Anthony Perkins
Acting
Born: Apr 04, 1932 — Died: Sep 12, 1992
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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, …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Hour Psycho | Norman Bates (archive footage) | 1993 | 4.0 |
| Psycho IV: The Beginning | Norman Bates | 1990 | 5.7 |
| Daughter of Darkness | Anton | 1990 | 5.111 |
| Psycho III | Norman Bates | 1986 | 5.662 |
| Crimes of Passion | Reverend Peter Shayne | 1984 | 6.273 |
| Psycho II | Norman Bates | 1983 | 6.509 |
| The Black Hole | Dr. Alex Durant | 1979 | 5.828 |
| Winter Kills | John Cerruti | 1979 | 5.8 |
| Les Misérables | Javert | 1978 | 7.188 |
| Mahogany | Sean McAvoy | 1975 | 5.893 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Hector MacQueen | 1974 | 7.143 |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Reverend LaSalle | 1972 | 6.5 |
| Someone Behind the Door | Laurence Jeffries | 1971 | 5.462 |
| Catch-22 | Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman | 1970 | 6.671 |
| WUSA | Rainey | 1970 | 5.306 |
| How Awful About Allan | Allan | 1970 | 5.977 |
| Pretty Poison | Dennis Pitt | 1968 | 6.728 |
| The Champagne Murders | Christopher Belling | 1967 | 5.5 |
| Is Paris Burning? | Sgt. Warren | 1966 | 7.188 |
| The Fool Killer | Milo Bogardus | 1965 | 6.825 |
| The Trial | Josef K. | 1962 | 7.41 |
| Five Miles to Midnight | Robert Macklin | 1962 | 5.82 |
| Phaedra | Alexis Kyrilis | 1962 | 5.829 |
| Psycho | Norman Bates | 1960 | 8.414 |
| On the Beach | Lt. Peter Holmes | 1959 | 6.682 |
| Green Mansions | Abel | 1959 | 5.734 |
| The Matchmaker | Cornelius Hackl | 1958 | 7.033 |
| The Tin Star | Ben Owens | 1957 | 7.028 |
| The Lonely Man | Riley Wade | 1957 | 6.132 |
| Friendly Persuasion | Josh Birdwell | 1956 | 6.684 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1932 |
| From | New York City, … |