Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn (actually Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca ; born April 21, 1915 in Chihuahua , Mexico , † June 3, 2001 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was a Mexican -American film actor . Especially during the 1950s and 1960s Quinn was one of the leading international character actors and played leading roles in classic films such as La Strada - The Song of the Street or Alexis Sorbas .
Life
Anthony Quinn's father Frank, whose father was born in Ireland , fought for Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution . His mother was a 15 year old Mexican. When the father was thought missing, the mother traveled illegally with little Anthony across the Mexican-US border and settled near Hollywood . Here they later met again with his father Frank, who was then a cameraman in Hollywood until he died in a car accident in 1927. As a result, the only twelve-year-old Anthony had to contribute to the living and for the next few years worked, among other things, as a newsboy, shoe cleaner, water carrier, window cleaner, slaughterhouse worker, bricklayer, street preacher, boxer and cutter in a textile factory.
The 1.88 m tall Quinn began his artistic career not as an actor, but as a sculptor . At the age of eleven, he received a prize for a sculpture . He was also an avid saxophone player and founded his own band. He later studied architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright on a scholarship . Both developed a personal relationship, and Lloyd Wright paid the then 17-year-old Quinn for an operation on his tongue that fixed a speech impediment. In addition to the surgery, Quinn received therapeutic language classes that sparked his interest in acting. Two years later he made his theatrical debut alongside Mae West in the play Clean Beds .
He began his film career with supporting roles , in which he played mostly Indians or Mexicans, including in Cecil B. DeMille's western The Hero of the Prairie . While filming , he met Katherine DeMille , the director's adopted daughter. They married on October 5, 1937 and had five children together. The firstborn son Christopher drowned in a pond on the estate of the actor WC Fields in 1941 . The marriage ended in divorce in 1965 after Quinn had an affair with Yolanda Addolori, his future second wife (marriage in 1966), with whom he had three other children, including the actors Francesco and Daniele .
Quinn received US citizenship in 1940 . By then he had appeared in supporting roles in over a dozen films. The famous father-in-law was of no help because he did nothing to support Quinn. Until the late 1940s, the actor made his way through supporting roles in various films. In 1947 the tide began to turn in his favor when he took over the lead role from Marlon Brando in the New York Broadway play Endstation Sehnsucht . The play's director, Elia Kazan , gave the new theater star a supporting role alongside Brando in the film Viva Zapata! , for which he received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor .
“I made maybe 300 films. For the first ten years in Hollywood, I was signed to practically every studio. I was a supporting actor. I got two Oscars. But I don't like that title: Supporting actor - someone who supports the star. There are wonderful actors who never become stars because they are Latinos. I fought for my place. I left America and shot in Italy, Hungary and Greece. "
Then Quinn quickly rose to the lead role , played in Italy for Federico Fellini in the film La Strada - The song of the street the showman Zampano and later in Vincent van Gogh - A life in passion the painter Gauguin . He received his second Oscar for his portrayal of Gauguin.
In 1958, Quinn tried as a director with the film The Buccaneer on a remake of the privateers of Louisiana , who had been his father turned 20 years previously and it had occupied in a supporting role. The film was a flop , and Quinn never went back to directing. In 1964 Quinn played the title role of the wise farm worker and bon vivant in Michael Cacoyannis ' film Alexis Sorbas . It was with this role that Quinn was later identified most, and it became the archetype for almost all other roles he later played. In 1985 he returned again back to Broadway to a successful season, the now famous character in a Zorbas - Musical show.
Quinn wrote several books and published his memoir in 1972 entitled The Fight With the Angel . He was also successful as a painter, sculptor and designer of jewelry and watches. He had two other children with his former secretary, with whom he was in a relationship from 1997 until his death in June 2001. Quinn died in Boston at the age of 86 of pneumonia-related pneumonia .
