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