Anthony Perkins
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
Credits
- 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
- 2017 · 78/52 as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Fifty Shades of Erotica as
- 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)
- 2010 · The Psycho Legacy 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.
- 1992 · The Naked Target as El Mecano
- 1992 · Patricia Highsmith's Tales as Host
- 1991 · A Demon in My View as Arthur Johnson
- 1990 · Psycho IV: The Beginning as Norman Bates
- 1990 · The Ghost Writer as Anthony Strack
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Buchanan
- 1990 · The Day of Reckoning as Self - Host
- 1990 · Chillers as Self - Host
- 1990 · With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self
- 1990 · Daughter of Darkness as Anton
- 1989 · Edge of Sanity as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
- 1988 · Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Anthony Perkins
- 1988 · Destroyer as Robert Edwards
- 1987 · Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story as Talleyrand
- 1986 · King Kong! The Living Legend as Self
- 1986 · Psycho III as Norman Bates
- 1984 · Crimes of Passion as Reverend Peter Shayne
- 1984 · The Glory Boys as Jimmy
- 1983 · Psycho II as Norman Bates
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Henry Lord
- 1983 · For the Term of His Natural Life as Rev. James North
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Double Negative as Lawrence Miles
- 1980 · North Sea Hijack as Lou Kramer
- 1979 · The Black Hole as Dr. Alex Durant
- 1979 · Twice a Woman as Alfred
- 1979 · Winter Kills as John Cerruti
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1979 · The Horror Show as Self - Host
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Javert
- 1978 · First, You Cry as Arthur Heroz
- 1978 · Remember My Name as Neil Curry
- 1977 · Bitte umblättern as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Mahogany as Sean McAvoy
- 1974 · Murder on the Orient Express as Hector MacQueen
- 1974 · Lovin' Molly as Gid
- 1973 · The Last of Sheila Featurette as Self
- 1972 · The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Reverend LaSalle
- 1972 · Play It as It Lays as B.Z.
- 1971 · Ten Days' Wonder as Charles Van Horn
- 1971 · Someone Behind the Door as Laurence Jeffries
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1970 · How Awful About Allan as Allan
- 1970 · WUSA as Rainey
- 1970 · Catch-22 as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 · The Male Animal as Tommy Turner
- 1968 · Pretty Poison as Dennis Pitt
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The Champagne Murders as Christopher Belling
- 1966 · Evening Primrose as Charles Snell
- 1966 · Is Paris Burning? as Sgt. Warren
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Charles Snell
- 1965 · aspekte as Self
- 1965 · The Fool Killer as Milo Bogardus
- 1964 · Agent 38-24-36 as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueiovitch Maukouline
- 1963 · The Sword and the Balance as Johnny Parsons
- 1962 · The Trial as Josef K.
- 1962 · Five Miles to Midnight as Robert Macklin
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Phaedra as Alexis Kyrilis
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Goodbye Again as Philip Van der Besh
- 1961 · Treffpunkt New York as Self
- 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
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1958 · The Matchmaker as Cornelius Hackl
- 1958 · Desire Under the Elms as Abel Cabot
- 1957 · This Angry Age as Joseph Dufresne
- 1957 · The Tin Star as Ben Owens
- 1957 · The Lonely Man as Riley Wade
- 1957 · Fear Strikes Out as Jimmy Piersall
- 1956 · Friendly Persuasion as Josh Birdwell
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1956 · Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 · Windows as Benji
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1953 · The Man Behind the Badge as Pedro
- 1953 · The Actress as Fred Whitmarsh
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as West Wind
- 1951 · Goodyear Television Playhouse as Joey
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1948 · Studio One as Clyde Smith
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self