Anthony Perkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-04-04

Day of death

1992-09-12 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Anthony Perkins

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, 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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • How Awful About Allan

    How Awful About Allan

  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Discorama

    Discorama

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Someone Behind the Door

    Someone Behind the Door

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Fifty Shades of Erotica

    Fifty Shades of Erotica

  • Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Phaedra

    Phaedra

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Champagne Murders

    The Champagne Murders

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • The Man Behind the Badge

    The Man Behind the Badge

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • Psycho IV: The Beginning

    Psycho IV: The Beginning

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • The Orson Welles Story

    The Orson Welles Story

  • Tall Story

    Tall Story

  • North Sea Hijack

    North Sea Hijack

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Winter Kills

    Winter Kills

  • The Sword and the Balance

    The Sword and the Balance

  • WUSA

    WUSA

  • The Actress

    The Actress

  • Mahogany

    Mahogany

  • The Tin Star

    The Tin Star

  • Goodyear Television Playhouse

    Goodyear Television Playhouse

  • Fear Strikes Out

    Fear Strikes Out

  • Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion

  • Double Negative

    Double Negative

  • Green Mansions

    Green Mansions

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

  • Psycho II

    Psycho II

  • On the Beach

    On the Beach

  • The Fool Killer

    The Fool Killer

  • Edge of Sanity

    Edge of Sanity

  • The Day of Reckoning

    The Day of Reckoning

  • Play It as It Lays

    Play It as It Lays

  • The Sins of Dorian Gray

    The Sins of Dorian Gray

  • Pretty Poison

    Pretty Poison

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • Remember My Name

    Remember My Name

  • Agent 38-24-36

    Agent 38-24-36

  • Ten Days' Wonder

    Ten Days' Wonder

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Daughter of Darkness

    Daughter of Darkness

  • The Making of 'Psycho'

    The Making of 'Psycho'

  • The Matchmaker

    The Matchmaker

  • In the Deep Woods

    In the Deep Woods

  • Friendly Persuasion

    Friendly Persuasion

  • Five Miles to Midnight

    Five Miles to Midnight

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Psycho III

    Psycho III

  • Tab Hunter Confidential

    Tab Hunter Confidential

  • Lovin' Molly

    Lovin' Molly

  • The Lonely Man

    The Lonely Man

  • Treffpunkt New York

    Treffpunkt New York

  • This Angry Age

    This Angry Age

  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

  • First, You Cry

    First, You Cry

  • Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

    Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

  • I'm Dangerous Tonight

    I'm Dangerous Tonight

  • Twice a Woman

    Twice a Woman

  • Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

    Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Naked Target

    The Naked Target

  • For the Term of His Natural Life

    For the Term of His Natural Life

  • The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • Desire Under the Elms

    Desire Under the Elms

  • The Horror Show

    The Horror Show

  • Patricia Highsmith's Tales

    Patricia Highsmith's Tales

  • Fallout

    Fallout

  • The Glory Boys

    The Glory Boys

  • Evening Primrose

    Evening Primrose

  • Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

    Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

  • Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

  • Windows

    Windows

  • A Demon in My View

    A Demon in My View

  • King Kong! The Living Legend

    King Kong! The Living Legend

  • The Last of Sheila Featurette

    The Last of Sheila Featurette

  • Stars of Cabaret

    Stars of Cabaret