Antonio Iranzo

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 Gutiérr…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Delusions of Grandeur (1971) — Innkeeper (uncredited)
2. Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) — Crying Child Father
3. Freedomfighters (1996) — Miliciano
4. The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987) — Don Julián
5. Cut-Throats Nine (1971) — Ray Torch Brewster
6. The Wild Men of Kurdistan (1965)
7. Totò d'Arabia (1965) — Ivan
8. The Ugly Ones (1966) — Antonio
9. Inquisition (1977) — Rénover
10. Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965) — Durek
11. Hidden Pleasures (1977) — Carmen's Father
12. Réquiem por un campesino español (1985) — Padre de Paco
13. Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966) — Bandido (uncredited)
14. Burnt Skin (1967)
15. Curro Jiménez (1976) — Moñudo
16. Lorca: Death of a Poet (1987) — Joaquín Arcollas
17. Stories of Love and Slaughter (1979)
18. Gentleman Killer (1967) — Pedro
19. The Birds of Baden-Baden (1975) — Vicente
20. Las secretas intenciones (1970) — Camionero
21. To the Devil, with Love (1972)
22. Del amor y de la muerte (1977) — Alfonso
23. The Regent's Wife (1974) — Párroco de Contracalles
24. El fin de la inocencia (1977) — El capataz / Foreman
25. The Dead Man (1975) — Ulpiano
26. Sexperiencias (1968) — Amigo (voice)
27. Proceso a Mariana Pineda (1984) — Matías
28. El buscón (1979) — El Padre
29. El hombre que supo amar (1976) — Criado de Antón
30. Tocando fondo (1993) — Remigio
31. Hate for Hate (1967) — Fulton
32. La boda era a las doce (1964) — Manolo
33. La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea (1973) — Sargento
34. Surprise Attack (1970) — El Coronel (voice)
35. Los camioneros (1973)
36. Aquí mando yo — Hombre de la escopeta
37. Flower of Holiness (1973) — Soldado veterano
38. La chica del autostop (1965) — Manolo
39. Memorias del general Escobar (1984) — Buenaventura Durruti
40. The Cantabrians (1980) — Sonanso