Antonio Iranzo

Born: 1930-05-04

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.


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Delusions of Grandeur

as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1971-12-08

Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and...

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Who Can Kill a Child?

as Crying Child Father
Released: 1976-04-26

A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean...

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Freedomfighters

as Miliciano
Released: 1996-04-19

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes...

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Totò d'Arabia

as Ivan
Released: 1965-02-18

Toto, a former Italian military servant who works as a servant at the British Intelligence...

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The Ugly Ones

as Antonio
Released: 1966-11-04

Escaped outlaw Jose Gomez returns to his home town pursued by bounty killer Luke Chilson. The...

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The Tobacconist of Vallecas

as Don Julián
Released: 1987-04-09

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas...

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Cut-Throats Nine

as Ray "Torch" Brewster
Released: 1972-07-10

A wagon load of convicts on their way to prison is being escorted through the mountains by a...

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The Wild Men of Kurdistan

as uncredited
Released: 1965-10-06

After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman...

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Kingdom of the Silver Lion

as Durek
Released: 1965-12-31

Kara Ben-Nemsi, friends and rescuers set out to free a young relative of the guardian of the...

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Seven Guns for the MacGregors

as Bandido (uncredited)
Released: 1966-02-02

Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas, a small...

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Del amor y de la muerte

as Alfonso
Released: 1977-01-01

Don Diego goes to war and his son Don Gonzalo is, in his absence, the new lord of the region....

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Hidden Pleasures

as Carmen's Father
Released: 1977-04-14

Eduardo, a wealthy banker who has a pastime for hiring young street hustlers to keep his bed...

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La boda era a las doce

as Manolo
Released: 1964-10-30

Elisa, a seller of a fashion house, sends a model to the wrong address. For fear of being fired...

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Réquiem por un campesino español

as Padre de Paco
Released: 1985-08-29

Hypocrisy and betrayal are the two dramatic pivots in this effective, emotionally gripping...

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Gentleman Killer

as Pedro
Released: 1967-08-14

In a disputed border town, the US Army waits for word from Washington as to the rightful country...

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Memorias del general Escobar

as Buenaventura Durruti
Released: 1984-09-21

After the end of the Spanish Civil War, General Antonio Escobar Huerta stoically awaits his...

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El hombre que supo amar

as Criado de Antón
Released: 1976-09-19

The life of Juan de Dios and his struggle against social, political and religious structures.

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Tocando fondo

as Remigio
Released: 1993-08-26

Andres de Granada, a forty-benefit trade more clear, believed that the first months of 1993 are...

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The Regent's Wife

as Párroco de Contracalles
Released: 1974-12-19

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores...

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Las secretas intenciones

as Camionero
Released: 1970-07-29

Miguel is a married architect with children; Blanca, an attractive young woman who has attempted...

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Burnt Skin

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-13

Catalonia, Spain. In a village on the Costa Brava, José, an Andalusian emigrant, works as a...

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La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea

as Sargento
Released: 1973-04-13

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Inquisition

as Rénover
Released: 1977-12-01

Period piece set during the Inquisition about a witch-finder general who falls in love with the...

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El mujeriego

as Matías
Released: 1964-03-02

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El fin de la inocencia

as El capataz / Foreman
Released: 1977-06-18

A student, expelled from school for her behaviour, moves into the house of her uncle, a man with...

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To the Devil, with Love

as uncredited
Released: 1972-09-24

On an island buffeted by storms, the seamen are confined with no desire to abandon the life by...

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The Cantabrians

as Sonanso
Released: 1980-01-01

In this film Paul Naschy embodies the Roman general Agrippa Vipsanio in a fierce battle against...

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Flower of Holiness

as Soldado veterano
Released: 1973-03-25

A beautiful teenage shepherdess named Adega sleeps one night with a mysterious pilgrim in a barn...

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Hate for Hate

as Fulton
Released: 1967-08-18

After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp,...

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El buscón

as El Padre
Released: 1979-11-27

XVII century Spain. Don Pablo tries to climb position and falls into the hands of students,...

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Stories of Love and Slaughter

as uncredited
Released: 1979-04-16

Animation film based in some stories of the better illustrators and humorists of Spain during...

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The Dead Man

as Ulpiano
Released: 1975-08-21

Benjamin Ortalora is a young man who leaves Buenos Aires after murdering a rival. He goes to...

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Curro Jiménez

as Moñudo
First aired: 1976-12-22

Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to...

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Los camioneros

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-11-12

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Lorca: Death of a Poet

as Joaquín Arcollas
First aired: 1987-11-28

Lorca, a great Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved...

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