Anthony Perkins
Born April 04, 1932 (Age: 94)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
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as Self - Subject (archive footage)
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Age: 88
The Cockettes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 69
The American Nightmare
2000
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as Self
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Age: 68
24 Hour Psycho
1993
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as Norman Bates (archive footage)
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Age: 60
In the Deep Woods
1992
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as Paul Miller, P.I.
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Age: 60
The Naked Target
1992
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as El Mecano
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Age: 59
A Demon in My View
1991
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as Arthur Johnson
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Age: 59
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
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as Norman Bates
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Age: 58
The Ghost Writer
1990
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as Anthony Strack
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Age: 58
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
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as Buchanan
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Age: 58
The Day of Reckoning
1990
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as Self - Host
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Age: 58
No Image
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
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as Self
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Age: 57
Daughter of Darkness
1990
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as Anton
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Age: 57
Edge of Sanity
1989
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as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
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Age: 57
Destroyer
1988
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as Robert Edwards
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Age: 55
Psycho III
1986
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as Norman Bates
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Age: 53
Psycho II
1983
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as Norman Bates
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Age: 51
The Orson Welles Story
1982
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as Self
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Age: 50
Double Negative
1980
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as Lawrence Miles
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Age: 48
North Sea Hijack
1980
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as Lou Kramer
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Age: 47
The Black Hole
1979
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as Dr. Alex Durant
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Age: 47
Les Misérables
1978
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as Javert
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Age: 46
First, You Cry
1978
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as Arthur Heroz
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Age: 46
Remember My Name
1978
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as Neil Curry
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Age: 45
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
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as Hector MacQueen
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Age: 42
Lovin' Molly
1974
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as Gid
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Age: 42
No Image
The Last of Sheila Featurette
1973
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as Self
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Age: 40
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
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as Reverend LaSalle
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Age: 40
Play It as It Lays
1972
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as B.Z.
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Age: 40
Catch-22
1970
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as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
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Age: 38
No Image
The Male Animal
1968
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as Tommy Turner
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Age: 36
Pretty Poison
1968
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as Dennis Pitt
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Age: 36
The Fool Killer
1965
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as Milo Bogardus
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Age: 33
Agent 38-24-36
1964
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as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
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Age: 31
The Sword and the Balance
1963
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as Johnny Parsons
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Age: 30
Five Miles to Midnight
1962
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as Robert Macklin
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Age: 30
The Trial
1962
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as Josef K.
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Age: 30
Phaedra
1962
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as Alexis Kyrilis
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Age: 30
Goodbye Again
1961
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as Philip Van der Besh
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Age: 29
Psycho
1960
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as Norman Bates
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Age: 28
Tall Story
1960
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as Ray Blent
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Age: 28
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
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as Self
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Age: 27
On the Beach
1959
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as Lt. Peter Holmes
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Age: 27
Green Mansions
1959
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as Abel
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Age: 26
The Matchmaker
1958
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as Cornelius Hackl
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Age: 26
Desire Under the Elms
1958
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as Abel Cabot
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Age: 25
Friendly Persuasion
1956
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as Josh Birdwell
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Age: 24
Stars of Cabaret
1956
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 23
The Actress
1953
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as Fred Whitmarsh
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Age: 21