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Anthony Perkins
Actor, Director, Writer
Born April 4, 1932Died September 12, 1992 (60 years)
Anthony Perkins 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.
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
Filmography
| 2024 | Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · as Norman Bates In Psycho |
| 2019 | Hitchcock Confidential · as Norman Bates |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica · as (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Norman Bates |
| 2007 | Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery · as Mcqueen |
| 2005 | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe · as Cast |
| 2005 | Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Josef K. |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Norman Bates (#2 Villain) |
| 2001 | Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation · as Norman Bates |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho · as Norman Bates (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | In the Deep Woods · as Paul Miller, P.i. |
| 1992 | The Naked Target · as El Mecano |
| 1991 | A Demon in My View · as Arthur Johnson |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning · as Norman Bates |
| 1990 | The Ghost Writer · as Anthony Strack |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous Tonight · as Buchanan |
| 1990 | Daughter of Darkness · as Anton |
| 1989 | Edge of Sanity · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "the Ripper" Hyde |
| 1988 | Destroyer · as Robert Edwards |
| 1987 | Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (TV Series) · as Talleyrand |
| 1986 | Psycho III · as Norman Bates |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Norman Bates |
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion · as Reverend Peter Shayne |
| 1984 | The Glory Boys (TV Series) · as Jimmy |
| 1983 | Psycho II · as Norman Bates |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray · as Henry Lord |
| 1983 | For The Term of His Natural Life (TV Series) · as Rev. James North |
| 1980 | Double Negative · as Lawrence Miles |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack · as Lou Kramer |
| 1979 | The Black Hole · as Dr. Alex Durant |
| 1979 | Twice a Woman · as Alfred |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as John Cerruti |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Javert |
| 1978 | Remember My Name · as Neil Curry |
| 1978 | First, You Cry · as Arthur Heroz |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Josh Birdwell |
| 1975 | Mahogany · as Sean Mcavoy |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Hector Macqueen |
| 1974 | Lovin' Molly · as Gid |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · as Reverend Lasalle |
| 1972 | Play It As It Lays · as B.z. |
| 1971 | Ten Days Wonder · as Charles Van Horn |
| 1971 | Someone Behind the Door · as Laurence Jeffries |
| 1970 | How Awful About Allan · as Allan |
| 1970 | WUSA · as Rainey |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Chaplain Capt. A.t. Tappman |
| 1968 | Pretty Poison · as Dennis Pitt |
| 1967 | The Champagne Murders · as Christopher Belling |
| 1967 | Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts · as Josef K. |
| 1966 | Evening Primrose · as Charles Snell |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Sgt. Warren |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Charles Snell |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Tommy Turner |
| 1965 | The Fool Killer · as Milo Bogardus |
| 1964 | Agent 38-24-36 · as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Robert Macklin |
| 1962 | Le glaive et la balance · as Johnny Parsons |
| 1962 | The Trial · as Josef K. |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight · as Robert Macklin |
| 1962 | Phaedra · as Alexis Kyrilis |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again · as Philip Van Der Besh |
| 1960 | Psycho · as Norman Bates |
| 1960 | Tall Story · as Ray Blent |
| 1959 | On the Beach · as Lt. Peter Holmes |
| 1959 | Green Mansions · as Abel |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker · as Cornelius Hackl |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms · as Abel Cabot |
| 1958 | This Angry Age · as Joseph Dufresne |
| 1957 | The Tin Star · as Ben Owens |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man · as Riley Wade |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out · as Jimmy Piersall |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion · as Josh Birdwell |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) · as Pedro |
| 1953 | The Actress · as Fred Whitmarsh |
| 1953 | You Are There (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as West Wind |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joey |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Philippe |
| 1949 | The Big Story (TV Series) · as Ralph Darrow |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Clyde Smith |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as . |