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7 unusual facts about Dennis Quaid


Charles Denham

He has collaborated with movie actor Dennis Quaid to accelerate the adoption of safety solutions such as bar-code technologies, and has produced the documentaries Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm and Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board, both aired on the Discovery Channel.

Cindy Cowan

During her tenure as president, IEG had successes that included: an Emmy nomination for Rent-A-Kid starring Leslie Neilson; Emmy, Golden Globe and People's Choice nominations for If These Walls Could Talk; a United Nations Award for Savior starring Dennis Quaid; and Oscar winning Traffic starring Michael Douglas.

Fatal Care: Survive in the U.S. Health System

Well-publicized preventable medical error cases involve celebrities Dennis Quaid, Terry Francona and Charlie Weis.

Taliaferro County, Georgia

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, starring Kristy McNichol and Dennis Quaid was largely filmed in Crawfordville.

Thorndale Independent School District

The Thorndale ISD, along with the Thrall (Tx) School, was a primary location used in filming The Rookie, the film starring Dennis Quaid about the life story of major league pitcher Jim Morris, who at the age of 35 tried out for and made it to a Major League team (based on a bet with his student athletes that he would try out if they won their district baseball championship).

Tom Buffington

Tom Buffington is the father of Kimberly Buffington, wife of actor Dennis Quaid.

Tom is the father of Kimberly Buffington, wife of Dennis Quaid.


Antje Traue

In 2008, Traue was chosen for the lead female role in the film Pandorum, a science fiction/thriller film directed by Christian Alvart, written by Travis Milloy, and starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster.

Bess Armstrong

Armstrong continued to make several films for both the big and small screens in the 1980s, among them High Road to China opposite Tom Selleck; Jaws 3-D with Dennis Quaid; Alan Alda's The Four Seasons; the TV miniseries Lace; and Nothing in Common, starring Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason.

Christopher Masterson

The movie is a sequel to the award-winning movie Dragonheart starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery.

Édgar Ramírez

In this high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forrest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, and Ayelet Zurer.

Omaha, Georgia

The cathouse scene of The Long Riders, starring Dennis and Randy Quaid and Keith and David Carradine, was filmed in the Lee house which was located next to the Fitzgerald Cemetery until it was torn down due to disrepair some years ago.

Rocky Morton

The duo made their big-screen debut with the stylish remake of the film noir classic, D. O. A., starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.


see also

Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary

Films featuring the animals at Naankuse: • Beyond Borders - Angelina Jolie (vultures) • Flight of the Phoenix - Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi • Mr Bones - Leon Shoester • Saltering Desert (Bushman translating) • Hoofbeats (baboons, a cheetah and Bushman translating) • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (baboons in Botswana) • The Magic Journey to Africa 3D (lion, cheetahs, caracals and baboons) • Bonny and Clyde (cheetah) • Black stallion (cheetah)