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

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. His physique and hoarse voice helped him get the chance to play the supporting character in various films including

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'' The Legend of Mayor of Zalamea'' (1973), Gonzalo Suárez's ''The Regent'' (1974),

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's '' Who Can Kill a Child?'' (1975), ''Hidden Pleasures'' (1977), ''The tobacconist of Vallecas'' (1986) (the latter two by

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), the TV miniseries Riders of the Dawn (1990) and

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's ''

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'' (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),

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's ''Aspirin for Two'' (1980),

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'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'' ('). The film was directed by

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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

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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.

Selected filmography

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'' (1976)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iranzo, Antonio 1930 births 2003 deaths Spanish male film actors Actors from the Valencian Community Spanish male stage actors