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LUST FOR LIFE
(Biography - NR)
Anthony Quinn won his second Supporting Oscar for playing
the famed painter Gaughin who was Van Gogh's friend. |
Anthony Quinn (1915 - 2001)
Mexican-born leading actor in films since 1936 Before
going into acting Anthony Quinn went through several
careers which included working as a butcher, a street
cornor preacher and a prize fighter. He was signed
to work exclusivly for Paramount, appearing in their
movies almost always as a gangster or an indian.
During the Paramount years he was cast in several
Cecil B. DeMille pictures, who ended up being Quinn's
father in law when he married Katharine Demille
in 1937 (divorced in 1963).
In 1952 Anthony Quinn won his first supporting
oscar for his performance in VIVA ZAPATA!
He was married three times and fathered 13 children.
One son though, Chris, drowned at age three in W.C.
Field's swimming pool.
In 1956 Anthony Quinn won his second supporting
oscar for his performance in LUST FOR LIFE.
Quinn was later nominated twice for Best Actor for
his performances in WILD IS THE WIND (57) and ZORBA
THE GREEK (64).
His other films include:
THE PLAINSMAN
LAST TRAIN FROM MADRID
UNION PACIFIC
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
BUFFALO BILL
BLOWING WILD
THE LONG WAIT
LA STRADA
ULYSSES
THE RIVER'S EDGE
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
LAWRENCE
OF ARABIA
LOST COMMAND
THE HAPPENING
THE ROVER
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN
THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
MOHAMMED
INHERITANCE
THE GREEK TYCOON
LION OF THE DESERT
HIGH RISK
Anthony Quinn's television credits include:
JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE MAN AND THE CITY
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Anthony Quinn in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT.
Anthony Quinn in GUADAL CANAL DAIRY.
  
Anthony Quinn in ZORBA THE GREEK.
 
Anthony Quinn in
THE
GUNS OF NAVARONE
 
Anthony Quinn with
Dorothy Lamour in ROAD TO SINGAPORE (1940)
 
Quinn with Dorthy
Lamour in ROAD
TO MOROCCO (1942)
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