Editing Anthony Quinn

{{Short description|American actor (1915–2001)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Quinn|Oaxaca|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Anthony Quinn
| image              = Anthony Quinn around the 1960s.jpg
| caption            = Quinn, {{circa|1960}}s
| birth_name         = Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1915|4|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Chihuahua City]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], Mexico
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2001|6|3|1915|4|21|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.
| burial_place       = Quinn Family Estate<br />[[Bristol County, Rhode Island]], U.S. 
| citizenship        = {{hlist|Mexico|United States}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|film director|painter|sculptor|restaurateur|writer}}
| years_active       = 1936–2001
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Katherine DeMille]]|1937|1965|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Jolanda Addolori|1966|1997|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Katherine Benvin|1997}}
}}
| children           = 12, including [[Francesco Quinn|Francesco]], [[Danny Quinn|Danny]] and [[Lorenzo Quinn|Lorenzo]]
| signature          = Anthony Quinn signature.svg
}}

'''Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca''' (April 21, 1915 &ndash; June 3, 2001), known as '''Anthony Quinn''', was an American <!-- only American see [[MOS:CONTEXTBIO]] and talk page --> actor<!-- Only notable occupations per [[MOS:LEADSENTENCE]] -->. He was known for his portrayal of earthy, passionate characters "marked by a brutal and elemental virility"<ref>{{cite book| title=L'universale Cinema| publisher=Garzanti| year=2003| location=Milan| page=950| asin=B005XM82BE}}</ref> in over 100 film, television and stage roles between 1936 and 2002. He was a two-time [[Academy Award]] winner, and was also nominated for five [[Golden Globe Award]]s, two [[BAFTA Award]]s and a [[Tony Award]].

Quinn was born in [[Chihuahua City]], Mexico, and was raised in [[El Paso, Texas]] and [[East Los Angeles]].<ref name=":0" /> After stints as a boxer and an architect,<ref name=":3" /> he made his film debut in the [[Cecil B. DeMille]] Western ''[[The Plainsman]]'' in 1936. Initially typecast as a "heavy" and playing other minor parts as well, he was gradually cast in more substantial parts, including co-starring roles in [[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|''Blood and Sand'']] (1941) and ''[[The Ox-Bow Incident]]'' (1943). He won his first Oscar, for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], for his portrayal of [[Eufemio Zapata]] in ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'' (1952), becoming the first Mexican-born performer to win an Academy Award. He received his second Oscar in 1957 for ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]''.

He would be nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] twice more, for his roles in ''[[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|Wild is the Wind]]'' (1958) and ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'' (1964).<ref name="nytobit" /><ref name=":2">{{cite news| last=Bergan| first=Ronald| date=June 5, 2001| title=Obituary: Anthony Quinn| language=en-GB| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=[[London]]| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jun/05/guardianobituaries.filmnews| access-date=June 18, 2020| issn=0261-3077}}</ref> His other notable films included ''[[La Strada]]'' (1954), ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1961), ''[[Requiem for a Heavyweight (film)|Requiem for a Heavyweight]]'' (1962), ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962), ''[[La Bataille de San Sebastian|Guns for San Sebastian]]'' (1968), ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'' (1968), ''[[Across 110th Street]]'' (1972), ''[[Mohammad, Messenger of God|The Message]]'' (1976), ''[[Lion of the Desert]]'' (1980), ''[[Jungle Fever]]'' (1991) and ''[[Seven Servants]]'' (1996).<ref name="nytobit" /><ref name=":2"/> He also starred in the Broadway plays ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (replacing [[Marlon Brando]]), ''[[Becket]]'' (earning a Tony nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]]), and [[Zorba (musical)|''Zorba'']] (reprising his film role).

