Anthony Quinn

Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, born April 21, 1915 in Chihuahua, Mexico, died June 3, 2011, played Marlon Brando’s brother in Viva Zapata! (1952) by Elia Kazan, co-starred with Giulietta Masina in La Strada (1954) by Federico Fellini, was Van Gogh’s friend Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life (1956) by Vincent Minnelli with Kirk Douglas, acted with Anna Magnani in Wild Is the Wind (1957) by George Cooker, with Charlton Heston in The Buccaneer (1958) by Cecil B. deMille, with Gregory Peck and David Niven in The Guns of Navarone (1961), with Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by David Lean. He was unforgettable as Zorba the Greek (1964). He played the Pope in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) by Michael Anderson, an Italian mayor in The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) by Stanley Kramer, a crime boss in Revenge (1990) by Tony Scott with Kevin Costner. On television he was a Mafia boss in Gotti (1996) with Armand Assante.

Read Ready for My deMille: Profiles in Excellence – Anthony Quinn, 1987

Golden Globe Awards

1997 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Gotti
- Anthony Quinn
1970 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Secret of Santa Vittoria, The
- Anthony Quinn
1965 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Zorba The Greek
- Anthony Quinn
1963 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Anthony Quinn
1957 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
- Lust For Life
- Anthony Quinn