Donald Robert Charles Quine (born September 11, 1938) is an American author, actor, and sports promoter. He is known for his television roles playing Joe Chernak in Peyton Place and Stacey Grainger in The Virginian. Quine also was the president of the Professional Karate Association (PKA) whose Kick of the 80âÂÂs weekly fight series on ESPN ran for close to a decade. He wrote American Karate, a book on self-defense.
Quine was born on September 11, 1938, in Fennville, Michigan, to Irene Elizabeth Quine (1916-2008) and Robert Corkill Quine (1895-1943).
Quine attended a semester of pre-medical studies at the University of Colorado. Later, while at Wagner College in Staten Island, Quine became involved in the Theatre Arts program. This led him to New York City where he studied at the American Theatre Wing before landing the role of Tom Stark in Robert Penn WarrenâÂÂs Off-Broadway premiere of All the KingâÂÂs Men at the East 74th Street Theater in 1959.