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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Les Miserables
  • Someone Behind the Door
  • How Awful About Allan
  • In the Deep Woods

Known For

  • Psycho
  • Psycho II
  • The Trial
  • Psycho III
  • The Black Hole
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Psycho IV: The Beginning
  • The Last of Sheila
  • Crimes of Passion
  • Pretty Poison
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • On the Beach
  • The Tin Star
  • Catch-22
  • North Sea Hijack
  • Fear Strikes Out
  • Edge of Sanity
  • Green Mansions
  • Winter Kills
  • How Awful About Allan
  • Ten Days Wonder
  • Les Miserables
  • Phaedra
  • Daughter of Darkness

Filmography

2024
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail · as Norman Bates In Psycho
2019
Hitchcock Confidential · as Norman Bates
2015
2010
2007
2005
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons · as Josef K.
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Norman Bates (#2 Villain)
2001
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
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
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
1972
1971
Ten Days Wonder · as Charles Van Horn
1971
Someone Behind the Door · as Laurence Jeffries
1970
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
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 .

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