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ROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Anthony Quinn, the barrel-chested Oscar winner remembered for his roles as the
earthy hero of ``Zorba the Greek'' and the fierce Bedouin leader in ``Lawrence of Arabia,'' died Sunday. He
was 86.

Quinn's death was reported by Providence, R.I., Mayor Vincent ``Buddy'' Cianci, a friend of the actor. He said
Quinn died of respiratory failure Sunday morning at a Boston hospital.

``He was larger than life,'' Cianci said. ``I was proud to call him a friend.''

Quinn was living in Bristol, near Providence.

Quinn, who appeared in more than 100 feature films, won Academy Awards (news - web sites) for best
supporting actor in ``Viva Zapata!'' and ``Lust for Life.''

Born in Mexico and raised in poverty in East Los Angeles, Quinn went from stage and B-movie roles to
become an international leading man renowned for his big-man sensitivity and honest acting style.

In a film career that spanned more than 50 years, Quinn portrayed characters including kings, Indians, a
pope, a boxer and an artist.

``I never get the girl,'' Quinn once joked in an interview. ``I wind up with a country instead.''

He won his first Oscar for his work in the 1952 film ``Viva Zapata!'' as the brother of Mexican revolutionary
leader Emiliano Zapata.

To many, Quinn's Oscar-nominated characterization of the Greek peasant Zorba from the Nikos Kazantzakis
novel remained his most memorable role.

The Ouzo-drinking and bouzouki-dancing Zorba was Quinn's favorite role as well, so much so that he
returned to the stage in 1983 in a revival of the musical inspired by the 1964 film.

As a child, he shined shoes, sold papers and preached. After working as an movie extra, he met and married
the adopted daughter of Cecil B. De Mille, Katherine.

A real-life artist, sculptor and author, his role as painter Paul Gauguin in the 1956 film ``Lust for Life'' earned
him his second Oscar.

Later, after leading roles became less frequent, he left Hollywood to live and work in Italy.

``What could I play there? They only think of me as a Mexican, an Indian or a Mafia don,'' he said in a 1977
interview with the Associated Press.

He was divorced from Katherine in 1965 after he fathered two children with Italian costume designer Yolanda
Addolari, sparking an international scandal.

In 1972, Quinn wrote his autobiography, ``The Original Sin,'' which has been translated into more than 18
languages. He followed with a second volume titled ``Suddenly Sunset.''

The characteristically straightforward actor shunned the use of ghost writers, favoring blunt honesty over
Hollywood image-making.

``I could either lie or tell the truth,'' he said. ``I figured the only value in such a book would be to describe my
life as I lived it.''

In 1978, he played a character closely resembling the late shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in ``The Greek
Tycoon''

As his film career slowed in recent years, Quinn devoted most of his time to painting and sculpting.

Cianci said Quinn had moved to Bristol because ``He wanted to get away from all that New York stuff, all the
Hollywood hustle and bustle.''

He had recently worked in television, appearing in a 1990 TV movie based on Ernest Hemingway's classic
``The Old Man and the Sea'' and the 1996 HBO movie, ``Gotti.''

Quinn said in a 1987 interview that he reached most of the goals he set for himself as a young boy.

``I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now,'' he said, referring to his younger self.
``It's like climbing a mountain: I didn't take him up Mount Everest (news - web sites), but I took him up Mount
Whitney.

``And I think that's not bad.''

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