Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 04, 1932
Died
Sep 12, 1992
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
106 titles
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
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Himself
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Fallout
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Self
In the Deep Woods
Paul Miller, P.I.
The Naked Target
El Mecano
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
Host
A Demon in My View
Arthur Johnson
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Norman Bates
The Ghost Writer
Anthony Strack
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Buchanan
The Day of Reckoning
Self - Host
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self
Daughter of Darkness
Anton
Chillers
Self - Host
Edge of Sanity
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Lucky Stiff
Director
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Anthony Perkins
Destroyer
Robert Edwards
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
Talleyrand
King Kong! The Living Legend
Self
Psycho III
Norman Bates
Crimes of Passion
Reverend Peter Shayne
The Glory Boys
Jimmy
Psycho II
Norman Bates
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Henry Lord
For the Term of His Natural Life
Reverend James North
The Orson Welles Story
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Double Negative
Lawrence Miles
North Sea Hijack
Lou Kramer
The Black Hole
Dr. Alex Durant
Twice a Woman
Alfred
Winter Kills
John Cerruti
NDR Talk Show
Self
The Horror Show
Self - Host
Les Misérables
Javert
First, You Cry
Arthur Heroz
Remember My Name
Neil Curry
Please Turn the Page
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Mahogany
Sean McAvoy
Murder on the Orient Express
Hector MacQueen
Lovin' Molly
Gid