Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a Mexican and American actor. The following is a filmography of his work.
Quinn starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including: Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia, The Guns of Navarone, The Message, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Guns for San Sebastian, Lion of the Desert and La Strada. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice; for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956. One film starring Anthony Quinn has been listed on the National Film Registry, for preservation: Lawrence of Arabia.[1]
In addition to theatrical films, Quinn's career also included several appearances on television programs and anthology series, as well as television films and documentaries. Quinn died of respiratory failure on June 3, 2001 at the age of 86.
Anthony Quinn also made a spoken record, with background accompaniment provided by The Harold Spina Singers: I Love You and You Love Me (7" Capitol Records CL 15649, UK 1967).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Todd Fight Spectator | Uncredited | |
| Parole! | Zingo Browning | ||
| Sworn Enemy | Gangster | Uncredited | |
| Cheyenne Indian | |||
| Night Waitress | Gangster | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Swing High, Swing Low | The Don | |
| Waikiki Wedding | Kimo | ||
| Under Strange Flags | Rebel Soldier | Uncredited | |
| Capt. Ricardo Álvarez | |||
| Partners in Crime | Nicholas Mazaney | ||
| Daughter of Shanghai | Harry Morgan | ||
| 1938 | Beluche | ||
| Dangerous to Know | Nicholas 'Nicki' Kusnoff | ||
| Tip-Off Girls | Marty | ||
| Hunted Men | Legs | ||
| Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Fordine (henchman) | ||
| King of Alcatraz | Lou Gedney | ||
| 1939 | King of Chinatown | Mike Gordon | |
| Union Pacific | Jack Cordray (Campeau henchman) | ||
| Island of Lost Men | Chang Tai | ||
| Television Spy | Forbes | ||
| 1940 | Emergency Squad | Nick Buller | |
| Parole Fixer | Francis 'Big Boy' Bradmore | ||
| Road to Singapore | Caesar | ||
| Ramon Mederos / Francisco Mederos | |||
| City for Conquest | Murray Burns | ||
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | Joe Yuma | ||
| 1941 | Knockout | Mr. Harry Trego | |
| Thieves Fall Out | Chic Collins | ||
| Blood and Sand | Manolo de Palma | ||
| Bullets for O'Hara | Tony Van Dyne / Tony Millard | ||
| They Died with Their Boots On | Crazy Horse | ||
| Alexander Moreno | |||
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Leo Dexter | |
| Road to Morocco | Mullay Kasim | ||
| Wogan | |||
| 1943 | Juan Martinez | ||
| Guadalcanal Diary | Jesus ('Soose') Alvarez | ||
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Chief Yellow Hand | |
| Ladies of Washington | Michael Romanescue | ||
| Roger Touhy, Gangster | George Carroll | ||
| Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Al Jackson | ||
| 1945 | China Sky | Chen-Ta | |
| Where Do We Go from Here? | Chief Badger | ||
| Back to Bataan | Capt. Andrés Bonifácio | ||
| 1947 | Sinbad the Sailor | Emir Maffi of Daibul | |
| California | Don Luís Rivera y Hernandez | ||
| Jose Martinez | |||
| Black Gold | Charley Eagle | ||
| Tycoon | Ricky | ||
| 1951 | The Brave Bulls | Raul Fuentes | |
| Mask of the Avenger | Viovanni Larocca | ||
| 1952 | Prince Ramón | ||
| Viva Zapata! | Eufemio Zapata | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Portugee | |||
| Against All Flags | Capt. Roc Brasiliano | ||
| 1953 | Funniest Show on Earth | Spettatore | |
| Cavalleria rusticana | Alfio (singing voice by Tito Gobbi) | US title: Fatal Desire | |
| Seminole | Osceola | ||
| City Beneath the Sea | Tony Bartlett | ||
| Ride, Vaquero! | José Constantino Esqueda | ||
| East of Sumatra | Kiang | ||
| Blowing Wild | Ward 'Paco' Conway | ||
| 1954 | Angels of Darkness | Francesco Caserto | |
| Johnny McBride | |||
| La Strada | Zampanò | ||
| Ulysses | Antinoos | ||
| Attila | Attila | ||
| 1955 | Fatal Desire | Alfio | |
| The Magnificent Matador | Luís Santos | ||
| Phil Regal | |||
| Seven Cities of Gold | Capt. Gaspar de Portola | ||
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Paul Gauguin | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| Man from Del Rio | Dave Robles | ||
| Quasimodo | |||
| Tom Kupfen | |||
| Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light | Himself | Short film Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Lust for Life | |
| 1957 | Ben Cameron | ||
| Bob Kallen | |||
| Wild Is the Wind | Gino | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance | |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | John Henry Duval | |
| The Buccaneer | N/A | Director | |
| 1959 | Frank Valente | ||
| Warlock | Tom Morgan | ||
| Last Train from Gun Hill | Craig Belden | Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Action Performance | |
| 1960 | Heller in Pink Tights | Thomas 'Tom' Healy | |
| Inuk | |||
| Portrait in Black | Dr. David Rivera | ||
| 1961 | Col. Andrea Stavrou | ||
| Barabbas | Barabbas | ||
