Anthony Perkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1932
- Died
- September 12, 1992 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie · as Himself
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
Movie · as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie · as (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie · as Self (archive)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Fallout
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Movie · as Self
In the Deep Woods
Movie · as Paul Miller, P.I.
The Naked Target
Movie · as El Mecano
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
TV · as Host · 12 eps
A Demon in My View
Movie · as Arthur Johnson
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Movie · as Norman Bates
Daughter of Darkness
Movie · as Anton
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie · as Buchanan
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Movie · as Self
The Day of Reckoning
Movie · as Self - Host
A Curious Suicide
Movie · as Self - Host
The Making of the Edge of Sanity
Movie · as Self
Chillers
TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps
Edge of Sanity
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Destroyer
Movie · as Robert Edwards
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Movie · as Anthony Perkins
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
TV · as Talleyrand · 3 eps
Psycho III
Movie · as Norman Bates
King Kong! The Living Legend
Movie · as Self
The Making Of Psycho III
Movie · as Self
Crimes of Passion
Movie · as Reverend Peter Shayne
The Glory Boys
TV · as Jimmy · 3 eps
Psycho II
Movie · as Norman Bates
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Henry Lord
For the Term of His Natural Life
TV · as Reverend James North · 3 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
The Orson Welles Story
Movie · as Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Double Negative
Movie · as Lawrence Miles
North Sea Hijack
Movie · as Lou Kramer
The Black Hole
Movie · as Dr. Alex Durant
Winter Kills
Movie · as John Cerruti
Twice a Woman
Movie · as Alfred
The Horror Show
Movie · as Self - Host
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Les Misérables
Movie · as Javert
Remember My Name
Movie · as Neil Curry
First, You Cry
Movie · as Arthur Heroz
Please Turn the Page
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mahogany
Movie · as Sean McAvoy
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Hector MacQueen
Lovin' Molly
Movie · as Gid
The Last of Sheila Featurette
Movie · as Self
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie · as Reverend LaSalle
Play It as It Lays
Movie · as B.Z.
Someone Behind the Door
Movie · as Laurence Jeffries
Ten Days' Wonder
Movie · as Charles Van Horn
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Catch-22
Movie · as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
WUSA
Movie · as Rainey
How Awful About Allan
Movie · as Allan
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Poison
Movie · as Dennis Pitt
The Male Animal
Movie · as Tommy Turner
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Champagne Murders
Movie · as Christopher Belling
Is Paris Burning?
Movie · as Sgt. Warren
Evening Primrose
Movie · as Charles Snell
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Charles Snell · 1 ep
The Fool Killer
Movie · as Milo Bogardus
aspekte
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Tommy Turner · 1 ep
Agent 38-24-36
Movie · as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
The Sword and the Balance
Movie · as Johnny Parsons
The Trial
Movie · as Josef K.
Five Miles to Midnight
Movie · as Robert Macklin
Phaedra
Movie · as Alexis Kyrilis
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Goodbye Again
Movie · as Philip Van der Besh
Treffpunkt New York
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Psycho
Movie · as Norman Bates
Tall Story
Movie · as Ray Blent
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Movie · as Self
On the Beach
Movie · as Lt. Peter Holmes
Green Mansions
Movie · as Abel
Discorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Matchmaker
Movie · as Cornelius Hackl
Desire Under the Elms
Movie · as Abel Cabot
The Tin Star
Movie · as Ben Owens
The Lonely Man
Movie · as Riley Wade
Fear Strikes Out
Movie · as Jimmy Piersall
This Angry Age
Movie · as Joseph Dufresne
Friendly Persuasion
Movie · as Josh Birdwell
Stars of Cabaret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Windows
TV · as Benji · 5 eps
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Actress
Movie · as Fred Whitmarsh
General Electric Theater
TV · as West Wind · 1 ep
Goodyear Television Playhouse
TV · as Joey · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Studio One
TV · as Clyde Smith · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Willie · 1 ep