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1936: World champion of all things (The Milky Way)
- 1936: The Plainsman (The Plainsman)
- 1937: Waikiki Wedding
- 1938: The Buccaneer of Louisiana
- 1939: Union Pacific
- 1940: In the frenzy of the cosmopolitan city (City for Conquest)
- 1940: The Road to Singapore (Road to Singapore)
- 1941: His last command (They Died with Their Boots On)
- 1941: King of the Toreros (Blood and Sand)
- 1941: Bullets For O'Hara (Bullets For O'Hara) - Directed by William K. Howard
- 1942: The cheerful crooks GmbH (Larceny, Inc.) - Director: Lloyd Bacon
- 1942: Road to Morocco (Road to Morocco)
- 1942: The Black Swan (Black Swan)
- 1943: Ride to the Ox-Bow (The Ox-Bow Incident)
- 1943: Guadalcanal Diary - Hell in the Pacific
- 1944: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
- 1944: Buffalo Bill, the White Indian (Buffalo Bill) - Director: William A. Wellman
- 1945: Am Himmel von China (China Sky) - Director: Ray Enright
- 1945: Steel storm (Back to Bataan)
- 1946: California - Director: John Farrow
- 1947: Sindbad the Sailor (Sindbad the Sailor)
- 1947: Black Gold - Directed by Phil Karlson
- 1947: Tycoon - directed by Richard Wallace
- 1951: Women and Toreros (The Brave Bulls) - Director: Robert Rossen
- 1951: The Avenger of Casamare (Mask of the Avenger) - Director: Phil Karlson
- 1951: Viva Zapata!
- 1952: Against All Flags (Against all flags)
- 1952: Storm voyage to Alaska (The World in His Arms)
- 1952: The Brigand - Director: Phil Karlson
- 1953: Prisoners of the Jungle (East of Sumatra) - Director: Budd Boetticher
- 1953: Daring opponents (Ride, Vaquero!)
- 1953: Wilde Glut (Blowing Wild)
- 1953: Seminola - Director: Budd Boetticher
- 1953: The City Under the Sea (City beneath the Sea)
- 1953: Sicilian Passion (Cavalleria rusticana) - Director: Carmine Gallone
- 1954: The Long Wait - Director: Victor Saville
- 1954: Die Verrufenen (Donne proibite) - Director: Giuseppe Amato
- 1954: La Strada - The song of the street (La strada)
- 1954: Attila, the Scourge of God (Attila, flagello di dio) - Director: Pietro Francisi
- 1954: The Journeys of Odysseus (Ulysses)
- 1955: The Seven Cities of Gold - Director: Robert D. Webb
- 1955: The Naked Street - Director: Maxwell Shane
- 1955: The night is ours (The Magnificent Matador) - Director: Budd Boetticher
- 1956: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris)
- 1956: Wilde Nacht (The Wild Party) - Director: Harry Horner
- 1956: Vincent van Gogh - A life in passion (Lust for Life)
- 1956: The man from Del Rio (The Man from Del Rio) - Director: Harry Horner
- 1957: The Ride Back (The Ride Back)
- 1957: Wild is the Wind (Wild is the Wind)
- 1957: Escape to Mexico (The River's Edge) - Director: Allan Dwan
- 1958: The Black Orchid (The Black Orchid)
- 1958: Hitzewelle (Hot spell) - Director: Daniel Mann
- 1959: The last train from Gun Hill (Last Train from Gun Hill)
- 1959: Warlock
- 1960: The Lady and the Killer (Heller in Pink Tights) - Director: George Cukor
- 1960: In the land of long shadows (Ombre bianche)
- 1960: Secret of the Lady in Black (Portrait in Black) - Director: Michael Gordon
- 1961: The Guns of Navarone (The Guns of Navarone)
- 1961: Barabbas (Barraba)
- 1961: Requiem for a Heavyweight - Directed by Ralph Nelson
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia)
- 1964: The visit (La vendetta della signora)
- 1964: Your time is up (Behold a Pale Horse)
- 1964: Alexis Sorbas (Zorba The Greek)
- 1965: Storm over Jamaica (A High Wind in Jamaica)
- 1965: In the kingdom of Kublai Khan (La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo)
- 1966: They Fear Neither Death nor the Devil (Lost Command)
- 1967: The 25th Hour (La 25ième heure) - Director: Henri Verneuil
- 1967: Die Meute (The Happening) - Director: Elliot Silverstein
- 1967: I come from the end of the world (L'Avventuriero)
- 1967: San Sebastian (La bataille de San Sebastian)
- 1968: The Shoes of the Fisherman (The Shoes of the Fisherman)
- 1968: Devilish Games (The Magus) - Director: Guy Green
- 1969: The Secret of Santa Vittoria (The Secret of Santa Vittoria)
- 1969: Matsoukas, the Greek (A Dream of Kings) - Director: Daniel Mann
- 1970: A Walk in the Spring Rain - directed by Guy Green
- 1970: Fight the Gowns (Revolutions per Minute) - Director: Stanley Kramer
- 1970: The Indian (Flap) - Director: Carol Reed
- 1971: The City - Director: Daniel Petrie
