Anthony Perkins
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1932
Died: September 12, 1992
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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
78 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
6.8
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
7.0
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
7.3
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
7.0
Fallout
2013
7.5
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
6.9
The Cockettes
2002
6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
5.5
In the Deep Woods
1992
4.7
The Naked Target
1992
NR
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
1992
4.4
A Demon in My View
1991
5.7
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
6.5
The Ghost Writer
1990
4.9
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990NR
A Curious Suicide
1990
7.0
The Day of Reckoning
19907.0
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
5.2
Daughter of Darkness
1990
6.7
Chillers
1990
5.4
Edge of Sanity
1989
4.6
Lucky Stiff
1988
9.0
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
4.9
Destroyer
1988
6.7
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987NR
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986
5.7
Psycho III
1986
6.3
Crimes of Passion
1984
6.1
The Glory Boys
1984
6.5
Psycho II
1983
6.8
The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983
6.5
For the Term of His Natural Life
1983
8.5
The Orson Welles Story
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981
3.8
Double Negative
1980
6.3
North Sea Hijack
1980
5.8
The Black Hole
1979
4.4
Twice a Woman
1979
5.7
Winter Kills
1979
6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
7.1
Les Misérables
1978
NR
First, You Cry
1978
6.1
Remember My Name
19786.0
Please Turn the Page
1977
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
5.9
Mahogany
1975
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
4.9
Lovin' Molly
1974
7.0
The Last of Sheila
1973NR
The Last of Sheila Featurette
1973
6.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
6.1
Play It as It Lays
1972
6.2
Ten Days' Wonder
19715.1
Film '72
1971
5.5
Someone Behind the Door
19718.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
6.0
How Awful About Allan
1970
5.3
WUSA
1970
6.7
Catch-22
1970
7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
19709.0
The Male Animal
1968
6.7
Pretty Poison
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
5.5
The Champagne Murders
1967
7.5
Evening Primrose
1966
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
1966
6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
19658.5
aspekte
1965
6.7
The Fool Killer
1965
5.7
Agent 38-24-36
1964
7.7
The Sword and the Balance
1963
6.0
Five Miles to Midnight
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.4
The Trial
1962
5.7
Phaedra
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.1
Goodbye Again
1961NR
Treffpunkt New York
1961
8.4
Psycho
1960
5.7
Tall Story
1960
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
6.7
On the Beach
1959
5.7
Green Mansions
1959
8.0
Discorama
1959
7.0
The Matchmaker
1958
6.8
Desire Under the Elms
1958
7.0
The Tin Star
1957
6.1
This Angry Age
1957
6.1
The Lonely Man
1957
7.2
Fear Strikes Out
1957
6.6
Friendly Persuasion
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
NR
Stars of Cabaret
19568.0
Windows
1955
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954
6.4
The Actress
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.0
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947