Anthony Perkins

Acting

Born Apr 04, 1932

From New York City, New York, USA

Died Sep 12, 1992

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.

Anthony Perkins

Known For

Psycho

Murder on the Orient Express

The Black Hole

Crimes of Passion

Psycho II

Psycho III

Fifty Shades of Erotica

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Catch-22

The Trial

Filmography — Acting

Psycho

Murder on the Orient Express

The Black Hole

Crimes of Passion

Psycho II

Psycho III

Fifty Shades of Erotica

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Catch-22

The Trial

On the Beach

Is Paris Burning?

Night of 100 Stars

The Lonely Man

Goodbye Again

Pretty Poison

Les Misérables

Friendly Persuasion

The Tin Star

Winter Kills

Phaedra

North Sea Hijack

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Green Mansions

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Mahogany

The Horror Show

The Sword and the Balance

WUSA

Tab Hunter Confidential

Lovin' Molly

The Matchmaker

The American Nightmare

Tall Story

Twice a Woman

24 Hour Psycho

I'm Dangerous Tonight

In the Deep Woods

Edge of Sanity

The Fool Killer

Desire Under the Elms

Agent 38-24-36

Double Negative

Destroyer

Remember My Name

Fear Strikes Out

Five Miles to Midnight

The Champagne Murders

The Cockettes

Play It as It Lays

The Making of 'Psycho'

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

The Actress

Someone Behind the Door

How Awful About Allan

The Sins of Dorian Gray

Daughter of Darkness

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Fallout

First, You Cry

A Demon in My View

This Angry Age

Ten Days' Wonder

Evening Primrose

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

The Orson Welles Story

King Kong! The Living Legend