Anthony Quinn
Born: 1915-04-21 in Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: 2001-06-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001), known professionally as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican-American actor. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, The Guns of Navarone, The Message, Lion of the Desert, and La Strada. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice; for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956. Outside of acting, Quinn was also a writer, painter, and civil rights activist.
Filmography
2021
- Fellinopolis as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
- This Is Bob Hope... as actor in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
- Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Brando as Self (archive footage)
2002
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema as Himself
- Avenging Angelo as Angelo Allieghieri
- The Magic of Fellini as Self (archive footage)
2001
2000
- The Making of Lawrence of Arabia as Self
- Oriundi as Giuseppe Padovani
- Terra de canons as Sr. de Sicart
1999
- Camino de Santiago as Félix Foulé
- Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn as Self
1997
- The Mayor as Antonio Baracano
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
1996
- Gotti as Neil Dellacroce
- Seven Servants as Archie
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- O. Henry's Christmas as Self - Host
- John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All as Self
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- A Walk in the Clouds as Don Pedro Aragón
- The Magician as Ercole
1994
- Hercules in the Underworld as Zeus
- Hercules and the Circle of Fire as Zeus
- Hercules and the Amazon Women as Zeus
- Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur as Zeus
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom as Zeus
- Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self
- Somebody to Love as Emillio
- This Can't Be Love as Michael Reyman
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Last Action Hero as Tony Vivaldi
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Mobsters as Don Giuseppe 'Joe the Boss' Masseria
- Only the Lonely as Nick Acropolis
- A Star for Two as Dr. Gabriel Todd
- Jungle Fever as Lou Carbone
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Revenge as Tiburon 'Tibey' Mendez
- The Old Man and the Sea as Santiago
- Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self
- 27 Wagons Full of Cotton as Narrator
1989
- Ghosts Can't Do It as Scott
- A Man of Passion as Mauricio
1988
- Stradivari as Antonio Stradivari
- Onassis: The Richest Man in the World as Socrates Onassis
- Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Treasure Island in Outer Space as Long John Silver
1984
- The Cosby Show as Mr. Fuentes
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Valentina as Mosen Joaquín
- Regina Roma as Papa
1981
- High Risk as Mariano
- The Salamander as Bruno Manzini
- Lion Of The Desert as Omar Mukhtar
1980
- Quinn Running as Himself
1979
- The Passage as The Basque
1978
- Caravans as Zulffiqar
- The Greek Tycoon as Theo Tomasis
- The Children of Sanchez as Jesús Sánchez
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth as Caiaphas
- Target of an Assassin as Ernest Hobday 'Sailor' Slade
1976
- The Message as Hamza
- The Inheritance as Gregorio Ferramonti
- The Con Artists as Philip Bang
- The Making of an Epic: Mohammad, Messenger of God as Himself
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Système 2 as Self
1974
- The Marseille Contract as Steve Ventura
1973
- Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears as Erastus 'Deaf' Smith
- The Don Is Dead as Don Angelo DiMorra
1972
- Midi trente as Self
- Across 110th Street as Capt. Frank Mattelli
- The Murder of Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
- Arruza as Narrator
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The City as Mayor Thomas Jefferson Alcala
- Film '72 as Self
- The Man and the City as Thomas Jefferson Alcala
- Voice of La Raza as Self
1970
- Flap as Flapping Eagle
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Italo Bombolini
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- R.P.M. as Prof. F.W.J. 'Paco' Perez
- A Walk in the Spring Rain as Will Cade
1969
- A Dream of Kings as Matsoukas
