Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn, a Mexican-born American, built a career playing nationalities outside his own origin and kept at it for sixty years. He entered cinema in 1936 with a small part in a western. Two supporting actor Oscars stand to him, for Viva Zapata! and Lust for Life. The role he is remembered for above the rest is Zorba. He worked outside America as well, and his travelling strongman in Federico Fellini's La Strada is counted among the strongest performances of his career. He became one of the fixed faces of large productions with crowded casts, Lawrence of Arabia and The Guns of Navarone among them.