Facts:   - imagesize: 150px    - death place: rosamond , california , u.s.    - caption: john but loose '' quade as cholla in '' every which way    - birth name: john william saunders    - yearsactive: 1968 & ndash ; 93    - death date: 9 august 2009    - spouse: gwendolyn rice -lrb- 1970-2009 -rrb- -lrb- his death -rrb-      - birth date: 1 april 1938    - name: john quade    - image: john quade.jpg    - birth place: kansas city , kansas , u.s.    - occupation: film , television actor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john quade .
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john william saunders iii -lrb- april 1 , 1938 -- august 9 , 2009 -rrb- , better known by the stage name john quade , was an american character actor who starred in film and in 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 '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- and its sequel `` any which way you can '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- .