Name
Anthony Perkins
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-04-04
Deathday
1992-09-12 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazan’s production of Tea and Sympathy (1955).
He quickly became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, working alongside actors such as Henry Fonda (The Tin Star), Sophia Loren (Desire Under the Elms), Shirley MacLaine (The Matchmaker), Audrey Hepburn (Green Mansions), and Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, and Ava Gardner (On the Beach).
He left Hollywood in 1960 and had a successful career in Europe, where he co-starred with Ingrid Bergman (Aimez-vous Brahms?), Melina Mercouri (Phaedra), Brigitte Bardot (Une ravissante idiote), and Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, and Orson Welles (Le procès). He returned to Hollywood in 1968 with Pretty Poison, which became a cult classic.
In the decades that followed, his career continued to flourish alongside personalities like Diana Ross (Mahogany), Jeff Goldblum (Remember My Name), Elizabeth Taylor (Winter Kills), John Candy (Double Negative), and Lauren Bacall (Murder on the Orient Express). In 1973, he co-wrote The Last of Sheila with Stephen Sondheim.
During his career, he won a Golden Globe, a Cannes Award, and a David di Donatello Award, and was nominated for two Tony Awards and one Academy Award. Perkins died on September 12, 1992, of AIDS complications.
Known For
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In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to ...
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The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly oppo...
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Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitut...
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An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge....
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Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down P...
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In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine ...
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The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search fo...
- 1960 Psycho as Norman Bates
- 1962 The Trial as Josef K.
- 1983 Psycho II as Norman Bates
- 1975 Mahogany as Sean McAvoy
- 1970 Catch-22 as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express as Hector MacQueen
- 1971 Someone Behind the Door as Laurence Jeffries
- 1966 Is Paris Burning? as Sgt. Warren
- 1978 Les Misérables as Javert
- 1957 The Tin Star as Ben Owens
- 1979 The Black Hole as Dr. Alex Durant
- 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Reverend LaSalle
- 1986 Psycho III as Norman Bates
- 1968 Pretty Poison as Dennis Pitt
- 1965 The Fool Killer as Milo Bogardus
- 1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning as Norman Bates
- 1984 Crimes of Passion as Reverend Peter Shayne
- 1959 On the Beach as Lt. Peter Holmes
- 1979 Winter Kills as John Cerruti
- 1957 The Lonely Man as Riley Wade
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion as Josh Birdwell
- 1958 The Matchmaker as Cornelius Hackl
- 1962 Five Miles to Midnight as Robert Macklin
- 1959 Green Mansions as Abel
- 1962 Phaedra as Alexis Kyrilis
- 1990 Daughter of Darkness as Anton
- 1970 WUSA as Rainey
- 1970 How Awful About Allan as Allan
- 1967 The Champagne Murders as Christopher Belling
- 2000 The American Nightmare as Self
- 1971 Ten Days' Wonder as Charles Van Horn
- 1961 Goodbye Again as Philip Van der Besh
- 1989 Edge of Sanity as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
- 1978 Remember My Name as Neil Curry
- 1972 Play It as It Lays as B.Z.
- 1988 Destroyer as Robert Edwards
- 1960 Tall Story as Ray Blent
- 1958 Desire Under the Elms as Abel Cabot
- 1953 The Actress as Fred Whitmarsh
- 1979 Twice a Woman as Alfred
- 1992 In the Deep Woods as Paul Miller, P.I.
- 1966 Evening Primrose as Charles Snell
- 1957 Fear Strikes Out as Jimmy Piersall
- 1964 Agent 38-24-36 as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
- 1991 A Demon in My View as Arthur Johnson
- 1974 Lovin' Molly as Gid
- 1957 This Angry Age as Joseph Dufresne
- 1963 The Sword and the Balance as Johnny Parsons
- 1978 First, You Cry as Arthur Heroz
- 1968 The Male Animal as Tommy Turner
- 1990 I'm Dangerous Tonight as Buchanan
- 2005 The Making of 'Psycho' as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Himself
- 1988 Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Anthony Perkins
- 1986 King Kong! The Living Legend as Self
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 The Last of Sheila Featurette as Self
- 1992 The Naked Target as El Mecano
- 1979 The Horror Show as Self - Host
- 1983 The Sins of Dorian Gray as Henry Lord
- 1980 Double Negative as Lawrence Miles
- 1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2013 Fallout as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 North Sea Hijack as Lou Kramer
- 2020 Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door as Self - Subject (archive footage)
- 1990 The Ghost Writer as Anthony Strack
- 1990 With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self
- 2015 Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 2015 Tab Hunter Confidential as Self (archive)
- 2002 The Cockettes as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1990 The Day of Reckoning as Self - Host
- 1982 The Orson Welles Story as Self
- 1990 A Curious Suicide as Self - Host
- 1986 The Making Of Psycho III as Self
- 1990 The Making of the Edge of Sanity as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 Treffpunkt New York ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Clyde Smith
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as West Wind
- 1966 ABC Stage 67 ( 1 episode ) as Charles Snell
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 Windows ( 5 episodes ) as Benji
- 1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story ( 3 episodes ) as Talleyrand
- 1990 Chillers ( 12 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1983 For the Term of His Natural Life ( 3 episodes ) as Reverend James North
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 Goodyear Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Joey
- 1959 Discorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Please Turn the Page ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 aspekte ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Patricia Highsmith's Tales ( 12 episodes ) as Host
- 1954 Reflets de Cannes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Turner
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Willie
- 1984 The Glory Boys ( 3 episodes ) as Jimmy
- 1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self