Aside from his acting career, Quinn was also a [[civil rights]] activist, an avid [[painter]], and the author of several autobiographical books. In 1987, he was presented with the Golden Globe [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award]].  Through both his artistic endeavors and activism, he is considered a seminal figure of [[Latin Americans|Latin-American]] representation in the media of the United States.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web| date=July 3, 2015| title=Anthony Quinn Remembered With New Mural| url=https://www.latinousa.org/2015/07/03/anthony-quinn-remembered-with-new-mural/| last=Morris| first=Shara| access-date=July 24, 2020| website=Latino USA| language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
===1915–1936: Childhood, studies and early acting===
[[File:Anthony Quinn Baptism.jpg|thumb|left|Baptism paper for Quinn, which took place on July 11, 1915]]

Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca was born April 21, 1915, in [[Chihuahua City|Chihuahua, Mexico]], during the [[Mexican Revolution]] to Manuela "Nellie" (née Oaxaca)<ref name=BBC-obit>{{cite web|url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/948702.stm |title=Anthony: The Mighty Quinn|website=[[BBC News]]|date=June 3, 2001|access-date= March 7, 2015}}</ref> and Francisco "Frank" Quinn.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news| title=Anthony Quinn Dies at 86; Played Earthy Tough Guys| first=Anita| last=Gates| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/movies/anthony-quinn-dies-at-86-played-earthy-tough-guys.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=June 4, 2001}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book| first=Scott L.| last=Baugh| title=Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8n24V3bAO8C&q=Latino+American+Cinema:+An+Encyclopedia+of+Movies,+Stars,+Concepts,+and+Trends| page=221| publisher=Greenwood| location=Santa Barbara, Calif| year=2012| isbn=978-0-313-38036-5}}</ref> Frank Quinn was born to an [[Irish Mexican|Irish]] immigrant father from [[County Cork]] and a Mexican mother.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/filmsofanthonyqu00mari| url-access=registration| quote=Quinn's paternal grandfather had come to America from County Cork and managed to find work on the Southern Pacific Railroad as a laborer …| title=The films of Anthony Quinn| via=[[Internet Archive]]| publisher=Citadel Press| first=Alvin H.| last=Marill| year=1975| isbn=978-0806505701| pages=14–15| access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref> Frank reportedly rode with Mexican revolutionary [[Pancho Villa]], then later moved to the East Los Angeles neighborhood of [[City Terrace, California|City Terrace]] and became an assistant cameraman at a movie studio.<ref name="nytobit"/> In Quinn's autobiography, ''[[The Original Sin (book)|The Original Sin: A Self-portrait by Anthony Quinn]]'', he denied being the son of an "Irish adventurer" and attributed that tale to Hollywood publicists.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |last1=Kehr |first1=Dave |date=September 7, 2000 |title=A Role Model with a Hefty Collection of Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/movies/a-role-model-with-a-hefty-collection-of-roles.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150527132647/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/movies/a-role-model-with-a-hefty-collection-of-roles.html |archive-date=27 May 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Quinn later said he was not accepted in Mexico because of his surname.<ref name="nytimes.com"/>

When he was six years old, Quinn attended a Catholic church and even contemplated becoming a priest, but at the age of 11, he joined the [[Pentecostals]] at the [[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]], which was founded and led by the evangelical preacher [[Aimee Semple McPherson]].<ref name=Adherents-AQ>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050802113508/http://www.adherents.com/people/pq/Anthony_Quinn.html Anthony Quinn]}}. – Adherents.com</ref> For a time, Quinn played in the church's band and was an apprentice preacher with the evangelist. "I have known most of the great actresses of my time, and not one of them could touch her," Quinn once said of the spellbinding McPherson, whom he credited with inspiring Zorba's gesture of the dramatically outstretched hand.<ref>{{cite magazine| author-link=Stephen M. Silverman| last=Silverman| first=Stephen M.| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,20134697,00.html| title=Macho Actor Anthony Quinn Made Passion His Compass| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131124/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,20134697,00.html| archive-date=April 2, 2015| magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]| access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref>

