Anthony Perkins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-04-04
Day of Death
1992-09-12 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
(2022)
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Himself
(2020)
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
as Himself (archive) - subject
(2017)
Psycho Tom
as Norman Bates
(2015)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
(2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2013)
Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
The American Nightmare
as Self
(1993)
24 Hour Psycho
as Norman Bates (archive footage)
(1992)
The Naked Target
as El Mecano
(1992)
In the Deep Woods
as Paul Miller, P.I.
(1991)
A Demon in My View
as Arthur Johnson
(1990)
Daughter of Darkness
as Anton
(1990)
The Day of Reckoning
as Self - Host
(1990)
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Norman Bates
(1990)
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Buchanan
(1990)
(1990)
The Ghost Writer
as Anthony Strack
(1989)
Edge of Sanity
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
(1988)
Destroyer
as Robert Edwards
(1988)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Anthony Perkins
(1986)
King Kong! The Living Legend
as Self
(1986)
Psycho III
as Norman Bates
(1984)
Crimes of Passion
as Reverend Peter Shayne
(1983)
Psycho II
as Norman Bates
(1983)
The Sins of Dorian Gray
as Henry Lord
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1980)
North Sea Hijack
as Lou Kramer
(1980)
Double Negative
as Lawrence Miles
(1979)
Winter Kills
as John Cerruti
(1979)
The Horror Show
as Self - Host
(1979)
Twice a Woman
as Alfred
(1979)
The Black Hole
as Dr. Alex Durant
(1978)
Les Misérables
as Javert
(1978)
Remember My Name
as Neil Curry
(1978)
First, You Cry
as Arthur Heroz
(1975)
Mahogany
as Sean McAvoy
(1974)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hector MacQueen
(1974)
Lovin' Molly
as Gid
(1973)
(1972)
Play It as It Lays
as B.Z.
(1972)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Reverend LaSalle
(1971)
Ten Days' Wonder
as Charles Van Horn
(1971)
Someone Behind the Door
as Laurence Jeffries
(1970)
Catch-22
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
(1970)
How Awful About Allan
as Allan
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1970)
WUSA
as Rainey
(1968)
The Male Animal
as Tommy Turner
(1968)
Pretty Poison
as Dennis Pitt
(1967)
The Champagne Murders
as Christopher Belling
(1966)
Is Paris Burning?
as Sgt. Warren
(1966)
Evening Primrose
as Charles Snell
(1965)
The Fool Killer
as Milo Bogardus
(1964)
Agent 38-24-36
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
(1963)
The Sword and the Balance
as Johnny Parsons
(1962)
Phaedra
as Alexis Kyrilis
(1962)
The Trial
as Josef K.
(1962)
Five Miles to Midnight
as Robert Macklin
(1961)
Goodbye Again
as Philip Van der Besh
(1960)
Psycho
as Norman Bates
(1960)
Tall Story
as Ray Blent
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1959)
On the Beach
as Lt. Peter Holmes
(1959)
Green Mansions
as Abel
(1958)
The Matchmaker
as Cornelius Hackl
(1958)
Desire Under the Elms
as Abel Cabot
(1957)
Fear Strikes Out
as Jimmy Piersall
(1957)
The Tin Star
as Ben Owens
(1957)
The Lonely Man
as Riley Wade
(1957)
This Angry Age
as Joseph Dufresne
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Josh Birdwell
(1956)
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
(1953)
The Actress
as Fred Whitmarsh
Crew
(1988)
Lucky Stiff
Director
(1986)
Psycho III
Director
(1973)
The Last of Sheila
Writer