Anthony Perkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Psycho

    Psycho

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Discorama

    Discorama

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • aspekte

    aspekte

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Fifty Shades of Erotica

    Fifty Shades of Erotica

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Fear Strikes Out

    Fear Strikes Out

  • The Tin Star

    The Tin Star

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • Goodyear Television Playhouse

    Goodyear Television Playhouse

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Remember My Name

    Remember My Name

  • Ten Days' Wonder

    Ten Days' Wonder

  • The Orson Welles Story

    The Orson Welles Story

  • King Kong! The Living Legend

    King Kong! The Living Legend

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • The Fool Killer

    The Fool Killer

  • The Man Behind the Badge

    The Man Behind the Badge

  • Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

  • Play It as It Lays

    Play It as It Lays

  • Someone Behind the Door

    Someone Behind the Door

  • The Making of 'Psycho'

    The Making of 'Psycho'

  • The Lonely Man

    The Lonely Man

  • How Awful About Allan

    How Awful About Allan

  • The Day of Reckoning

    The Day of Reckoning

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

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • Daughter of Darkness

    Daughter of Darkness

  • The Matchmaker

    The Matchmaker

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • Phaedra

    Phaedra

  • Tall Story

    Tall Story

  • Psycho IV: The Beginning

    Psycho IV: The Beginning

  • The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • Winter Kills

    Winter Kills

  • Psycho III

    Psycho III

  • Friendly Persuasion

    Friendly Persuasion

  • Destroyer

    Destroyer

  • The Naked Target

    The Naked Target

  • Psycho II

    Psycho II

  • On the Beach

    On the Beach

  • First, You Cry

    First, You Cry

  • The Horror Show

    The Horror Show

  • Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

  • Agent 38-24-36

    Agent 38-24-36

  • For the Term of His Natural Life

    For the Term of His Natural Life

  • In the Deep Woods

    In the Deep Woods

  • Edge of Sanity

    Edge of Sanity

  • North Sea Hijack

    North Sea Hijack

  • The Sword and the Balance

    The Sword and the Balance

  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • Mahogany

    Mahogany

  • The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • I'm Dangerous Tonight

    I'm Dangerous Tonight

  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • This Angry Age

    This Angry Age

  • WUSA

    WUSA

  • Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

    Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

  • The Champagne Murders

    The Champagne Murders

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • The Actress

    The Actress

  • Evening Primrose

    Evening Primrose

  • Lovin' Molly

    Lovin' Molly

  • Double Negative

    Double Negative

  • Green Mansions

    Green Mansions

  • Psycho Tom

    Psycho Tom

  • The Sins of Dorian Gray

    The Sins of Dorian Gray

  • 24 Hour Psycho

    24 Hour Psycho

  • Treffpunkt New York

    Treffpunkt New York

  • The Glory Boys

    The Glory Boys

  • Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

    Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • A Demon in My View

    A Demon in My View

  • Five Miles to Midnight

    Five Miles to Midnight

  • Pretty Poison

    Pretty Poison

  • Tab Hunter Confidential

    Tab Hunter Confidential

  • Patricia Highsmith's Tales

    Patricia Highsmith's Tales

  • Windows

    Windows

  • Stars of Cabaret

    Stars of Cabaret

  • Desire Under the Elms

    Desire Under the Elms

  • Twice a Woman

    Twice a Woman

  • Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

    Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

  • Fallout

    Fallout

  • The Last of Sheila Featurette

    The Last of Sheila Featurette