Quinn grew up first in [[El Paso, Texas]], and later in [[Eastside Los Angeles|East Los Angeles]] and in the [[Echo Park, Los Angeles, California|Echo Park]] area of [[Los Angeles, California]]. He attended Hammel Street Elementary School, Belvedere Junior High School, Polytechnic High School, and [[Belmont High School (Los Angeles, California)|Belmont High School]] in Los Angeles, with future baseball player and ''[[General Hospital]]'' star [[John Beradino]], but left before graduating. In June 1987, [[Tucson High School]] in Arizona awarded him an honorary high-school diploma.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120996292/| title=Tucson High School Awards Quinn Honorary Diploma| newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]| location=Phoenix| date=June 6, 1987| page=34| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=July 24, 2020| language=en}}</ref>

As a young man, Quinn [[Boxing|boxed]] professionally to earn money, then studied art and architecture under [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] at the designer's Arizona residence and his Wisconsin studio, [[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]]. The two men became friends. When Quinn mentioned that he wanted to be an actor, Wright encouraged him. Quinn said he had been offered $800 per week by a film studio and did not know what to do. Wright replied, "Take it, you'll never make that much with me."<ref name=":3">{{Citation| title=Quinn, Anthony, (born April 20, 1964), writer| date=December 1, 2017|work=Who's Who| publisher=Oxford University Press| doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u289376}}</ref>{{quote without source|date=September 2009}} During a 1999 interview on ''Private Screenings with Robert Osborne'', Quinn said the contract was for only $300 per week.<ref>''Private Screenings with Robert Osborne'', Turner Classic Movies, re-aired April 21, 2009 (originally broadcast 1999).</ref>

==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.

==Personal life==
===Relationships and children===
[[File:Anthony Quinn Cannes.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Quinn with his second wife, [[Jolanda Addolori]] in 1990]]

Quinn's first wife was actress [[Katherine DeMille]], the adopted daughter of [[Cecil B. DeMille]]; they wed in 1937. The couple had five children: Christopher (1938&ndash;1941), Christina (born December 1, 1941), Catalina (born November 21, 1942), Duncan (born August 4, 1945), and Valentina (born December 26, 1952).<ref name=q>[http://www.anthonyquinn.com/h09/Quinn_Chronology.pdf "Chronology of Anthony Quinn and Related World Events"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528232019/http://www.anthonyquinn.com/h09/Quinn_Chronology.pdf |date=May 28, 2008}} AnthonyQuinn.com; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref> Their first child, Christopher, aged two, drowned in the lily pond of next-door neighbor [[W. C. Fields]].<ref name=q/> During his marriage to DeMille, Quinn had an affair with the married actress [[Evelyn Keyes]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keyes |first=Evelyn |title=Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister |publisher=Secaucus, N.J. : L. Stuart |year=1977 |isbn=0818402431}}</ref>

In 1965, Quinn and DeMille divorced because of his affair with Italian costume designer Jolanda Addolori (died 2016), whom he married in 1966. They had three children: [[Francesco Quinn]] (March 22, 1963 – August 5, 2011), [[Danny Quinn]] (born April 16, 1964), and [[Lorenzo Quinn]] (born May 7, 1966).<ref name=":2"/>

In the 1970s, during his marriage to Addolori, Quinn also had two children with Friedel Dunbar, an event producer in Los Angeles: Sean Quinn (born February 7, 1973) and Alexander Anthony Quinn (born December 30, 1976).

In the 1990s, Quinn had two children with his secretary Katherine Benvin; daughter Antonia Patricia Rose Quinn (born July 23, 1993) and son Ryan Nicholas Quinn (born July 5, 1996).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.mlive.com/saginawnews/business/index.ssf/2008/05/midmichigan_hispanic_business.html| title=Mid-Michigan Hispanic Business Association hosts art reception honoring the late Anthony Quinn| date=May 6, 2008| last=McFarland| first=Jodi| newspaper=[[The Saginaw News]]| access-date=August 7, 2011}}</ref> His marriage to Addolori ended in divorce in August 1997. He then married Benvin in December 1997 and remained married to her until his death.

