Anthony Perkins
- Acting
- April 4, 1932 · New York City, New York, USA
- September 12, 1992
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 · Self
- Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door · Self
- Fifty Shades of Erotica · (archive footage)
- Tab Hunter Confidential · Self
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · Self
- Fallout · Self
- The Making of 'Psycho' · Self
- The Cockettes · Self
- 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
- A Curious Suicide · Self
- The Day of Reckoning · Self
- With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film · Self
- Daughter of Darkness · Anton
- Chillers · Self
- The Making of the Edge of Sanity · Self
- 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
- The Making Of Psycho III · Self, Director
- King Kong! The Living Legend · Self
- Psycho III · Norman Bates, Director
- 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
- Les Misérables · Javert
- First, You Cry · Arthur Heroz
- Remember My Name · Neil Curry
- Please Turn the Page · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Mahogany · Sean McAvoy
- Murder on the Orient Express · Hector MacQueen
- Lovin' Molly · Gid
- The Last of Sheila · Writer
- The Last of Sheila Featurette · Self
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · Reverend LaSalle
- Play It as It Lays · B.Z.
- Ten Days' Wonder · Charles Van Horn
- Film '72 · Self
- Someone Behind the Door · Laurence Jeffries
- V.I.P. Schaukel · Self
- How Awful About Allan · Allan
- WUSA · Rainey
- Catch-22 · Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · Self
- The Male Animal · Tommy Turner
- Pretty Poison · Dennis Pitt
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- The Champagne Murders · Christopher Belling
- Evening Primrose · Charles Snell
- Is Paris Burning? · Sgt. Warren
- ABC Stage 67 · Charles Snell
- BBC Play of the Month · Tommy Turner
- aspekte · Self
- The Fool Killer · Milo Bogardus
- Agent 38-24-36 · Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
- The Sword and the Balance · Johnny Parsons
- Five Miles to Midnight · Robert Macklin
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Trial · Josef K.