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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Actor · Born 1932-04-04 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Psycho (1960) — Norman Bates
  2. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — Hector MacQueen
  3. Psycho II (1983) — Norman Bates
  4. The Trial (1962) — Josef K.
  5. The Black Hole (1979) — Dr. Alex Durant
  6. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
  7. Psycho III (1986) — Norman Bates
  8. Catch-22 (1970) — Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
  9. Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) — Norman Bates
  10. On the Beach (1959) — Lt. Peter Holmes
  11. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Sgt. Warren
  12. Crimes of Passion (1984) — Reverend Peter Shayne
  13. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) — Reverend LaSalle
  14. The Tin Star (1957) — Ben Owens
  15. Friendly Persuasion (1956) — Josh Birdwell
  16. North Sea Hijack (1980) — Lou Kramer
  17. Pretty Poison (1968) — Dennis Pitt
  18. Edge of Sanity (1989) — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
  19. Winter Kills (1979) — John Cerruti
  20. Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) — Self (archive)
  21. Les Misérables (1978) — Javert
  22. Goodbye Again (1961) — Philip Van der Besh
  23. Someone Behind the Door (1971) — Laurence Jeffries
  24. Phaedra (1962) — Alexis Kyrilis
  25. The American Nightmare (2000) — Self
  26. Remember My Name (1978) — Neil Curry
  27. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) — Self - Actor (archive footage)
  28. Destroyer (1988) — Robert Edwards
  29. Green Mansions (1959) — Abel
  30. WUSA (1970) — Rainey
  31. Ten Days' Wonder (1971) — Charles Van Horn
  32. Agent 38-24-36 (1964) — Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
  33. I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) — Buchanan
  34. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  35. Mahogany (1975) — Sean McAvoy
  36. Daughter of Darkness (1990) — Anton
  37. The Making of 'Psycho' (2005) — Self (archive footage)
  38. Five Miles to Midnight (1962) — Robert Macklin
  39. Desire Under the Elms (1958) — Abel Cabot
  40. The Champagne Murders (1967) — Christopher Belling

Directed

  1. Psycho III (1986) — Director
  2. Lucky Stiff (1988) — Director