Much of the current popularity is due to the film Quigley Down Under that featured a Sharps Model 1874 rifle.

: Examples include Hud starring Paul Newman ( 1963 ); Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway ( 1972 ) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 ); Simon Wincer's Quigley Down Under ; Robert Rodríguez's El Mariachi ( 1992 ); John Sayles ' Lone Star ( 1996 ); Tommy Lee Jones ' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( 2005 ); Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ); Wim Wenders ' Don't Come Knocking ( 2005 ); and the Coen brothers Academy Award – winning No Country For Old Men ( 2007 ).

In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made for TV and general-release movies, including Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, and Lassiter.

He starred in a number of film roles during and after Magnum ; among the most notable were as an acrophobic police detective in Runaway ; as a stand-in father in Three Men and a Baby ; and as an American 19th century sharpshooter in the Australian western Quigley Down Under – a role and film that he considers one of his best.

Quigley Down Under is probably one of his best known Western films, however he also won a " Western Heritage Award " for his 1997 role in Last Stand at Sabre River.

In 2002, Selleck donated the rifle he used in Quigley Down Under ( a custom 13-pound, single-shot, 1874 Sharps Rifle, with a 34-inch barrel ), along with six other firearms from his other films, to the National Rifle Association, as part of the NRA's exhibit " Real Guns of Reel Heroes " at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia.

Movies which showed the strengths of the Sharps rifle are the 1990 western Quigley Down Under where Tom Selleck's title character's Sharps rifle has a 34 " barrel as opposed to a standard length barrel of 30 " and Burt Lancaster's character, Bob Valdez, in the movie Valdez Is Coming.

As a result of Quigley Down Under a Sharps match is held annually every year in Forsyth, Montana known as the " Quigley Match ".

Theater Crafts Industry went so far as to say, " In Quigley Down Under, which we did in 1990, the Sharps rifle practically co-stars with Tom Selleck.

Quigley Down Under is a 1990 western film set in Australia's outback.

John Hill first began writing Quigley Down Under in 1974, and both Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood were considered for the lead, but by the time production began in 1980, McQueen was too ill and the project was scrapped until a decade later.

In his posthumously published 1981 book The Anglo-American Establishment, Georgetown University history professor Carroll Quigley explained that the Balfour Declaration was actually drafted by Lord Alfred Milner.

On the strength of these three releases, the annual Quigley poll revealed Tracy was MGM's biggest money-making star of 1944.

* The song was featured, on at least three occasions, in the hit TV series Ballykissangel – most notably in Series 1 episode 6 " Missing You Already " during the preparation for a Publicans Race between Assumpta Fitzgerald and Brian Quigley.

A supplemental system of phenotypic grading that uses seven classes instead of the traditional three was proposed by pediatric endocrinologist Charmian A. Quigley et al.

The second and most famous theme was composed by William Loose: " Bob & Merrill's Theme ", named for Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter, the show's creators and original co-executive producers.

In 1935 and 1936, she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars who had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

Jezebel marked the beginning of the most successful phase of Davis's career, and over the next few years she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

Ernest C. Quigley was a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball.

Quigley was raised in Concordia, Kansas where he was a prominent member of the high school football team in the 1890s.

Upon the ( cancer ) death of Richard " Quig " Quigley, biker rights advocate, on September 15, 2007, the HLDL internet site, which was constantly updated by Quigley, was frozen in time.

), which Richard Quigley was a member.

During this period, Loy was one of Hollywood's busiest and highest paid actresses, and in 1937 and 1938 she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

The decommissioning was confirmed by Canadian General John de Chastelain, chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, as well as Lord Eames, former Archbishop of Armagh and Sir George Quigley, former top civil servant.

Alexander was born Jane Quigley in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Ruth Elizabeth ( née Pearson ), a nurse, and Thomas B. Quigley, an orthopedic surgeon.

Since early 2004, Quigley and his family have been living in Canberra, where Quigley is a Visiting Fellow at ANU's Strategic & Defence Studies Centre.

Four Canadian-born individuals have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — Naismith and longtime U. S. college coach and instructor Pete Newell as contributors ; Ernie Quigley, who officiated over 1, 500 U. S. college games, as a referee ; and Bob Houbregs, a superstar at the University of Washington in the early 1950s who went on to a career in the NBA.

