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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tab Hunter Confidential (2015) | Self (archive) | 7 |
| 2 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) | Self - Actor (archive footage) | - |
| 3 | The Making of 'Psycho' (2005) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 4 | The American Nightmare (2000) | Self | - |
| 5 | In the Deep Woods (1992) | Paul Miller, P.I. | - |
| 6 | Daughter of Darkness (1990) | Anton | - |
| 7 | Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) | Norman Bates | 6.3 |
| 8 | I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) | Buchanan | - |
| 9 | Edge of Sanity (1989) | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde | - |
| 10 | Lucky Stiff (1988) | Director / Writer | - |
| 11 | Destroyer (1988) | Robert Edwards | - |
| 12 | Psycho III (1986) | Director / Writer | 7 |
| 13 | Crimes of Passion (1984) | Reverend Peter Shayne | - |
| 14 | The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) | Henry Lord | - |
| 15 | Psycho II (1983) | Norman Bates | 7.4 |
| 16 | North Sea Hijack (1980) | Lou Kramer | 3 |
| 17 | The Black Hole (1979) | Dr. Alex Durant | 6.1 |
| 18 | Winter Kills (1979) | John Cerruti | - |
| 19 | Twice a Woman (1979) | Alfred | 5 |
| 20 | Remember My Name (1978) | Neil Curry | - |
| 21 | Les Misérables (1978) | Javert | 7.5 |
| 22 | Mahogany (1975) | Sean McAvoy | - |
| 23 | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | Hector MacQueen | 7.1 |
| 24 | The Last of Sheila (1973) | Director / Writer | 6.3 |
| 25 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) | Reverend LaSalle | 7 |
| 26 | Ten Days' Wonder (1971) | Charles Van Horn | 5 |
| 27 | Someone Behind the Door (1971) | Laurence Jeffries | 8 |
| 28 | How Awful About Allan (1970) | Allan | - |
| 29 | WUSA (1970) | Rainey | 8 |
| 30 | Catch-22 (1970) | Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman | 6 |
| 31 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) | Self (archive footage) | 10 |
| 32 | Pretty Poison (1968) | Dennis Pitt | - |
| 33 | Evening Primrose (1966) | Charles Snell | 4 |
| 34 | Is Paris Burning? (1966) | Sgt. Warren | 5.7 |
| 35 | The Trial (1962) | Josef K. | 7.5 |
| 36 | Psycho (1960) | Norman Bates | 8.3 |
| 37 | On the Beach (1959) | Lt. Peter Holmes | - |
| 38 | Green Mansions (1959) | Abel | 6 |
| 39 | The Tin Star (1957) | Ben Owens | 7 |
| 40 | Fear Strikes Out (1957) | Jimmy Piersall | 6 |
| 41 | The Actress (1953) | Fred Whitmarsh | 6 |