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Magus as Maurice Conchis
- The Shoes of the Fisherman as Kiril Lakota
- The Movie Orgy as Kubla Khan (archive footage)
1967
- Omnibus as Self
- The Rover as Peyrol
- Guns for San Sebastian as Leon Alastray
- The Happening as Roc Delmonico
- The 25th Hour as Johann Moritz
1966
- Lost Command as Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy
1965
- Marco the Magnificent as Kublai Khan
- A High Wind in Jamaica as Chavez
1964
- Zorba the Greek as Alexis Zorba
- Behold a Pale Horse as Viñolas
- The Visit as Serge Miller
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Lawrence of Arabia as Auda abu Tayi
- Requiem for a Heavyweight as Lewis 'Mountain' Rivera
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Barabbas as Barabbas
- The Guns of Navarone as Col. Andrea Stavros
1960
- The Savage Innocents as Inuk
- Heller in Pink Tights as Thomas 'Tom' Healy
- Portrait in Black as Dr. David Rivera
1959
- Warlock as Tom Morgan
- Last Train from Gun Hill as Craig Belden
- The Black Orchid as Frank Valente
1958
- Hot Spell as Jack Duval
- The Buccaneer ... (Director)
1957
- Wild Is the Wind as Gino
- The River's Edge as Ben Cameron
- The Ride Back as Bob Callen
- Van Gogh: Darkness into Light as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
- Cinépanorama as Self
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo
- Lust for Life as Paul Gauguin
- Man from Del Rio as Dave Robles
- The Wild Party as Tom Kupfen
1955
- The Magnificent Matador as Luís Santos
- Seven Cities of Gold as Capt. Gaspar de Portola
- The Naked Street as Phil Regal
1954
- Fatal Desire as Alfio
- Ulysses as Antinoos
- La Strada as Zampanò
- Angels of Darkness as Francesco Caserto
- Attila as Attila
- The Long Wait as Johnny McBride
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Seminole as Osceola
- East of Sumatra as Kiang
- City Beneath the Sea as Tony Bartlett
- Ride, Vaquero! as José Esqueda
- Blowing Wild as Ward 'Paco' Conway
1952
- Viva Zapata! as Eufemio Zapata
- Against All Flags as Captain Roc Brasiliano
- The World in His Arms as Portugee
- The Brigand as Prince Ramón
1951
- The Brave Bulls as Raul Fuentes
- Mask of the Avenger as Viovanni Larocca
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jason Burrage
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Danger
1949
1947
- Tycoon as Ricky Vegas
- California as Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez
- Black Gold as Charley Eagle
- Sinbad the Sailor as Emir
1946
- The Imperfect Lady as Jose Martinez
1945
- China Sky as Chen-Ta
- Back to Bataan as Captain Andres Bonifacio
- Where Do We Go from Here? as Chief Badger
- Road to Home as Self (archive footage)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Buffalo Bill as Chief Yellow Hand
- Ladies of Washington as Michael Romanescue
- Irish Eyes Are Smiling as Al Jackson
- Roger Touhy, Gangster as George Carroll
1943
- The Ox-Bow Incident as Juan Martínez/Francisco Morez
- Guadalcanal Diary as Jesus ('Soose') Alverez
1942
- Road to Morocco as Mullay Kasim
- The Black Swan as Wogan
- Larceny, Inc. as Leo Dexter
1941
- Knockout as Harry Trego
- The Perfect Snob as Alexander Moreno
- They Died with Their Boots On as Crazy Horse
- Bullets for O'Hara as Tony Van Dyne / Tony Millard
- Thieves Fall Out as Chic Collins
- Blood and Sand as Manolo de Palma
1940
- Parole Fixer as Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore
- Road to Singapore as Caesar
- The Ghost Breakers as Ramon Mederes / Francisco Mederes
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Joe Yuma
- City for Conquest as Murray Burns
- Emergency Squad as Nick Buller
1939
- Television Spy as Forbes
- Island of Lost Men as Chang Tai
- Union Pacific as Cordray
- King of Chinatown as Mike Gordon
1938
- The Buccaneer as Beluche
- Hunted Men as Mack McGloyne
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa as Henchman Fordine
- King of Alcatraz as Lou Gedney
- Dangerous to Know as Nicolai Kusoff
- Tip-Off Girls as Marty
1937
- Swing High, Swing Low as The Don
- Daughter of Shanghai as Harry Morgan
- Waikiki Wedding as Kimo
- The Last Train from Madrid as Capt. Ricardo Álvarez
- Partners in Crime as Nicholas Mazaney
1936
- Night Waitress as Gangster
- The Plainsman as Cheyenne Indian
- The Milky Way
- Sworn Enemy as Gangster (uncredited)