Antonio Iranzo
Antonio Iranzo (4 May 1930 – 7 July 2003) was a Spanish film actor in 77 feature films. He gained popularity for his acting in Island of the Damned and Cut - Throats Nine. Iranzo began his artistic career in the theater, while working as a radio announcer. Later he joined the Nuria Espert Company and made his film debut in 1963 with La chica del auto-stop directed by Miguel Lluch. His physique and hoarse voice helped him get the chance to play the supporting character in various films including Mario Camus's The Legend of Mayor of Zalamea (1973), Gonzalo Suárez's The Regent (1974), Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's Who Can Kill a Child? (1975), Hidden Pleasures (1977), The tobacconist of Vallecas (1986) (the latter two by Eloy de la Iglesia), the TV miniseries Riders of the Dawn (1990) and Vicente Aranda's Libertarias (1996). Iranzo had a well known career on stage, which particularly excelled in his interpretations of classics from the Golden Age. Some of the works featuring him were Adolfo Marsillach and Molière's Tartuffe (1969), Felix Lope de Vega's The Star of Seville (1958), Max Frisch's Andorra (1971), Adolfo Marsillach's Flower of Holiness (1973), Arnold Wesker and Irene Gutiérrez Caba's Chicken Soup with Oats (1978), Martín Recuerda's The Arrecogías the Beguinage of St. Mary of Egypt (1977), José María Rodríguez Méndez's Weddings that were famous in the Rag and Fandanga (1978), Miguel de Cervantes's The Baths of Algiers (1979) and The Roll Lavapies (1979), Woody Allen's Aspirin for Two (1980), Santiago Moncada's Ears of the Wolf (1980), Martin Recuerda's The Deceiting (1981), Miguel Mihura's Peach in Syrup (1982), Ibsen's Mallard (1982), Euripides's Fedra (1984), Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1988), Alejandro Casona's The Third Word (1992). Iranzo also had a prolific career in television; he played several characters in dramas TVE as Study 1 or Novel, Time Eleven or Fictions. His deep voice helped him in standing out as a voice actor, remembered for being among other characters as BA Baracus in the television series El equipo A. He was the winner of the 1966's Silver Frames Award for Best Actor of Spanish cinema for the film Burnt Skin (La piel quemada). The film was directed by Josep Maria Forn and depicted the social problems of Spain during the decade. In the film Iranzo played the character of an Andalusian worker named Jose who works in Costa Brava and falls in love with a Belgian tourist while his family including wife and two children struggle to reach him. In 2014 the film Who can Kill a Child? was shown at Denver Film Society's Stanley Film Festival. Source: Article "Antonio Iranzo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 1996 · Freedomfighters as Miliciano
- 1993 · Tocando fondo as Remigio
- 1987 · Lorca: Death of a Poet as Joaquín Arcollas
- 1987 · The Tobacconist of Vallecas as Don Julián
- 1985 · Réquiem por un campesino español as Padre de Paco
- 1984 · Memorias del general Escobar as Buenaventura Durruti
- 1980 · The Cantabrians as Sonanso
- 1979 · El buscón as El Padre
- 1979 · Stories of Love and Slaughter as
- 1977 · Inquisition as Rénover
- 1977 · El fin de la inocencia as El capataz / Foreman
- 1977 · Hidden Pleasures as Carmen's Father
- 1977 · Del amor y de la muerte as Alfonso
- 1976 · Curro Jiménez as Moñudo
- 1976 · El hombre que supo amar as Criado de Antón
- 1976 · Who Can Kill a Child? as Crying Child Father
- 1975 · The Dead Man as Ulpiano
- 1975 · The Birds of Baden-Baden as Vicente
- 1974 · The Regent's Wife as Párroco de Contracalles
- 1973 · Los camioneros as
- 1973 · La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea as Sargento
- 1973 · Flower of Holiness as Soldado veterano
- 1972 · To the Devil, with Love as
- 1972 · Cut-Throats Nine as Ray "Torch" Brewster
- 1971 · Delusions of Grandeur as L'aubergiste (uncredited)
- 1970 · Las secretas intenciones as Camionero
- 1967 · Hate for Hate as Fulton
- 1967 · Gentleman Killer as Pedro
- 1967 · Burnt Skin as
- 1966 · The Ugly Ones as Antonio
- 1966 · Seven Guns for the MacGregors as Bandido (uncredited)
- 1965 · Kingdom of the Silver Lion as Durek
- 1965 · The Wild Men of Kurdistan as
- 1965 · La chica del autostop as Manolo
- 1965 · Totò d'Arabia as Ivan
- 1964 · La boda era a las doce as Manolo
- Future · Aquí mando yo as Hombre de la escopeta
- 1964 · El mujeriego as Matías