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Anthony Quinn
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Born: Apr 21, 1915
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Anthony Quinn was born Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn in Chihuahua, Mexico to an Irish Mexican father and an Mexican mother. After starting life in extremely modest circumstances in Mexico, his family moved to Los Angeles, California, where he grew up in the Boyle Heights and the Echo Park neighborhoods. In Los Angeles, he attended Polytechnic High School and later Belmont High, the latter of which he dropped out of. The young Quinn boxed (which stood him in good stead as a stage actor, when he played Stanley Kowalski to rave reviews in Chicago), then later studied architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright at the great architect's studio, Taliesin, in Arizona. Quinn was close to Wright, who encouraged him when Quinn decided to give acting a try. After a brief apprenticeship in theater, Quinn made his movie acting debut in 1936 in a variety of small roles in several films at Paramount, including playing a Native American in The Plainsman, which was directed by the man who later became his father-in-law, Cecil B. DeMille.
As a contract player at Paramount, he mainly played villains and ethnic types, such as the Arab in the Crosby-Hope vehicle Road to Morocco (1942). As a Mexican national (he did not become naturalized until 1947), he was exempt from the draft: With many actors in the service fighting World War II, Quinn was able to move up into better supporting roles. He had married DeMille's daughter Katharine, which enabled him to move in the top circles of Hollywood society.
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Anthony Quinn Nude and Sexy
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