===Civil-rights activism===
Quinn, who experienced discrimination growing up in Los Angeles, participated in various civil-rights and social causes. He provided funding for Latino advocacy group the [[Spanish-Speaking People's Congress]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://sites.google.com/a/apps.edina.k12.mn.us/history-day-josefina-fierro-de-bright/adult-life-of-josefina-fierro-de-bright| title=Josefina's beginnings of activist - History Day: Josefina Fierro de Bright| website=Edina Public Schools}}</ref> He assisted in fundraising efforts for the legal defense of Mexican-American youth in the racially charged [[Sleepy Lagoon murder]] trial in 1942.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} While in Paris, several other prominent Americans and he composed a petition endorsing the 1963 [[March on Washington]]; the petition, which was reprinted in several high-profile publications, was intended to rally support among Americans living abroad, according to [[Elliott Miller]], writing in ''[[CounterPunch]]''.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/07/03/a-baldwinites-regret/| title=A Baldwinite's Regret| first=Elliott| last=Miller| date=July 3, 2018| website=[[CounterPunch]]|quote=Author Mary L. Dudziak, in a journal titled, "The 1963 March on Washington: At Home and Abroad," reports that "a drafting committee" was formed, and with the help of actors William Marshall, Anthony Quinn and others, [James] Baldwin composed a "brief petition," which (by way of the international editions of the'' New York Times'' and the'' Herald Tribune'') was signed by hundreds of Americans living abroad.}}</ref>{{better source needed|deprecated|date=January 2022}} In 1969, Quinn visited with Native American student activists [[Occupation of Alcatraz|occupying Alcatraz Island]] in protest, promising to offer assistance.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Occupation-Of-Alcatraz-30-year-anniversary-of-2895929.php| title=Occupation Of Alcatraz / 30-year anniversary of Indian coup| first1=Peter| last1=Fimrite| date=November 19, 1999| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> In 1970, Quinn was a panelist at the Mexican-American Conference.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8251nj8/entire_text/| title=Anthony Quinn Collection of Scripts| website=Online Archives of California}}</ref> In 1971, he narrated a documentary film by the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]], discussing job discrimination faced by Hispanic Americans.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1965-71/educating.html| title=Educating the Public about Employment Discrimination| website=www.eeoc.gov| access-date=April 18, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504053832/https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/35th/1965-71/educating.html| archive-date=May 4, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a supporter of the [[United Farm Workers]] organization led by his friend and labor activist [[Cesar Chavez]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-26-mn-34230-story.html| title=UFW Toils in a New Field: Cities| date=May 26, 2000| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| first=Dana| last=Calvo}}</ref>

===Painting and writing===
[[File:Anthony Quinn, 2000.jpg|thumb|upright|Quinn in 2000]]

Art critic [[Donald Kuspit]] explains, "Examining Quinn's many expressions of creativity together—his art, collecting, and acting—we can see that he was a creative genius."<ref>[http://www.anthonyquinn.net/h04/04_03.html Exhibitions: Feedback] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511194025/http://www.anthonyquinn.net/h04/04_03.html |date=May 11, 2008}}, AnthonyQuinn.net; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref>

Early in life, Quinn had an interest in painting and drawing. Throughout his teenaged years, he won various art competitions in California and focused his studies at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles on drafting. Later, Quinn studied briefly under Frank Lloyd Wright through the Taliesin Fellowship — an opportunity created by winning first prize in an architectural design contest. Through Wright's recommendation, Quinn took acting lessons as a form of postoperative speech therapy, which led to an acting career that spanned over six decades.{{sfn|Marill|1975|page=15}}

Apart from art classes taken in Chicago during the 1950s, Quinn never attended art school; nonetheless, taking advantage of books, museums, and amassing a sizable collection, he managed to give himself an effective education in the language of modern art. By the early 1980s, his work had caught the eyes of various gallery owners and was exhibited internationally, in Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York City, and Paris. His work is now represented in both public and private collections throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.artencounter.com/product/glance-mirror-anthony-quinn/| title=A Glance In The Mirror by Anthony Quinn| website=Art encounter| access-date=November 12, 2018| language=en-US| archive-date=January 9, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109054506/https://www.artencounter.com/product/glance-mirror-anthony-quinn/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

He wrote two memoirs, ''[[The Original Sin (book)|The Original Sin]]'' (1972) and ''One Man Tango'' (1997), a number of scripts, and a series of unpublished stories currently in the collection of his archive.

