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Anthony Quinn (1915 - 2001)
This was one of the shortest performances ever to win
an Academy Award, Quinn was onscreen for a total of
eight minutes.
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. Anthony Quinn 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.
Anthony Quinn was later nominated twice for Best Actor
for his performances in WILD IS THE WIND (57) and ZORBA
THE GREEK (64).
Quinn's 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
ZORBA THE GREEK
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
 
Anthony Quinn and Dorthy
Lamour in ROAD TO SINGAPORE
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