- 1972 Across 110th Street - Director: Barry Shear
- 1972: A Song of Murder and Manslaughter (Los amigos)
- 1973: The Don Is Dead (The Don Is Dead) - Director: Richard Fleischer
- 1974: Vanishing Point Marseille (The Marseille Contract)
- 1976: Bluff (Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni)
- 1976: Mohammed - The Messenger of God (Al-Risalah)
- 1976: The Legacy of the Ferramonti (L'eredita Ferramonti) - Director: Mauro Bolognini
- 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (Gesu di Nazareth)
- 1977: The Greek Tycoon - Director: J. Lee Thompson
- 1977: On the Track of the Tiger (Target of an Assassin)
- 1978: The Passage (The Passage) - Director: J. Lee Thompson
- 1978: The Lord of the Caravan (Caravans) - Director: James Fargo
- 1979: The Children of Sanchez - directed by Hal Bartlett
- 1979: Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert (Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert)
- 1979: The Passage
- 1980: Keyword: Salamander (The Salamander) - Director: Peter Zinner
- 1981: Satisfaction (High Risk)
- 1982: Dear Valentina (Valentina) - Director: Antonio José Betancor
- 1982: Regina Roma - Director: Jean-Yves Prate
- 1987: Onassis, the richest man in the world (Onassis: The Richest Man in the World) - Director: Waris Hussein
- 1987: The treasure in space ('L'isola del tesoro)
- 1988: Stradivarius
- 1988: A Life for Love (Pasion de Hombre) - Director: José Antonio de la Loma
- 1989: The Old Man and the Sea (The Old Man and the Sea) (TV movie)
- 1990: My mind always wants one thing ... (Ghosts Can't Do It)
- 1990: Revenge (Revenge) - Director: Tony Scott
- 1991: A Star for Two - Director: Jim Kaufman
- 1991: Mama, me and the two of us (Only the Lonely)
- 1991: The Real Bosses - A Fiendish Empire (Mobsters)
- 1991: Jungle Fever
- 1993: Love Is Not Just a Word (This Can't Be Love) - directed by Anthony Harvey
- 1993: Last Action Hero
- 1994: Hercules and the Amazon Women ( Hercules and the Amazon Women , television film)
- 1994: Hercules and the Lost Kingdom ( Hercules and the Lost Kingdom , TV film)
- 1994: Hercules and the flaming ring ( Hercules and the Circle of Fire , TV movie)
- 1994: Hercules in the Realm of the Dead Gods ( Hercules in the Underworld , TV movie)
- 1994: Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur ( Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur , TV movie)
- 1994: Hercules (TV series)
- 1994: Somebody to Love - directed by Alexandre Rockwell
- 1995: So Close to Heaven (A Walk in the Clouds)
- 1996: Seven Servants - Directed by Daryush Shokof
- 1996: The sinking of the Cosa Nostra (Gotti)
- 2002: Avenging Angelo
Director
- 1958: King of the Buccaneer
Archival material
- 2009: My Big Fat Greek Summer (My Life in Ruins) (uncredited as Alexis Zorbas)
Awards
- Oscar 1952 for Viva Zapata! ( Best Supporting Actor )
- Oscar 1956 for Vincent van Gogh - A Life of Passion (Best Supporting Actor as Paul Gauguin )
- Oscar nomination 1957 for Wild is the Wind ( Best Actor )
- Oscar nomination 1965 for Alexis Sorbas (Best Actor)
- Golden Globe 1987; Cecil B. DeMille Award, for his life's work
- 1992 Golden Raspberry Nomination for The Real Bosses - A Devilish Empire ( Worst Supporting Actor )
Web links
- Literature by and about Anthony Quinn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anthony Quinn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stefanie Maeck: Anthony Quinn: The dream dancer. In: one day on Spiegel Online . April 21, 2015 (photo gallery for the 100th birthday).
- Anthony Quinn | Interactive Gallery | Paintings. Art Corporation of America(English).
- About Anthony Quinn. Art Corporation of America, November 7, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gregor Ball: Anthony Quinn His films - his life (= Heyne film library no. 32/83). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1985, pp. 13-14.
- ↑ Marli Feldvoss: Anthony Quinn - "The camera likes me, but not from all sides". In: Deutschlandfunk broadcast “Calendar Sheet”. April 21, 2015, accessed April 21, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Quinn, Anthony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quinn, Anthony Rudolph Oaxaca (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chihuahua , Mexico |
DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 2001 |
Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts , United States |