==Death==
Quinn spent his last years in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]. He died of [[respiratory failure]] (due to complications from radiation treatment for lung cancer) on June 3, 2001, in [[Boston]], at age 86.<ref name="nytobit"/> Quinn's funeral was held in the [[First Baptist Church in America]] in [[College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island|College Hill, Providence]], Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite news| title=Bristol OKs Quinn's burial on own property| url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20010609/news/306099984| last=Forlitti| first=Amy| date=January 12, 2011| newspaper=[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|South Coast Today]]| access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref> His wife asked for the permission of Bristol authorities to bury him in his favorite spot in the backyard of his house, near an old maple tree. They had bought the property in 1995; it had a view of the [[Narragansett Bay]].<ref name="burial">{{cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/cine/2001061132228/cine/quinnfuneral/quinnfuneral/|title=Emotivo funeral en memoria de Anthony Quinn|work=Hola.com|date=June 11, 2001|access-date=June 29, 2021|language=es}}</ref> Permission was granted and he was laid to rest there.<ref name="burial"/>

==Tributes and legacy==
[[File:AnthonyQuinnFootPrint.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Quinn's hand and footprints outside the [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]]]
On January 5, 1982, the [[County of Los Angeles Public Library|Belvedere County Public Library]] in East Los Angeles was renamed in honor of Anthony Quinn. The present library sits on the site of his family's former home.<ref>[http://www.colapublib.org/libs/quinn Los Angeles County Anthony Quinn Public Library], colapublib.org; accessed March 30, 2015.</ref>

In 1984, artist Eloy Torrez produced a 70-foot-high (21&nbsp;m) portrait mural of Quinn titled both ''Anthony Quinn'' and ''The Pope of Broadway'' in Los Angeles. It depicts Quinn in his famous ''Zorba the Greek'' role, and it remains one of the largest portrait murals in California.<ref name="LAC">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Patricia |title=Restored mural 'Pope of Broadway' resurrected in DTLA |date=January 24, 2017 |url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/1/24/14377318/pope-of-broadway-anthony-quinn-mural-downtown-los-angeles |publisher=L.A. Curbed |access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref> Both the portrait mural and Anthony Quinn himself are the subject of a 2018 Google Arts & Culture exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web|work=Google Arts & Culture|date=2018|title=Hispanic Heritage of Anthony Quinn as "The Pope of Broadway"|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/7AKS2xv9GGhSKQ|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref>

His birthplace of Chihuahua, Mexico,<ref name=":1">{{cite web| title=Tips: Things to do in Chihuahua, Mexico| url=http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/3abaf2| publisher=Members.virtualtourist.com| access-date=January 7, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828143216/http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/3abaf2| archive-date=August 28, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> has a statue of Quinn doing his famous "Zorba the Greek" dance.

An Anthony Quinn Bay and Beach is in [[Rhodes]], Greece, just {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} south of the village of [[Faliraki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbeachlist.com/Explore/Greece/Dodecanese/Rhodes/Anthony-Quinn-Bay-Beach|title=Anthony Quinn Bay Beach|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> Quinn bought the land during the filming of ''The Guns of Navarone'' in Rhodes, but it was reclaimed by the Greek government in 1984 due to a change in property law.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/quinns-widow-adopts-legal-battle_1025921| title=Quinn's widow adopts legal battle| journal=[[Contactmusic.com]]| date=March 23, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref>

