Anthony Quinn was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican/American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He appeared as the lead in a number of films both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, the most notable being the title character in Michael Cacoyannis' Zorba the Greek and the cruel circus performer in Federico Fellini's La strada. Quinn also appeared in such films as Lawrence of Arabia, Viva Zapata!, Lust for Life, Barabbas, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Shoes of the Fisherman, and The Guns of Navarone.