Editing Anthony Quinn (section)

==Career==
{{Main|Anthony Quinn filmography}}

===1936–1952: Beginnings in cinema===
After a short time performing on the stage, Quinn launched his film career performing character roles in the 1936 films ''[[The Plainsman]]'' (as a Cheyenne Indian after Custer's defeat with Gary Cooper), ''Parole'' (in which he made his debut), and ''[[The Milky Way (1936 film)|The Milky Way]]'', his first motion picture, although he was not credited. He played "ethnic" villains in Paramount films such as ''[[Dangerous to Know]]'' (1938) with [[Anna May Wong]] and ''[[Road to Morocco]]'' with [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Bob Hope]], and played a more sympathetic [[Crazy Horse]] in ''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'' with [[Errol Flynn]].<ref name="IMDb name|63">{{IMDb name|63}}</ref>

[[File:Maureen O'Hara Anthony Quinn.jpg|thumb|Quinn with [[Maureen O'Hara]], behind the scenes of ''[[Sinbad the Sailor (1947 film)|Sinbad the Sailor]]'' (1947)]]

A breakthrough in his career occurred in 1941, when he received an offer to play a matador in the bullfighting-themed ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]'' with [[Tyrone Power]] and [[Rita Hayworth]]. In 1942, Quinn co-starred alongside Power in another critical and financial success, the swashbuckling adventure ''[[The Black Swan (film)|The Black Swan]]''. In 1943, he had a role in the Oscar-nominated Western ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]''. He co-starred in ''[[Sinbad the Sailor (1947 film)|Sinbad the Sailor]]'' (1947) with [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]] and [[Maureen O'Hara]].

By 1947, Quinn had appeared in more than 50 films and had played a variety of characters, including Indians, Mafia dons, Hawaiian chiefs, Filipino freedom fighters, Chinese guerrillas, and Arab sheiks. He returned to the theater, replacing [[Marlon Brando]] as Stanley Kowalski in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' on Broadway. In 1947, he became a [[naturalized citizen of the United States]].<ref name="citizenship">{{cite web |url=https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Anthony-Quinn/334046 |title= Anthony Quinn |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=July 21, 2021 |quote=He became a United States citizen in 1947.}}</ref>

He returned to Hollywood in the early 1950s, and was cast in a series of B-adventures such as ''[[Mask of the Avenger]]'' (1951). He solidified his position as one of Hollywood's premier actors in [[Elia Kazan]]'s ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'' (1952), opposite [[Marlon Brando]]. Quinn's performance as Zapata's brother won him an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for Best Supporting Actor while Brando lost the Oscar for Best Actor to [[Gary Cooper]] in ''[[High Noon]]''.<ref name="IMDb name|63"/> Quinn holds the distinction of being the first Mexican-American to win an Academy Award.

===1953–1959: International films and career success===
[[File:Attila il flagello di Dio (1954) Anthony Quinn 10.png|thumb|upright|left|Quinn in ''[[Attila (1954 film)|Attila]]'' (1954)]]

In the late 1950s, Quinn traveled to Rome, where he collaborated with several renowned Italian filmmakers and established himself as a star of [[world cinema]]. He worked with [[Dino De Laurentis|Dino De Laurentiis]] and [[Carlo Ponti]] in the [[Kirk Douglas]] film ''[[Ulysses (1954 film)|Ulysses]]'', and starred as [[Attila the Hun]], with [[Sophia Loren]], in ''[[Attila (1954 film)|Attila]]''. In 1953, he turned in one of his best performances as a dim-witted, thuggish, and volatile strongman in [[Federico Fellini]]'s Oscar-winning ''[[La Strada]]'' (1954), opposite [[Giulietta Masina]].

Quinn won his second Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of painter [[Paul Gauguin]] in [[Vincente Minnelli]]'s ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]'' (1956), alongside Kirk Douglas, who portrayed [[Vincent van Gogh]]. Quinn also starred as [[Quasimodo]] in the French-language film ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. Even after his return to the United States, Quinn continued to appear periodically in European films. His frequent portrayal of Italian characters and appearance in Italian films led to the popular misconception that he was, in fact, Italian.

===1959–1969: Return to Hollywood and Broadway===
The following year, he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his part in [[George Cukor]]'s ''[[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|Wild Is the Wind]]''. Quinn starred in the film ''[[The Savage Innocents]]'' (1959) as Inuk, an [[Eskimo]] who finds himself caught between two clashing cultures.<ref name="IMDb name|63" /> He teamed with Kirk Douglas once again in the Western ''[[Last Train from Gun Hill]]'' (1959).

