Anthony Perkins
Born: 1932-04-04 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1992-09-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Himself
2020
- Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2015
- Fifty Shades of Erotica as (archive footage)
- 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
- In the Deep Woods as Paul Miller, P.I.
- The Naked Target as El Mecano
- Chillers as Self - Host
- Patricia Highsmith's Tales as Host
1991
- A Demon in My View as Arthur Johnson
1990
- Psycho IV: The Beginning as Norman Bates
- Daughter of Darkness as Anton
- The Day of Reckoning as Self - Host
- I'm Dangerous Tonight as Buchanan
- With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self
- The Ghost Writer as Anthony Strack
1989
- Edge of Sanity as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
1988
- Destroyer as Robert Edwards
- Lucky Stiff ... (Director)
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Anthony Perkins
1987
- Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story as Talleyrand
1986
- Psycho III as Norman Bates
- King Kong! The Living Legend as Self
1984
- Crimes of Passion as Reverend Peter Shayne
- The Glory Boys as Jimmy
1983
- The Sins of Dorian Gray as Henry Lord
- Psycho II as Norman Bates
- For the Term of His Natural Life as Rev. James North
1982
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- The Orson Welles Story as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980
- Double Negative as Lawrence Miles
- North Sea Hijack as Lou Kramer
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- Winter Kills as John Cerruti
- The Horror Show as Self - Host
- The Black Hole as Dr. Alex Durant
- Twice a Woman as Alfred
1978
- Les Misérables as Javert
- Remember My Name as Neil Curry
- First, You Cry as Arthur Heroz
1977
- Please Turn the Page as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Mahogany as Sean McAvoy
1974
- Murder on the Orient Express as Hector MacQueen
- Lovin' Molly as Gid
1973
- The Last of Sheila ... (Writer)
- The Last of Sheila Featurette as Self
1972
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Reverend LaSalle
- Play It as It Lays as B.Z.
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Someone Behind the Door as Laurence Jeffries
- Ten Days' Wonder as Charles Van Horn
1970
- Catch-22 as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
- WUSA as Rainey
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- How Awful About Allan as Allan
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Pretty Poison as Dennis Pitt
- The Male Animal as Tommy Turner
1967
- The Champagne Murders as Christopher Belling
1966
- Is Paris Burning? as Sgt. Warren
- ABC Stage 67 as Charles Snell
- Evening Primrose as Charles Snell
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Tommy Turner
- aspekte as Self
- 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
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Trial as Josef K.
- Phaedra as Alexis Kyrilis
- Five Miles to Midnight as Robert Macklin
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Goodbye Again as Philip Van der Besh
- Treffpunkt New York as Self
1960
- Psycho as Norman Bates
- Tall Story as Ray Blent
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
1959
- Discorama as Self
- Green Mansions as Abel
- On the Beach as Lt. Peter Holmes
1958
- The Matchmaker as Cornelius Hackl
- Desire Under the Elms as Abel Cabot
1957
- The Tin Star as Ben Owens
- Fear Strikes Out as Jimmy Piersall
- The Lonely Man as Riley Wade
- This Angry Age as Joseph Dufresne
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- Cinépanorama as Self
- Friendly Persuasion as Josh Birdwell
- Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
1955
- Windows as Benji
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
1953
- The Actress as Fred Whitmarsh
- The Man Behind the Badge as Pedro
- General Electric Theater as West Wind
1951
- Goodyear Television Playhouse as Joey
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
1948
- Studio One as Clyde Smith
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947
- Kraft Television Theatre as Willie