Anthony M Quinn, 43Plainfield, IN

Jon C, Hopwood

Jolanda Addolori (2 January 1966 - 19 August 1997) (divorced); 3 children
Katherine DeMille (3 October 1937 - 21 January 1965) (divorced); 5 children
'Kathy Benvin' (7 December 1997 - 3 June 2001) (his death); 2 children

Appeared in more movies with other Oscar-winning actors than any otherOscar-winning actor - a total of 46 Oscar-winning co-stars (28 male, 18female).
Fathered 13 children. He had five children withKatherine DeMille: Valentina Quinn, Alex A. Quinn,Christopher (drowned in W.C. Fields' swimming pool at age 3) andtwo others; three children with Jolanda Addolori:Francesco Quinn (actor), Lorenzo Quinn (painter,sculptor), and Danny Quinn (I) (actor); and two children withformer secretary and third wife Kathy Benvin: Antonia (b. 1994) andRyan Quinn (III) (b. 1996). His children from the first twomarriages were left out of his will for unknown reasons. The bulk ofhis estate went to his third wife and their two young children.
Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1947, just before he was"gray-listed" for his association with Communists such as screenwriterJohn Howard Lawson and what were termed "fellow travelers",though he himself was never called before the House Un-AmericanActivities Committee. When warned of his gray-listing by 20thCentury-Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck (a liberal), Quinn decided togo on the Broadway stage where there was no blacklist rather than gothrough the process of refuting the suspicions.
For The Magus (1968) he had to shave his hair. He had aninsurance policy against the risk that it might not grow back!
Lived in Bristol, RI, and befriended Providence's controversial mayorBuddy Cianci.

Novel: "The Original Sin," 1972.
Novel: "Suddenly Sunset."
Subject of TV documentary, c.1983, featuring his family and work.
2002: Wrote text to book, "Lovers and Other Strangers: Paintings by JackVettriano," published in London by Pavillion.
Album: "In My Own Way ... I Love You" (1969/Capitol)

Alvin Marill. _The Films of Anthony Quinn._ 1975,
Anthony Quinn. _One Man Tango._ 1995.
Stephen C. Jordan. _Hollywood's Original Rat Pack._ Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he'sa bum.
[when asked about his ethnicity] It doesn't make a difference as long asI'm a person in the world.
I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead.
They said all I was good for was playing Indians.
[speaking in the 1980s] I don't see many men today. I see a lot of guysrunning around on television with small waists, but I don't see manymen.

"Empire" (UK), 1994, Iss. 78, pg. 58-59

"Veronica" (Netherlands), 10 September 1977, Iss. 37
"Love Letters" (USA), December 1951, Vol. 1, Iss. 16

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words (2001) (V)
Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas (2003) (TV)
Anthony Quinn: An Original (1990) (TV)
"Biography" (1987) {Anthony Quinn: A Lust for Life}

Brando (2007) (TV) Biography
Last Action Hero (1993) Fantasy
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Biography
Lion of the Desert (1981) Biography
Viva Zapata! (1952) History
"Banda sonora" (2007) {(#5.16)}
Avenging Angelo (2002) Crime
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988) Documentary
Jungle Fever (1991) Romance
The Old Man and the Sea (1990) (TV) Drama