Since 2002,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Banderas-Gets-Anthony-Quinn-Award-7870522.php| title=Banderas Gets Anthony Quinn Award| agency=[[Associated Press]]| date=April 20, 2002| newspaper=[[Midland Reporter-Telegram]]| access-date=July 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225928/https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Banderas-Gets-Anthony-Quinn-Award-7870522.php| archive-date=July 20, 2018| url-status=live| quote=Actor Antonio Banderas was on hand to accept the first Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Cinema and the Arts.}}</ref> the [[National Council of La Raza]] has given the ''Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Motion Pictures'' as an [[ALMA Award]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050701065.html| title=Garcia, Anthony Honored at Alma Awards| agency=Associated Press| date=May 8, 2006| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| access-date=July 20, 2018| language=en-US| issn=0190-8286| quote=Marc Anthony and Andy Garcia were honored with special tributes at Sunday's 2006 ALMA Awards, which celebrated achievements by Hispanic artists from the worlds of music, television and film. Anthony received the Celia Cruz Award for Excellence in Music while Garcia took home the Anthony Quinn Award for Excellence in Motion Pictures.}}</ref> His widow, Katherine Benvin Quinn, established the Anthony Quinn Foundation, which advocates the importance of arts in education.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://aqfoundation.org/| title=Anthony Quinn Foundation}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
[[File:Anthony Quinn and Marlon Brando in ¡Viva Zapata! (1952) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|As [[Eufemio Zapata]] (standing), with [[Marlon Brando]] as [[Emiliano Zapata]] in ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'' (1952)]]

[[File:AQ Zorba el Griego.jpg|thumb|upright|In ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'' (1964)]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award 
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Results
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Academy Awards]]
| [[25th Academy Awards|1952]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Viva Zapata!]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1953 |title=The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 20, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[29th Academy Awards|1956]]
| ''[[Lust for Life (1956 film)|Lust for Life]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1957 |title=The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[30th Academy Awards|1957]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|Wild Is the Wind]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958 |title=The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[37th Academy Awards|1964]]
| ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[16th British Academy Film Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1963 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[19th British Academy Film Awards|1965]]
| ''Zorba the Greek''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1966 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goldene Kamera|Golden Camera Awards]]
| 1996
| International Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[14th Golden Globe Awards|1956]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| ''Lust for Life''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/anthony-quinn |title=Anthony Quinn |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Golden Globe Awards|1962]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| ''Lawrence of Arabia''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[22nd Golden Globe Awards|1964]]
| ''Zorba the Greek''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[27th Golden Globe Awards|1969]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[44th Golden Globe Awards|1986]]
| [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award|Cecil B. DeMille Award]]
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[54th Golden Globe Awards|1996]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
| ''[[Gotti (1996 film)|Gotti]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[12th Golden Raspberry Awards|1991]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Mobsters (film)|Mobsters]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=32 |title=1991 Golden Raspberry Awards |publisher=[[Golden Raspberry Awards]] |date=August 23, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221015703/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=32 |access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival]]
| 2001
| City of Huelva Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://festicinehuelva.com/ediciones-anteriores/27a-edicion-2001 |title=27TH EDITION 2001 |publisher=[[Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Laurel Awards]]
| 1957
| Top Male Dramatic Performance
| ''Wild Is the Wind''
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| 1959
| Top Action Performance
| ''[[Last Train from Gun Hill]]''
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| Top Male Star
| {{n/a}}
| {{draw|11th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| Top Male Dramatic Performance
| ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]''
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival]]
| 2001
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1964|1964]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''Zorba the Greek''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1964/ |title=1964 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|1988]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special]]
| ''[[Onassis: The Richest Man in the World]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/anthony-quinn |title=Anthony Quinn |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[1st Golden Satellite Awards|1996]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
| ''Gotti''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1997.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 1997 1st Annual SATELLITE Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards1997.shtml |archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| [[1978 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|1978]]
| Worst On-Screen Couple
| ''[[The Greek Tycoon]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1978/1978st.htm |title=1st Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards (1978) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031103/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1978/1978st.htm |archive-date=August 16, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[15th Tony Awards|1961]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Leading Actor in a Play]]
| ''[[Becket]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1961/category/any/show/any/ |title=1961 Tony Awards |publisher=[[Tony Awards]] |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of oldest fathers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Anthony Quinn}}
{{Wikiquote|Anthony Quinn}}
* {{IMDb name|63}}
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* {{Playbill person}}
* [http://www.anthonyquinn.com/ The Estate of Anthony Quinn]

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