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
Norman Bates
Psycho
Josef K.
Le Procès
Norman Bates
Psycho II
Sean McAvoy
Mahogany
Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
Catch-22
Hector MacQueen
Murder on the Orient Express
Laurence Jeffries
Quelqu'un derrière la porte
Sgt. Warren
Paris brûle-t-il?
Javert
Les Misérables
Ben Owens
The Tin Star
Dr. Alex Durant
The Black Hole
Reverend LaSalle
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Norman Bates
Psycho III
Dennis Pitt
Pretty Poison
Milo Bogardus
The Fool Killer
Norman Bates
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Reverend Peter Shayne
Crimes of Passion
Lt. Peter Holmes
On the Beach
John Cerruti
Winter Kills
Riley Wade
The Lonely Man
Josh Birdwell
Friendly Persuasion
Cornelius Hackl
The Matchmaker
Robert Macklin
Le Couteau dans la plaie
Abel
Green Mansions
Alexis Kyrilis
Phaedra
Anton
Daughter of Darkness
Rainey
WUSA
Norman Bates (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
Allan
How Awful About Allan
Christopher Belling
Le Scandale
Self
The American Nightmare
Charles Van Horn
La Décade prodigieuse
Philip Van der Besh
Goodbye Again
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Edge of Sanity
Neil Curry
Remember My Name
B.Z.
Play It as It Lays
Robert Edwards
Destroyer
Ray Blent
Tall Story
Abel Cabot
Desire Under the Elms
Fred Whitmarsh
The Actress
Alfred
Twee vrouwen
Paul Miller, P.I.
In the Deep Woods
Charles Snell
Evening Primrose
Jimmy Piersall
Fear Strikes Out
Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
Une ravissante idiote
Arthur Johnson
Der Mann nebenan
Gid
Lovin' Molly
Joseph Dufresne
This Angry Age
Johnny Parsons
Le glaive et la balance
Arthur Heroz
First, You Cry
Tommy Turner
The Male Animal
Buchanan
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
Himself
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Anthony Perkins
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Self
King Kong! The Living Legend
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self
The Last of Sheila Featurette
El Mecano
The Naked Target
Self - Host
The Horror Show
Henry Lord
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Lawrence Miles
Double Negative
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Fallout
Lou Kramer
ffolkes
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins, l'acteur derrière la porte
Anthony Strack
The Ghost Writer
Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
(archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
Stars of Cabaret
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self - Host
The Day of Reckoning
Self
The Orson Welles Story
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-04-04
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Tony Perkins