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Anthony Perkins
Actor, Director, Writer
Died September 12, 1992 (60 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2015 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words · as Philip Van der Besh (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica · as Unknown |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Norman Bates |
| 2003 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains · as Norman Bates (#2 Villain) |
| 1992 | In the Deep Woods · as Paul Miller, P.I. |
| 1991 | A Demon in My View · as Arthur Johnson |
| 1990 | Daughter of Darkness · as Anton |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous Tonight · as Buchanan |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning · as Norman Bates |
| 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 | Crimes of Passion · as Reverend Peter Shayne |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Norman Bates |
| 1984 | The Glory Boys (TV Series) · as Jimmy |
| 1983 | Psycho II · as Norman Bates |
| 1983 | For The Term of His Natural Life (TV Series) · as Rev. James North |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Unknown |
| 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 | Remember My Name · as Neil Curry |
| 1978 | Les Miserables · as Javert |
| 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 | Someone Behind the Door · as Laurence Jeffries |
| 1971 | Ten Days Wonder · as Charles Van Horn |
| 1970 | Catch-22 · as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman |
| 1970 | WUSA · as Rainey |
| 1970 | How Awful About Allan · as Allan |
| 1968 | Pretty Poison · as Dennis Pitt |
| 1967 | The Champagne Murders · as Christopher Belling |
| 1966 | Evening Primrose · as Charles Snell |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Sgt. Warren |
| 1965 | The Fool Killer · as Milo Bogardus |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Tommy Turner |
| 1964 | Agent 38-24-36 · as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueiovitch Maukouline |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Robert Macklin |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight · as Robert Macklin |
| 1962 | Phaedra · as Alexis |
| 1962 | Le glaive et la balance · as Johnny Parsons |
| 1962 | The Trial · as Josef K. |
| 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 |
| 1957 | The Tin Star · as Ben Owens |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man · as Riley Wade |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out · as Jim Piersall |
| 1957 | This Angry Age · as Joseph Dufresne |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion · as Josh Birdwell |
| 1953 | The Actress · as Fred Whitmarsh |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as West Wind |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Clyde Smith |