Person Details

Birthday: 1930-05-04 07:07:58

Death: 2003-07-07 07:07:58

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

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Movie Involvements: 24

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Who Can Kill a Child?
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7

Who Can Kill a Child?

(1976) Crying Child Father
Cut-Throats Nine
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7

Cut-Throats Nine

(1972) Ray "Torch" Brewster
The Ugly Ones
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6

The Ugly Ones

(1966) Antonio
Freedomfighters
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6

Freedomfighters

(1996) Miliciano
Inquisition
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6

Inquisition

(1977) Rénover
Hidden Pleasures
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6

Hidden Pleasures

(1977) Padre de Carmen
Seven Guns for the MacGregors
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5

Seven Guns for the MacGregors

(1966) Bandido (uncredited)
Kingdom of the Silver Lion
Average
6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1996 Miliciano
1993 Remigio
1987 Joaquín Arcollas
Don Julián
1985 Padre de Paco
1984 Buenaventura Durruti
1980 Sonanso
1979 El Padre
N/A
1977 Rénover
El capataz / Foreman
Carmen's Father
Alfonso
1976 Moñudo
Criado de Antón
Crying Child Father
1975 Ulpiano
Vicente
1974 Párroco de Contracalles
1973 N/A
Sargento
Soldado veterano
1972 N/A
Ray "Torch" Brewster
1971 L'aubergiste (non accrédité)
1970 Camionero
1967 Fulton
Pedro
José
1966 Antonio
Bandido (uncredited)
1965 Durek
N/A
Manolo
Ivan
1964 Manolo
Matías
Hombre de la escopeta
Year Character Movie/Tv

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