Anthony Perkins
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.
Acting
Movie
Psycho
as Norman Bates
1960
Movie
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hector MacQueen
1974
Movie
Psycho II
as Norman Bates
1983
Movie
The Trial
as Josef K.
1962
Movie
The Black Hole
as Dr. Alex Durant
1979
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Movie
Psycho III
as Norman Bates
1986
Movie
Catch-22
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
1970
Movie
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Norman Bates
1990
Movie
On the Beach
as Lt. Peter Holmes
1959
Movie
Is Paris Burning?
as Sgt. Warren
1966
Movie
Crimes of Passion
as Reverend Peter Shayne
1984
Movie
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Reverend LaSalle
1972
Movie
The Tin Star
as Ben Owens
1957
Movie
Friendly Persuasion
as Josh Birdwell
1956
Movie
North Sea Hijack
as Lou Kramer
1980
Movie
Pretty Poison
as Dennis Pitt
1968
Movie
Edge of Sanity
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
1989
Movie
Winter Kills
as John Cerruti
1979
Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive)
2015
Movie
Les Misérables
as Javert
1978
Movie
Goodbye Again
as Philip Van der Besh
1961
Movie
Someone Behind the Door
as Laurence Jeffries
1971
Movie
Phaedra
as Alexis Kyrilis
1962
