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John Quade

John Quade

Actor · Died August 9, 2009, aged 71 · Kansas City, Kansas, USA

John William Saunders III (April 1, 1938 – August 9, 2009), better known by the stage name John Quade, was an American character actor who starred in film and television. 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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 1, 1938
Died
August 9, 2009 (aged 71)
From
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 on Motif · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 20% in 30 days

What are John Quade's films like?

Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Power
23%
Morality
20%
Survival
16%
Self
8%
Society
5%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Thrilling
3
Dread
2
Hopeful
2
Joyful
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Quade's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 45 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Quade's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

88 credits, 45 with a Motif page.

  • Return to Lonesome Dove(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Martin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Lucky Luke (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Frank

  • And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird(1991)

    as Walter Kotzwinkle

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Giant of Thunder Mountain(1990)

    as Carl (Townsman)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Baywatch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Kyle Rigler

  • Unconquered(1989)

    as Guard

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Tracker(1988)

    as Lomax

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Longarm (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • Tigershark (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    as 'Cowboy' Dave Reynolds

  • The Highwayman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Bartender

  • La Bamba(1987)

    as Bartender

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Werewolf (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Storage Shed Owner

  • Houston: The Legend of Texas(1986)

    as Sen. Stansbury

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The B.R.A.T. Patrol (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    as Knife

  • Seasons in the Sun (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    as Gordie Vickers

  • Hunter(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Jim Holloway

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Crazy Dan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Garmes

  • The A-Team(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Garber · as McKaydoo

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Knight Rider(1982)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Fall Guy(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Cattle Annie and Little Britches(1980)

    as Morgan

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Hill Street Blues(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Any Which Way You Can(1980)

    as Cholla

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Trouble in High Timber Country(1980)

    as Roy

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Palmerstown, U.S.A. (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • When the Whistle Blows (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Galactica 1980(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Ellsworth

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Power (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · as Loading Dock Foreman

  • Paris (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jolen Quince

  • Flatbush (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • B. J. and the Bear (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Every Which Way But Loose(1978)

    as Cholla, The Biker Leader

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Vega$ (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Sword of Justice (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Go West, Young Girl(1978)

    as Ingalls

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Ghost of Flight 401(1978)

    as Marshall

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    as Adam

  • Escape from Bogen County (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    as Sheriff Mason

  • CHiPs(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Reno

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Night Drive(1977)

    as The Derelict

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • How the West Was Won(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Roots(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Charlie Biggs

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Quincy, M.E. (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Charlie's Angels(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Brown

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West(1976)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Special Delivery(1976)

    as Barney

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)

    as Comanchero Leader

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Quest (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Last Hard Men(1976)

    as Gant

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Bionic Woman(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Starsky and Hutch(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Switch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheriff Jacobs

  • 92 in the Shade(1975)

    as Roy

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Last Hours Before Morning (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1975)

    as Korbett

  • Rancho Deluxe(1975)

    as Circular Face (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Ricco(1975)

    as Arkansas

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Baretta (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Godchild (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    as Denton

  • Virginia Hill (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    as Mousie

  • The Swinging Cheerleaders(1974)

    as Belski

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Police Woman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Rockford Files(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Tenner

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Planet Earth(1974)

    as Kreeg Commandant

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Honky Tonk (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • The Sting(1973)

    as Riley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Papillon(1973)

    as Masked Breton

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Blue Knight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    as Knobby Booker

  • The Blue Knight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · as Knobby Booker

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Colby

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Faraday and Company (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Hooper

  • High Plains Drifter(1973)

    as Jake Ross

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Police Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Goodnight, My Love (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    as Edgar

  • Kung Fu(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Johnson

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Bad Company(1972)

    as Nolan

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Deadhead Miles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    as Spud Holder

  • Melinda (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1972)

    as Cop (uncredited)

  • Hammer(1972)

    as Riley

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Nichols (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Scully One · as Zeb

  • McCloud(1970)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The High Chaparral (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Bartender

  • Ironside (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Johnny Andrews

  • The Wild Wild West (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Man

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Tallman · as Telegrapher

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Gunsmoke (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Shaw

  • The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Knife

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 88 titles from 1954 to 1993; peak year 1972.

Highest rated

Bad Company (1972)

Midcredits 76th

Most popular right now

The Last Hard Men (1976)

Film career

19541993

Peak 1972 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 88: 88 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score52nd

By decade

1950s3 · acting1960s3 · acting1970s54 · acting1980s24 · acting1990s4 · acting

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
7277

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do John Quade's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

81st percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Sting (1973)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does John Quade work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Quade's Motif titles; David Huddleston shares the most, 2.