Anthony Perkins
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-04-04
- Died:
- 1992-09-12
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Tab Hunter Confidential
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Fallout
The Making of 'Psycho'
The Cockettes
The American Nightmare
In the Deep Woods
The Naked Target
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
A Demon in My View
Psycho IV: The Beginning
The Ghost Writer
I'm Dangerous Tonight
A Curious Suicide
The Day of Reckoning
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Daughter of Darkness
Chillers
The Making of the Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Destroyer
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
The Making Of Psycho III
King Kong! The Living Legend
Psycho III
Crimes of Passion
The Glory Boys
Psycho II
The Sins of Dorian Gray
For the Term of His Natural Life
The Orson Welles Story
Night of 100 Stars
Wetten, dass..?
Double Negative
North Sea Hijack
The Black Hole
Twice a Woman
Winter Kills
NDR Talk Show
The Horror Show
Les Misérables
First, You Cry
Remember My Name
Please Turn the Page
Saturday Night Live
Mahogany
Murder on the Orient Express
Lovin' Molly
The Last of Sheila Featurette
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Play It as It Lays
Ten Days' Wonder
Film '72
Someone Behind the Door
V.I.P. Schaukel
How Awful About Allan
WUSA
Catch-22
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Male Animal
Pretty Poison
The Dick Cavett Show
The Champagne Murders
Evening Primrose
Is Paris Burning?
ABC Stage 67
BBC Play of the Month
aspekte
The Fool Killer
Agent 38-24-36
The Sword and the Balance
Five Miles to Midnight
The Merv Griffin Show
The Trial
Phaedra
The Mike Douglas Show
Goodbye Again
Treffpunkt New York
Psycho
Tall Story
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
On the Beach
Green Mansions
Discorama
The Matchmaker
Desire Under the Elms
The Tin Star
This Angry Age
The Lonely Man
Fear Strikes Out
Friendly Persuasion
The Steve Allen Show
Cinépanorama
Stars of Cabaret
Windows
Reflets de Cannes
The Actress
General Electric Theater
Goodyear Television Playhouse
What's My Line?
Studio One
The Ed Sullivan Show
Kraft Television Theatre