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Antonio Iranzo

1930-05-04 València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

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Biografia

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.

Películas

Libertarias Miliciano 1996-04-19
Tocando fondo Remigio 1993-08-26
La estanquera de Vallecas Don Julián 1987-04-09
Réquiem por un campesino español Padre de Paco 1985-08-29
Memorias del general Escobar Buenaventura Durruti 1984-09-21
Los cántabros Sonanso 1980-01-01
Historias de amor y masacre 1979-04-16
El buscón El Padre 1979-11-27
Del amor y de la muerte Alfonso 1977-01-01
Los placeres ocultos Carmen's Father 1977-04-14
El fin de la inocencia El capataz / Foreman 1977-06-18
Inquisición Rénover 1977-12-01
El hombre que supo amar Criado de Antón 1976-09-19
¿Quién puede matar a un niño? Crying Child Father 1976-04-26
Los pájaros de Baden-Baden Vicente 1975-05-02
Cacique Bandeira Ulpiano 1975-08-21
La Regenta Párroco de Contracalles 1974-12-19
Flor de santidad Soldado veterano 1973-03-25
La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea Sargento 1973-04-13
Condenados a vivir Ray "Torch" Brewster 1972-07-10
Al diablo, con amor 1972-09-24
La Folie des grandeurs L'aubergiste (uncredited) 1971-12-08
Las secretas intenciones Camionero 1970-07-29
La piel quemada 1967-02-13
Gentleman Jo... uccidi Pedro 1967-08-14
Odio per odio Fulton 1967-08-18
El precio de un hombre Antonio 1966-11-04
Sette pistole per i MacGregor Bandido (uncredited) 1966-02-02
Totò d'Arabia Ivan 1965-02-18
La chica del autostop Manolo 1965-08-22
Durchs wilde Kurdistan 1965-10-06
Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen Durek 1965-12-31
El mujeriego Matías 1964-03-02
La boda era a las doce Manolo 1964-10-30
Aquí mando yo Hombre de la escopeta