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Louis 'Mountain' Rivera | |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Auda Abu Tayi | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
| 1964 | Serge Miller | Also producer | |
| Behold a Pale Horse | Viñolas | ||
| Zorba the Greek | Alexis Zorba | Also associate producer National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
| 1965 | Chavez | ||
| Marco the Magnificent | Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor of China | ||
| 1966 | Lost Command | Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy | |
| 1967 | Johann Moritz | ||
| Roc Delmonico | |||
| Peyrol | |||
| Guns for San Sebastian | Leon Alastray | ||
| 1968 | Maurice Conchis | ||
| The Shoes of the Fisherman | Kiril Lakota | Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance | |
| San Sebastian 1746 in 1968 | Himself | Short film Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Guns for San Sebastian | |
| 1969 | Italo Bombolini | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | |
| Matsoukas | |||
| 1970 | Will Cade | ||
| R. P. M. | Prof. F.W.J. 'Paco' Perez | ||
| Himself | Documentary | ||
| Flap | Flapping Eagle | ||
| 1972 | Arruza | Narrator | Voice only, documentary |
| Across 110th Street | Capt. Mattelli | Also executive producer | |
| The Voice of La Raza | Narrator | Voice only, short film | |
| Julius Caesar | Short film | ||
| Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears | Erastus 'Deaf' Smith | ||
| 1973 | Don Angelo | ||
| 1974 | Steve Ventura | ||
| 1976 | Philip Bang | ||
| Hamza | |||
| Gregorio Ferramonti | |||
| Target of an Assassin | Ernest Hobday | ||
| 1978 | Theo Tomasis | ||
| Caravans | Zulffiqar | ||
| Jesus Sanchez | |||
| 1979 | The Basque | ||
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Omar Mukhtar | |
| Bruno Manzini | |||
| High Risk | Mariano | ||
| 1982 | Valentina | Mosen Joaquín | |
| Regina Roma | Papa | ||
| 1989 | Stradivari | Antonio Stradivari | |
| Man of Passion | Mauricio | ||
| 1990 | Ghosts Can't Do It | Scott | |
| Revenge | Tibey | ||
| The Old Man and the Sea | The Old Man | ||
| 1991 | A Star for Two | Dr. Gabriel Todd | |
| Jungle Fever | Lou Carbone | ||
| Only the Lonely | Nick Acropolis | ||
| Mobsters | Don Giuseppe 'Joe the Boss' Masseria | ||
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Tony Vivaldi | |
| 1994 | Somebody to Love | Emillio | |
| 1995 | Don Pedro Aragon | ||
| Il Mago | Ercole | ||
| 1996 | Seven Servants | Archie | |
| 1997 | The Mayor | Antonio Baracano | |
| 1999 | Terra de canons | Sr. de Sicart | |
| 2000 | Oriundi | Giuseppe Padovani | Also producer |
| 2002 | From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff | Himself | Documentary |
| Avenging Angelo | Angelo Allieghieri | Final film role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Pastoral | N/A | Television Film Director |
| 1949 | Episode: '"Pride's Castle" | ||
| 1951 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Babe Callahan | Episode: "Ned Cobb's Daughter" |
| Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | Matt | Episode: "Partners" | |
| Lights Out | Episode: "The House of Dust" | ||
| The Ford Television Theatre | Episode: "Ticket to Oblivion" | ||
| Danger | Episode: "Blue" | ||
| 1951–1955 | Schlitz Playhouse | Jason Burrage Clay Waldon Pepe | Episode: "Dark Fleece" Episode: "The Long Trail" Episode: "Bandit's Hide-Out" |
| 1956 | ITV Play of the Week | Troke | Episode: "Rain on the Just" |
| 1963 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Poetry Reader | Season 16 Episode 29 |
| 1971–1972 | Thomas Jefferson Alcala | 15 episodes | |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Caiaphas | Miniseries |
| 1981 | Crosscurrent | Television film | |
| 1987 | Treasure Island in Space | Long John Silver | Miniseries |
| 1988 | Socrates Onassis | Television film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | |
| 1989 | Mr. Fuentes | Episode: "Surf's Up" | |
| 1990 | The Old Man and the Sea | Santiago | Television film |
| 1994 | This Can't Be Love | Michael Reyman | |
| Hercules and the Amazon Women | Zeus | ||
| Hercules and the Lost Kingdom | Zeus | ||
| Hercules and the Circle of Fire | Zeus | ||
| Hercules in the Underworld | Zeus | ||
| Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur | Zeus | ||
| 1995 | La noche de los castillos | Rey Falop | 8 episodes |
| 1996 | Gotti | Aniello 'Neil' Dellacroce | Television film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1999 | Cosby | Prof. Christo | Episode: "Lucas Illuminas" |
| Camino de Santiago | Félix Foulé | Miniseries | |
| Date | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 9–13, 1947 | The Gentleman from Athens | Hon. Stephen Socrates Christopher | |
| June 28, 1948 – May 1949 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Replacement for Marlon Brando |
| May 23 – June 11, 1950 | |||
| August 21–26, 1950 | Borned in Texas | Texas | |
| October 5, 1960 – March 25, 1961 | Becket | Henry II of England | Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play |
| October 25, 1962 – May 18, 1963 | Tchin-Tchin | Caesario Grimaldi | |
| January 5, 1983 – June 30, 1985; December 31, 1985 – August 3, 1986 | Zorba | Zorba | |