An opportunist as well as a man of the cloth, he supported the Americans early in the occupation, assisting U. S. Army Major Jedediah Quigley with the pacification of his area by delivering pro-American sermons to his congregation.

As Marston lays dying, referring to an early conversation concerning Colt revolvers, Quigley tells him, " I said I never had much use for one.

A year later, Trebek hosted the popular Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley game show, High Rollers, which had two incarnations on NBC ( 1974 – 76 and 1978 – 80 ) and an accompanying syndicated season ( 1975 – 76 ).

Baffle, a Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley production hosted by Dick Enberg, replaced it at that time slot and ran until March 29, 1974.

* Sir George Quigley CB, Permanent Secretary of four departments the Northern Ireland Civil Service ( NICS ): Manpower Services ( 1974 – 76 ), Commerce ( 1976 – 79 ), Finance ( 1979 – 82 ) and, Finance and Personnel ( 1982 – 89 ); subsequently Chairman of the Ulster Bank, Bombardier Aerospace Shorts, and the Northern Ireland Economic Council ( 1994 – 98 )

Professor Mark Rodger and Dr. David Quigley, from the University of Warwick, who helped develop a recent study with colleagues from Sheffield University, point out that in fact a key chicken protein, ovocleidin-17, which helps in the formation of the egg's hard shell, actually comes both before and after the egg shell.

The Quigley scale can be used in conjunction with the traditional three classes of AIS to provide additional information regarding the degree of genital masculinization, and is particularly useful when the diagnosis is PAIS.

Almost all of the Bob Stewart, Heatter – Quigley, Hatos – Hall ( except for a large portion of Let's Make a Deal ), and pre-1980 Merv Griffin productions have been destroyed, with the exception of a few rare pilots and " cast aside " episodes.

Several studio heads, including Irving Thalberg of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ), met with Lord and Quigley in February 1930.

Regan's book, For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington ( ISBN 0-15-163966-3 ), exposes his disagreements with First Lady Nancy Reagan, including claims that Nancy's personal astrologer, Joan Quigley, helped steer the President's speaking decisions.

The documentary includes interviews with over 30 cast and crew from the first three " Return of the Living Dead " films, including Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Jewel Shepard, John Philbin, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., James Karen, Clu Gulager, Don Calfa, Allan Trautman, Stacey Q, William Stout, Suzanne Snyder, Michael kenworthy, J. Trevor Edmond, Brian Yuzna and more.

In 1993 Douglas co-founded the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers with Derek Quigley.

Marlon Brando as Jor-El, with Kal-El played by Lee Quigley.

On July 7,, while running the bases, he collided at home plate with a catcher named Johnny Quigley of the Clippers of Harlem.

In The Slippery Slope Violet shares a tender moment with Quigley Quagmire ( it is never detailed exactly what happened ), who was originally believed to have died in the same fire that killed his parents.

* ( Speaking of Carroll Quigley, a history professor at Georgetown University :) " He says, Sure we've been working it, sure we've been collaborating with communism, yes we're working with global accommodation, yes, we're working for world government.

The Crimson Ghost ( 1946 ) is a Republic film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney with Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling playing the leads.

Other noteworthy people associated with Houghton include: the actress Florence Linden Travers ( 1913 – 2001 ); music producer Trevor Horn ; musician Paul Mullen ; Jaff from rock band the Futureheads ; biologist Gordon Scurfield ; novelist Sheila Quigley ; and footballer David Knight.

Quigley left the National Party after clashing with its leadership, and later co-founded the ACT New Zealand party.

Quigley rapidly earned the hostility of senior National Party figures, however, with his criticism of the government's economic policies.

In 1981, Quigley contested the deputy leadership of the party, despite Muldoon openly saying that he could not work with him.

In 1995, Quigley re-entered the political arena, joining forces with Roger Douglas to form the ACT New Zealand party.

Quigley did not stand for re-election in 1999 election and was immediately appointed by the incoming Prime Minister to review the contract the previous government had signed with the United States for New Zealand to acquire 28 near new F-16 fighter aircraft.

When the two reach the top of the mountain, they immediately spot Olaf, his henchmen, and Sunny, Violet introduces Sunny to Quigley, and wants Sunny to return with them.

The book marks the introductions of the man with a beard but no hair and the woman with hair but no beard, the final appearances of the two powder-faced women and Bruce and the only appearance of Quigley Quagmire.