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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 …
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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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BODY OF WORK
Anthony Perkins's Filmography
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Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Himself
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
as Self
In the Deep Woods
as Paul Miller, P.I.
The Naked Target
as El Mecano
A Demon in My View
as Arthur Johnson
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Norman Bates
The Ghost Writer
as Anthony Strack
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Buchanan
No Poster
A Curious Suicide
as Self - Host
The Day of Reckoning
as Self - Host
No Poster
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self
Daughter of Darkness
as Anton
No Poster
The Making of the Edge of Sanity
as Self
Edge of Sanity
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Anthony Perkins
Destroyer
as Robert Edwards
The Making Of Psycho III
as Self
No Poster
King Kong! The Living Legend
as Self
Psycho III
as Norman Bates
Crimes of Passion
as Reverend Peter Shayne
Psycho II
as Norman Bates
The Sins of Dorian Gray
as Henry Lord
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Double Negative
as Lawrence Miles
North Sea Hijack
as Lou Kramer
The Black Hole
as Dr. Alex Durant
Twice a Woman
as Alfred
Winter Kills
as John Cerruti
The Horror Show
as Self - Host
Les Misérables
as Javert
First, You Cry
as Arthur Heroz
Remember My Name
as Neil Curry
Mahogany
as Sean McAvoy
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hector MacQueen
Lovin' Molly
as Gid
No Poster
The Last of Sheila Featurette
as Self
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Reverend LaSalle
Play It as It Lays
as B.Z.
Ten Days' Wonder
as Charles Van Horn
Someone Behind the Door
as Laurence Jeffries
How Awful About Allan
as Allan
WUSA
as Rainey
Catch-22
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Male Animal
as Tommy Turner
Pretty Poison
as Dennis Pitt
The Champagne Murders
as Christopher Belling
Evening Primrose
as Charles Snell
Is Paris Burning?
as Sgt. Warren
The Fool Killer
as Milo Bogardus
Agent 38-24-36
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
The Sword and the Balance
as Johnny Parsons
Five Miles to Midnight
as Robert Macklin
The Trial
as Josef K.
Phaedra
as Alexis Kyrilis
Goodbye Again
as Philip Van der Besh
Psycho
as Norman Bates
Tall Story
as Ray Blent
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
On the Beach
as Lt. Peter Holmes
Green Mansions
as Abel
The Matchmaker
as Cornelius Hackl
Desire Under the Elms
as Abel Cabot
The Tin Star
as Ben Owens
This Angry Age
as Joseph Dufresne
The Lonely Man
as Riley Wade
Fear Strikes Out
as Jimmy Piersall
Friendly Persuasion
as Josh Birdwell
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
The Actress
as Fred Whitmarsh