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His father Anthony Quinn lived to be a robust 86 (and even sired two children in his final decade), but Francesco Quinn died this morning far too young at the age of 48. On the big screen, he was perhaps best known for his memorable portrayal of underground drug king Rhah in Oliver stone’s Oscar-winning Platoon (1986). He had a reputation for being difficult to work with and reportedly got into a fistfight with Willem Dafoe on the set of that film. He kept busy as an actor though, costarring with his father in the miniseries Stradivari in 1989 and opposite Chuck Norris in Top Dog (1995). Most recently his raspy voice could be heard as the character of Dino in Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. He found a lot of work in television where he had recurring roles on Jag, 24, Zen, NCIS, and was a regular at one time on The Young and the Restless.

Francesco Quinn, son of Anthony Quinn and Dino's voice in Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, has died. Quinn collapsed, apparently from a heart attack, while jogging with his son Max in Malibu's La Costa neighborhood on Friday evening (Aug. 5). He was 48. One of Mexican-born, two-time Oscar winner Anthony Quinn's 13 children, Francesco Quinn was born in Rome on March 22, 1963. His mother was costume designer Jolanda Addolori. An actor for 25 years, Quinn was featured in more than 30 movies. His film debut took place in Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Platoon (1986), in which he played the drug-dealing character Rhah. Among his other credits, usually in minor fare, were Casablanca Express (1989), Cannes Man (1996), and Man vs. Monday (2006). According to the IMDb, he has one movie coming out: Giuseppe Ferrara's Roma nuda. Charles Leinenweber and Thadd Turner's Buttermilk Sky was in pre-production for a possible 2012 release. Additionally, Quinn had roles...