Anthony Perkins

ActorDirectorWriter Apr 4 (died age 60) New York City, New York, USA 1947–2022 (75 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Psycho

Norman Bates

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Hector MacQueen

Film

The Trial

Josef K.

Film

Psycho II

Norman Bates

Film

Catch-22

Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman

Film

Is Paris Burning?

Sgt. Warren

Film

The Black Hole

Dr. Alex Durant

Film

On the Beach

Lt. Peter Holmes

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (76)

Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

2022

as Himself

6.0

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

2020

as Self - Subject (archive footage)

7.7

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

as (archive footage)

7.0

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.5

Fallout

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

The Making of 'Psycho'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

The Cockettes

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7

24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Norman Bates (archive footage)

In the Deep Woods

as Paul Miller, P.I.

The Naked Target

as El Mecano

A Demon in My View

as Arthur Johnson

The Ghost Writer

as Anthony Strack

Psycho IV: The Beginning

1990

as Norman Bates

5.7

I'm Dangerous Tonight

as Buchanan

Daughter of Darkness

as Anton

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

1990

as Self

The Day of Reckoning

1990

as Self - Host

Edge of Sanity

1989

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

5.3

Destroyer

1988

as Robert Edwards

4.8

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

1988

as Anthony Perkins

Psycho III

1986

as Norman Bates

5.7

King Kong! The Living Legend

1986

as Self

Crimes of Passion

1984

as Reverend Peter Shayne

6.3

Psycho II

1983

as Norman Bates

6.5

The Sins of Dorian Gray

1983

as Henry Lord

5.7

The Orson Welles Story

as Self

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

North Sea Hijack

as Lou Kramer

Double Negative

as Lawrence Miles

The Black Hole

as Dr. Alex Durant

Winter Kills

as John Cerruti

The Horror Show

as Self - Host

Twice a Woman

as Alfred

Les Misérables

as Javert

First, You Cry

as Arthur Heroz

Remember My Name

as Neil Curry

Mahogany

as Sean McAvoy

Murder on the Orient Express

as Hector MacQueen

Lovin' Molly

as Gid

The Last of Sheila Featurette

1973

as Self

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

as Reverend LaSalle

Play It as It Lays

as B.Z.

Ten Days' Wonder

as Charles Van Horn

Someone Behind the Door

1971

as Laurence Jeffries

5.4

Catch-22

1970

as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman

6.7

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

WUSA

1970

as Rainey

5.4

How Awful About Allan

as Allan

Pretty Poison

as Dennis Pitt

The Male Animal

as Tommy Turner

The Champagne Murders

1967

as Christopher Belling

Is Paris Burning?

as Sgt. Warren

Evening Primrose

as Charles Snell

The Fool Killer

as Milo Bogardus

Agent 38-24-36

as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine

5.6

The Sword and the Balance

as Johnny Parsons

The Trial

as Josef K.

Phaedra

as Alexis Kyrilis

Five Miles to Midnight

1962

as Robert Macklin

5.7

Goodbye Again

1961

as Philip Van der Besh

7.1

Psycho

1960

as Norman Bates

8.4

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self

Tall Story

as Ray Blent

On the Beach

as Lt. Peter Holmes

Green Mansions

as Abel

Desire Under the Elms

as Abel Cabot

The Matchmaker

as Cornelius Hackl

The Lonely Man

as Riley Wade

The Tin Star

as Ben Owens

Fear Strikes Out

as Jimmy Piersall

This Angry Age

as Joseph Dufresne

Friendly Persuasion

as Josh Birdwell

Stars of Cabaret

as Self (archive footage)

The Actress

1953

as Fred Whitmarsh

6.4

Television (30)

Chillers

1992

as Self - Host

6.2

Patricia Highsmith's Tales

1992

as Host

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

as Talleyrand

The Glory Boys

as Jimmy

For the Term of His Natural Life

as Rev. James North

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Please Turn the Page

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

ABC Stage 67

as Charles Snell

BBC Play of the Month

as Tommy Turner

aspekte

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4

Treffpunkt New York

1961

as Self

Discorama

1959

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Cinépanorama

as Self

Windows

as Benji

Reflets de Cannes

1954

as Self

2.0

The Man Behind the Badge

1953

as Pedro

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953

as West Wind

6.4

Goodyear Television Playhouse

as Joey

What's My Line?

as Self

Studio One

as Clyde Smith

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

as Willie

7.5

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Lucky Stiff

Director

Psycho III

Director

The Last of Sheila

Writer