Anthony Perkins

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-04-04 (60 years old)

Deathday

1992-09-12

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 G...

Acting

1960

Psycho

as Norman Bates

1962

The Trial

as Josef K.

1983

Psycho II

as Norman Bates

1975

Mahogany

as Sean McAvoy

1970

Catch-22

as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman

1974

1971

Someone Behind the Door

as Laurence Jeffries

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as Sgt. Warren

1978

1957

The Tin Star

as Ben Owens

1979

The Black Hole

as Dr. Alex Durant

1986

Psycho III

as Norman Bates

1968

Pretty Poison

as Dennis Pitt

1965

The Fool Killer

as Milo Bogardus

1990

1984

Crimes of Passion

as Reverend Peter Shayne

1959

On the Beach

as Lt. Peter Holmes

1979

Winter Kills

as John Cerruti

1957

The Lonely Man

as Riley Wade

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Josh Birdwell

1958

The Matchmaker

as Cornelius Hackl

2017

Psycho Tom

as Norman Bates

1962

Five Miles to Midnight

as Robert Macklin

1959

1962

Phaedra

as Alexis Kyrilis

1970

WUSA

as Rainey

1993

24 Hour Psycho

as Norman Bates (archive footage)

1967

The Champagne Murders

as Christopher Belling

1971

Ten Days' Wonder

as Charles Van Horn

1961

Goodbye Again

as Philip Van der Besh

1989

Edge of Sanity

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde

1978

Remember My Name

as Neil Curry

1988

Destroyer

as Robert Edwards

1960

Tall Story

as Ray Blent

1958

1953

The Actress

as Fred Whitmarsh

1979

Twice a Woman

as Alfred

1992

In the Deep Woods

as Paul Miller, P.I.

1966

Evening Primrose

as Charles Snell

1957

Fear Strikes Out

as Jimmy Piersall

1964

Agent 38-24-36

as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine

1991

A Demon in My View

as Arthur Johnson

1974

1957

This Angry Age

as Joseph Dufresne

1963

The Sword and the Balance

as Johnny Parsons

1978

First, You Cry

as Arthur Heroz

1968

The Male Animal

as Tommy Turner

1990

2005

The Making of 'Psycho'

as Self (archive footage)

1992

The Naked Target

as El Mecano

1979

The Horror Show

as Self - Host

1983

1980

Double Negative

as Lawrence Miles

2014

2013

Fallout

as Self (archive footage)

1980

North Sea Hijack

as Lou Kramer

2020

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

as Himself (archive) - subject

2010

The Psycho Legacy

as Self (archive footage)

1990

The Ghost Writer

as Anthony Strack

2017

78/52

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)

1956

Stars of Cabaret

as Self (archive footage)

1990

The Day of Reckoning

as Self - Host

Production

1973

1986

Psycho III

as Director

1988

Lucky Stiff

as Director

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