Editing Anthony Quinn (section)

===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]].