Tom Quinn (Detective Mahon on #TheWire) died 10 years ago today. He was Georgetown's last champion boxer and also fought in the Marines (25-0 with 12 KO's). Quinn was Olympic-bound when medical issues interfered. He later worked at investment firms and for the NFL. He only acted for the last 25 years of his life. Thomas Michael Quinn- Born: April 28, 1934, Queens, New York Died: January 5, 2014, New Jersey
@Ziggys_Duck Guest starred on the S1 Christmas episode of The West Wing. Richard Schiff loved his performance and got choked up talking about it on a podcast. Later, Quinn's family got in touch to say how much it meant to them to hear.
@Ziggys_Duck @MurraWil And absolutely true. @Richard_Schiff was unbelievably generous.
@TJQuinnESPN @Ziggys_Duck @MurraWil @Richard_Schiff Same episode features the late, great @lancereddick. Probably the truly first great “West Wing” episode. TJ, to this day I still the word “seniority” with that smug, Bawl’more twang your dad did here getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4727…
@JoeM3120 @Ziggys_Duck @MurraWil @Richard_Schiff @lancereddick Outstanding. I used to mock him for same.