He appeared on Broadway to great acclaim in ''[[Becket]]'', as King Henry II to [[Laurence Olivier]]'s Thomas Becket in 1960. Quinn's performance earned him a [[15th Tony Awards|Tony Award nomination]] for best leading actor and ''Becket'' received the award for best play. An erroneous story arose in later years that during the run, Quinn and Olivier switched roles and Quinn played Becket to Olivier's King. In fact, Quinn left the production for a film, never having played Becket, and director [[Peter Glenville]] suggested a road tour with Olivier as Henry. Olivier happily agreed and [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]] took on the role of Becket for the tour and brief return to Broadway.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874346,00.html| title=Henry the Second| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date=April 7, 1961| access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last=Spoto| first=Donald| title=Laurence Olivier: A Biography| location=New York| publisher=Harper Collins| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0U99kAr6SLQC&q=henry+tour| pages=360–68| year=1993| isbn=978-0061090356}}</ref>

[[File:Anthony Quinn en Barrabás (1961).jpg|thumb|upright|Quinn in ''[[Barabbas (1961 film)|Barabbas]]'' (1961)]]

As the decade ended, Quinn allowed his age to show and began his transformation into a major character actor. His physique filled out, his hair grayed, and his once smooth, swarthy face weathered and became more rugged. He played a Greek resistance fighter in ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1961), an aging boxer in ''[[Requiem for a Heavyweight (film)|Requiem for a Heavyweight]]'', and the Bedouin ''[[Sheikh|shaikh]]'' [[Auda abu Tayi]] in ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (both 1962). ''Lawrence of Arabia'' would go on to win the Oscar and Golden Globe for best picture, and Quinn received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor alongside co-star [[Peter O'Toole]]. He also played the title role in the 1961 film ''[[Barabbas (1961 film)|Barabbas]]'', based on a novel by [[Pär Lagerkvist]].<ref name="IMDb name|63"/> In 1962, he returned to Broadway, playing the role of Caesario Grimaldi in the Tony Award-nominated ''[[Tchin-Tchin]]'', and had the lead role in the film ''[[Requiem for a Heavyweight (film)|Requiem for a Heavyweight]]''.

The success of ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'' in 1964 resulted in another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Other films included ''[[The 25th Hour (film)|The 25th Hour]]'', ''[[The Magus (film)|The Magus]]'', ''[[La Bataille de San Sebastian|Guns for San Sebastian]]'', and ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]''.<ref name="IMDb name|63"/> In 1969, he starred in ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]'' with [[Anna Magnani]]; each was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1970 Golden Globe awards: 1970], IMDb; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref>

===1970–1979: Television and later films===
[[File:Anthony Quinn c1970s.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Anthony Quinn, {{circa|1970}}]]

In 1970 Quinn starred as a liberal sociology professor in the campus unrest drama ''[[R. P. M.]],'' opposite [[Ann-Margret]], and as a Smoky Mountains backwoodsman in ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]],'' [[Ingrid Bergman]]'s first American film in 20 years. In 1971, after the success of a TV movie named ''The City'', where Quinn played Mayor Thomas Jefferson Alcala, he starred in the television series, ''[[The Man and the City]]''. Quinn's subsequent television appearances were sporadic, including ''[[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|Jesus of Nazareth]]''.<ref name="IMDb name|63"/>

In 1972, he co-starred with [[Yaphet Kotto]] in the [[blaxploitation]] film ''[[Across 110th Street]]''. He played NYPD Captain Frank Martelli, who along with Kotto, was investigating a robbery-homicide of Italian and Black gangsters in Harlem, New York City. He played the old racist, violent captain, against Kotto's modern, educated, enlightened lieutenant.

In 1976, Quinn starred in the movie ''[[Mohammad, Messenger of God]]'' (also known as ''The Message''), about the origin of Islam, as [[Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib|Hamza]], a highly respected uncle of Mohammad, the prophet of Islam.<ref name="IMDb name|63"/> In 1981, he starred in ''[[Lion of the Desert]]''. Quinn played real-life [[Bedouin]] leader [[Omar Mukhtar]], who fought [[Benito Mussolini]]'s Italian troops in the deserts of [[Libya]].<ref name="IMDb name|63"/>

In 1979, Quinn starred in the film ''[[The Passage (1979 film)|The Passage]]'', as a Basque shepherd during WWII. He was tasked with leading a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees, while pursued by Nazis. It also starred [[James Mason]] and [[Malcolm McDowell]].

===1980–1994: Final works===
[[File:Anthony Quinn The Dick Cavett Show 1971.JPG|thumb|On ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'' (1971)]]

In 1983, he reprised his role as Zorba for 362 performances in a successful musical version, called ''[[Zorba (musical)|Zorba]]'', opposite fellow film co-star [[Lila Kedrova]], reprising her role as Madame Hortense. Quinn performed in the musical both on Broadway and at the [[Kennedy Center]] in [[Washington, DC]].<ref>{{IBDB name|56761}}</ref>

In 1990, he starred in ''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1990 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'', a television movie based on the novel by [[Ernest Hemingway]]. Quinn's film career slowed during the 1990s, but he nonetheless continued to work steadily, appearing in ''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]'' (1990), ''[[Jungle Fever]]'' (1991), [[Only the Lonely (film)|''Only the Lonely'']] (1991), ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' (1993), ''[[A Walk in the Clouds]]'' (1995) and ''[[Seven Servants]]'' (1996).<ref name="IMDb name|63"/>

In 1994, Quinn played the role of Zeus in five television movies focusing on the legendary journeys of Hercules. These were, in order, ''[[Hercules and the Amazon Women]]'', ''[[Hercules and the Lost Kingdom]]'', ''[[Hercules and the Circle of Fire]]'', ''[[Hercules in the Underworld]]'', and ''[[Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur]]''.<ref name="IMDb name|63"/>

In 1995, Quinn starred in his last movie in a lead role in the film ''[[Seven Servants]]'', by Daryush Shokof.