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.
Acted in
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
as Himself
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
as Himself (archive) - subject
Psycho Tom
2017
as Norman Bates
78/52
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Fallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Psycho Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Norman Bates (archive footage)
In the Deep Woods
1992
as Paul Miller, P.I.
The Naked Target
1992
as El Mecano
Patricia Highsmith's Tales
1992
as Host
A Demon in My View
1991
as Arthur Johnson
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
as Norman Bates
The Ghost Writer
1990
as Anthony Strack
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Buchanan
The Day of Reckoning
1990
as Self - Host
Chillers
1990
as Self - Host
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self
Daughter of Darkness
1990
as Anton
Edge of Sanity
1989
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Anthony Perkins
Destroyer
1988
as Robert Edwards
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987
as Talleyrand
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986
as Self
Psycho III
1986
as Norman Bates
Crimes of Passion
1984
as Reverend Peter Shayne
The Glory Boys
1984
as Jimmy
Psycho II
1983
as Norman Bates
The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983
as Henry Lord
For the Term of His Natural Life
1983
as Rev. James North
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Double Negative
1980
as Lawrence Miles
North Sea Hijack
1980
as Lou Kramer
The Black Hole
1979
as Dr. Alex Durant
Twice a Woman
1979
as Alfred
Winter Kills
1979
as John Cerruti
The Horror Show
1979
as Self - Host
Les Misérables
1978
as Javert
First, You Cry
1978
as Arthur Heroz
Remember My Name
1978
as Neil Curry
Mahogany
1975
as Sean McAvoy
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Hector MacQueen
Lovin' Molly
1974
as Gid
The Last of Sheila Featurette
1973
as Self
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Reverend LaSalle
Play It as It Lays
1972
as B.Z.
Ten Days' Wonder
1971
as Charles Van Horn
Someone Behind the Door
1971
as Laurence Jeffries
How Awful About Allan
1970
as Allan
WUSA
1970
as Rainey
Catch-22
1970
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Male Animal
1968
as Tommy Turner
Pretty Poison
1968
as Dennis Pitt
The Champagne Murders
1967
as Christopher Belling
Evening Primrose
1966
as Charles Snell
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Sgt. Warren
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Charles Snell
The Fool Killer
1965
as Milo Bogardus
Agent 38-24-36
1964
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
The Sword and the Balance
1963
as Johnny Parsons
The Trial
1962
as Josef K.
Five Miles to Midnight
1962
as Robert Macklin
Phaedra
1962
as Alexis Kyrilis
Goodbye Again
1961
as Philip Van der Besh
Psycho
1960
as Norman Bates
Tall Story
1960
as Ray Blent
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
On the Beach
1959
as Lt. Peter Holmes
Green Mansions
1959
as Abel
The Matchmaker
1958
as Cornelius Hackl
Desire Under the Elms
1958
as Abel Cabot
This Angry Age
1957
as Joseph Dufresne
The Tin Star
1957
as Ben Owens
The Lonely Man
1957
as Riley Wade
Fear Strikes Out
1957
as Jimmy Piersall
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Josh Birdwell
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
Stars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Windows
1955
as Benji
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
as Pedro
The Actress
1953
as Fred Whitmarsh
General Electric Theater
1953
as West Wind
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
as Joey
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
Studio One
1948
as Clyde Smith