
Anthony Quinn
Department: 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.
Known For

Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990

La Strada
1954

Lawrence of Arabia
1962

Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943

Jungle Fever
1991

Viva Zapata!
1952

Zorba the Greek
1964

Only the Lonely
1991

The Movie Orgy
1968

The Guns of Navarone
1961

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970

Across 110th Street
1972

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956

City for Conquest
1940

Barabbas
1961

Road to Morocco
1942

Ghosts Can't Do It
1989

The Magus
1968

A Walk in the Clouds
1995

Last Action Hero
1993

The Message
1976

Lion of the Desert
1981

Avenging Angelo
2002

Lost Command
1966

Lust for Life
1956

Caravans
1978

Revenge
1990

The Black Swan
1942

The Ghost Breakers
1940

Last Train from Gun Hill
1959

Heller in Pink Tights
1960

Hercules and the Amazon Women
1994

The Long Wait
1954

Warlock
1959

Ulysses
1954

Sinbad the Sailor
1947

Buffalo Bill
1944

Guadalcanal Diary
1943

Blood and Sand
1941

Somebody to Love
1994

Against All Flags
1952

A High Wind in Jamaica
1965

The Con Artists
1976

Seminole
1953

Ride, Vaquero!
1953

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

High Risk
1981

Portrait in Black
1960

The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968

The 25th Hour
1967

City Beneath the Sea
1953

Guns for San Sebastian
1967

Valentina
1982

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997

The Passage
1979

Back to Bataan
1945

Larceny, Inc.
1942

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
1994

The River's Edge
1957

Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962

The Marseille Contract
1974

The World in His Arms
1952

Attila
1954

Man from Del Rio
1956

The Black Orchid
1959

Hercules and the Circle of Fire
1994

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
1994

Hercules in the Underworld
1994

Tycoon
1947

The Greek Tycoon
1978

The Happening
1967

Blowing Wild
1953

Wild Is the Wind
1957

The Savage Innocents
1960

The Don Is Dead
1973

The Old Man and the Sea
1990

Daughter of Shanghai
1937

China Sky
1945

Swing High, Swing Low
1937

King of Alcatraz
1938

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988

The Inheritance
1976

The Naked Street
1955

Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938

The Ride Back
1957

The Visit
1964

California
1947

A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970

Seven Servants
1996

Arruza
1972

Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973

Ladies of Washington
1944

Marco the Magnificent
1965

The Perfect Snob
1941

Bullets for O'Hara
1941

The Buccaneer
1938

Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996

The Wild Party
1956

Seven Cities of Gold
1955

The Salamander
1981

R.P.M.
1970

Behold a Pale Horse
1964

Knockout
1941

Hot Spell
1958

The Making of an Epic: Mohammad, Messenger of God
1976

Island of Lost Men
1939

Mask of the Avenger
1951

Flap
1970

Regina Roma
1982

The Brigand
1952

The Imperfect Lady
1946

Oriundi
2000

The Rover
1967

This Can't Be Love
1994

Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944

The Last Train from Madrid
1937

The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940

East of Sumatra
1953

Tip-Off Girls
1938

Partners in Crime
1937

Where Do We Go from Here?
1945

Union Pacific
1939

Target of an Assassin
1977

A Star for Two
1991

Mobsters
1991

King of Chinatown
1939

Dangerous to Know
1938

The City
1971

Fellinopolis
2021

Television Spy
1939

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970

Hunted Men
1938

Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
1957

The Magnificent Matador
1955

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
2009

The Plainsman
1936

Gotti
1996

Black Gold
1947

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001

Waikiki Wedding
1937

A Man of Passion
1989

Sworn Enemy
1936

Stradivari
1988

The Milky Way
1936

Road to Singapore
1940

Parole Fixer
1940

Thieves Fall Out
1941

Night Waitress
1936

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997

Emergency Squad
1940

Brando
2007

Quinn Running
1980

Angels of Darkness
1954

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002

A Dream of Kings
1969

27 Wagons Full of Cotton
1990

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001

Rembetika
1983

The Brave Bulls
1951

This Is Bob Hope...
2017

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991

Road to Home
1945

O. Henry's Christmas
1996

The Mayor
1997

Fatal Desire
1954

Voice of La Raza
1971

Terra de canons
2000

The Magic of Fellini
2002

The Children of Sanchez
1978

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994

Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn
1999

Night of 100 Stars
1982

The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972

The Magician
1995

Inside the Actors Studio
1994

The Cosby Show
1984

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Man and the City
1971

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Jesus of Nazareth
1977

Pebble Mill
1991

Lights Out
1949

The Oscars
1953

Treasure Island in Outer Space
1987

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995

Camino de Santiago
1999

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

What's My Line?
1950

V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

Goldene Kamera
1984

Midi trente
1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Système 2
1975

Midi Première
1975

Cinépanorama
1956

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Sacrée Soirée
1987

Film '72
1971

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Omnibus
1967

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Danger
1950

The Ford Theatre Hour
1948

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956