{"id":182623,"date":"2023-01-10T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/quinn-k-redeker-longtime-soap-star-on-days-of-our-lives-and-co-writer-of-the-deer-hunter-dead-at-86\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T13:42:08","slug":"quinn-k-redeker-longtime-soap-star-on-days-of-our-lives-and-co-writer-of-the-deer-hunter-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/quinn-k-redeker-longtime-soap-star-on-days-of-our-lives-and-co-writer-of-the-deer-hunter-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn K. Redeker, longtime soap star on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and co-writer of ‘The Deer Hunter,’ dead at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n Actor and writer Quinn K. Redeker, whose credits include \u201cDays of Our Lives,\u201d \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Deer Hunter,\u201d the latter of which earning him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, died last month , according to his representative Christopher Hartman.\n <\/p>\n \n Hartman said in an email to CNN that the entertainer died on December 20 of natural causes. He was 86.\n <\/p>\n \n Hartman said Redeker’s daughter, Arianne Raser, confirmed the news late Monday.\n <\/p>\n \n Redeker appeared in almost 850 episodes of the hit daytime soap opera \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d as the dastardly Alex Marshall, from 1979 until 1987.\n <\/p>\n \n He also appeared in over 200 episodes of CBS soap \u201cThe Young and the Restless,\u201d mainly as Rex Sterling, over a period of 25 years from 1979 until 2004. He also played a character named Nick Reed.\n <\/p>\n \n Some of his other screen credits include \u201cBonanza,\u201d \u201cKojak,\u201d \u201cThe Six Million Dollar Man,\u201d \u201cThe Rockford Files,\u201d and the 1979 movie \u201cThe Electric Horseman.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Parallel to his screen career, Redeker worked as a writer, including for the Oscar-winning 1978 movie \u201cThe Deer Hunter\u201d starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep.\n <\/p>\n \n The verified Twitter account for \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d posted in Redeker’s memory on Monday, writing, \u201cThe Y&R Family sends our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Quinn Redeker who blessed Y&R with his talents in two memorable roles.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CNN \u2014 Actor and writer Quinn K. Redeker, whose credits include \u201cDays of Our Lives,\u201d \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d and \u201cThe Deer Hunter,\u201d the latter of which earning him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, died last month , according to his representative Christopher Hartman. Hartman said in an email to CNN …<\/p>\n
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