Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 4, 1932
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Anthony Perkins
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Making I'm Dangerous Tonight | Himself |
| 2020 | Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door | Himself (archive) - subject |
| 2017 | Psycho Tom | Norman Bates |
| 2017 | 78/52 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | |
| 2015 | Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Fallout | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | The Psycho Legacy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Psycho' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | The Cockettes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self |
| 1993 | 24 Hour Psycho | Norman Bates (archive footage) |
| 1992 | In the Deep Woods | Paul Miller, P.I. |
| 1992 | The Naked Target | El Mecano |
| 1991 | A Demon in My View | Arthur Johnson |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Norman Bates |
| 1990 | Daughter of Darkness | Anton |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous Tonight | Buchanan |
| 1990 | The Ghost Writer | Anthony Strack |
| 1990 | With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film | Self |
| 1990 | The Day of Reckoning | Self - Host |
| 1989 | Edge of Sanity | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde |
| 1988 | Destroyer | Robert Edwards |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Anthony Perkins |
| 1986 | Psycho III | Norman Bates |
| 1986 | King Kong! The Living Legend | Self |
| 1984 | Crimes of Passion | Reverend Peter Shayne |
| 1983 | Psycho II | Norman Bates |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray | Henry Lord |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1980 | Double Negative | Lawrence Miles |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack | Lou Kramer |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | Dr. Alex Durant |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | John Cerruti |
| 1979 | Twice a Woman | Alfred |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | Self - Host |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Javert |
| 1978 | Remember My Name | Neil Curry |
| 1978 | First, You Cry | Arthur Heroz |
| 1975 | Mahogany | Sean McAvoy |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Hector MacQueen |
| 1974 | Lovin' Molly | Gid |
| 1973 | The Last of Sheila Featurette | Self |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Reverend LaSalle |
| 1972 | Play It as It Lays | B.Z. |
| 1971 | Someone Behind the Door | Laurence Jeffries |
| 1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Charles Van Horn |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman |
| 1970 | WUSA | Rainey |
| 1970 | How Awful About Allan | Allan |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Pretty Poison | Dennis Pitt |
| 1968 | The Male Animal | Tommy Turner |
| 1967 | The Champagne Murders | Christopher Belling |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Sgt. Warren |
| 1966 | Evening Primrose | Charles Snell |
| 1965 | The Fool Killer | Milo Bogardus |
| 1964 | Agent 38-24-36 | Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine |
| 1963 | The Sword and the Balance | Johnny Parsons |
| 1962 | The Trial | Josef K. |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight | Robert Macklin |
| 1962 | Phaedra | Alexis Kyrilis |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again | Philip Van der Besh |
| 1960 | Psycho | Norman Bates |
| 1960 | Tall Story | Ray Blent |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self |
| 1959 | On the Beach | Lt. Peter Holmes |
| 1959 | Green Mansions | Abel |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker | Cornelius Hackl |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | Abel Cabot |
| 1957 | The Tin Star | Ben Owens |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Riley Wade |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out | Jimmy Piersall |
| 1957 | This Angry Age | Joseph Dufresne |
| 1956 | Friendly Persuasion | Josh Birdwell |
| 1956 | Stars of Cabaret | Self (archive footage) |
| 1953 | The Actress | Fred Whitmarsh |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Patricia Highsmith's Tales | Host |
| 1990 | Chillers | Self - Host |
| 1987 | Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story | Talleyrand |
| 1984 | The Glory Boys | Jimmy |
| 1983 | For the Term of His Natural Life | Rev. James North |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self |
| 1977 | Please Turn the Page | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Charles Snell |
| 1965 | aspekte | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | Treffpunkt New York | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1955 | Windows | Benji |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | West Wind |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge | Pedro |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Joey |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1948 | Studio One | Clyde Smith |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |