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
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
NDR Talk Show
1979
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Studio One
1948
Wetten, dass..?
1981
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Film '72
1971
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
What's My Line?
as Self · 1950
NDR Talk Show
as Self · 1979
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Studio One
as Clyde Smith · 1948
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
BBC Play of the Month
as Tommy Turner · 1965
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
Film '72
as Self · 1971
The Steve Allen Show
as Self · 1956
Kraft Television Theatre
as Willie · 1947
Psycho
as Norman Bates · 1960
Discorama
as Self · 1959
Cinépanorama
as Self · 1956
aspekte
as Self · 1965
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self · 1971
ABC Stage 67
as Charles Snell · 1966
Goodyear Television Playhouse
as Joey · 1951
Please Turn the Page
as Self · 1977
Chillers
as Self - Host · 1990
Reflets de Cannes
as Self · 1954
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hector MacQueen · 1974
Psycho II
as Norman Bates · 1983
The Black Hole
as Dr. Alex Durant · 1979
Psycho III
as Norman Bates · 1986
Crimes of Passion
as Reverend Peter Shayne · 1984
Is Paris Burning?
as Sgt. Warren · 1966
Catch-22
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman · 1970
On the Beach
as Lt. Peter Holmes · 1959
General Electric Theater
as West Wind · 1953
The Trial
as Josef K. · 1962
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Reverend LaSalle · 1972
Treffpunkt New York
as Self · 1961
Friendly Persuasion
as Josh Birdwell · 1956
The Tin Star
as Ben Owens · 1957
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Norman Bates · 1990
Pretty Poison
as Dennis Pitt · 1968
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
as Talleyrand · 1987
Green Mansions
as Abel · 1959
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Buchanan · 1990
North Sea Hijack
as Lou Kramer · 1980
The Glory Boys
as Jimmy · 1984
Winter Kills
as John Cerruti · 1979
For the Term of His Natural Life
as Reverend James North · 1983
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage) · 2015
Goodbye Again
as Philip Van der Besh · 1961
Tall Story
as Ray Blent · 1960
The Actress
as Fred Whitmarsh · 1953
Desire Under the Elms
as Abel Cabot · 1958
Five Miles to Midnight
as Robert Macklin · 1962
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
The Matchmaker
as Cornelius Hackl · 1958
Les Misérables
as Javert · 1978
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2014
The Champagne Murders
as Christopher Belling · 1967
The Sword and the Balance
as Johnny Parsons · 1963
The American Nightmare
as Self · 2000
Someone Behind the Door
as Laurence Jeffries · 1971
The Lonely Man
as Riley Wade · 1957
In the Deep Woods
as Paul Miller, P.I. · 1992
Evening Primrose
as Charles Snell · 1966
Fear Strikes Out
as Jimmy Piersall · 1957
Edge of Sanity
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde · 1989
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive) · 2015
Play It as It Lays
as B.Z. · 1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage) · 1970
Lovin' Molly
as Gid · 1974
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
as Host · 1992
WUSA
as Rainey · 1970
Remember My Name
as Neil Curry · 1978
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
The Sins of Dorian Gray
as Henry Lord · 1983
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self · 1960
Double Negative
as Lawrence Miles · 1980
How Awful About Allan
as Allan · 1970
The Making of the Edge of Sanity
as Self · 1990
The Orson Welles Story
as Self · 1982
Ten Days' Wonder
as Charles Van Horn · 1971
Agent 38-24-36
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine · 1964
The Horror Show
as Self - Host · 1979
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Anthony Perkins · 1988
Phaedra
as Alexis Kyrilis · 1962
The Making of 'Psycho'
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
This Angry Age
as Joseph Dufresne · 1957
A Demon in My View
as Arthur Johnson · 1991
Destroyer
as Robert Edwards · 1988
Daughter of Darkness
as Anton · 1990
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Himself · 2022
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
as Self - Subject (archive footage) · 2020
The Fool Killer
as Milo Bogardus · 1965
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self · 1990
King Kong! The Living Legend
as Self · 1986
The Day of Reckoning
as Self - Host · 1990
Twice a Woman
as Alfred · 1979
First, You Cry
as Arthur Heroz · 1978
The Last of Sheila Featurette
as Self · 1973
The Ghost Writer
as Anthony Strack · 1990
Mahogany
as Sean McAvoy · 1975
The Making Of Psycho III
as Self · 1986
The Male Animal
as Tommy Turner · 1968
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage) · 1956
Windows
as Benji · 1955
A Curious Suicide
as Self - Host · 1990
The Naked Target
as El Mecano · 1992
Fallout
as Self (archive footage) · 2013