Anthony Perkins

Known for ActingBorn 1932-04-04Died 1992-09-12New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

The Orson Welles Story

The Male Animal

Cinépanorama

aspekte

Psycho

Discorama

Windows

The Making of 'Psycho'

Tab Hunter Confidential

V.I.P. Schaukel

The Sword and the Balance

Kraft Television Theatre

Evening Primrose

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

Fifty Shades of Erotica

Fallout

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

The Trial

Les Misérables

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

The Day of Reckoning

Murder on the Orient Express

Is Paris Burning?

The American Nightmare

Fear Strikes Out

The Cockettes

Goodbye Again

Saturday Night Live

The Last of Sheila

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

The Matchmaker

The Tin Star

Chillers

The Sins of Dorian Gray

Night of 100 Stars

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

ABC Stage 67

The Fool Killer

Pretty Poison

The Ghost Writer

NDR Talk Show

Catch-22

General Electric Theater

Desire Under the Elms

For the Term of His Natural Life