Editing Anthony Quinn (section)

===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.