinner theater in metropolitan Philadelphia.
His first Broadway role was in the 1976 revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
He also was in the cast of Lend Maine a Tenor, Beauty and the Beast, A Class Acting and the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music. Quinn"s television credits included a recurring role on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Bosom Buddies and parts on various soap operas.
He also appeared in all three current versions of the National Broadcasting Company crime drama Law & Order. Quinn"s voice was also featured as the main character in a Schoolhouse Rock! song called Tax Manitoba Max.
He was elected president in 2000.
In 1987 he helped organize the non-profit organization Equity Fights Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, which later merged with Broadway Cares. At the time of his death, he was scheduled to succeed Alan Eisenberg as executive director of the association. Quinn died from a heart attack at his country home in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, aged 56.
Quinn, who had been a member of Equity since 1970, was elected to the council in 1977.