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

• 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica — (archive footage)
• 1992In the Deep Woods — Paul Miller, P.I.
• Patricia Highsmith's Tales — Host
• 1992The Naked Target — El Mecano
• 1991A Demon in My View — Arthur Johnson
• 1990Daughter of Darkness — Anton
• 1990I'm Dangerous Tonight — Buchanan
• 1990Psycho IV: The Beginning — Norman Bates
• 1990The Ghost Writer — Anthony Strack
• 1989Edge of Sanity — Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
• 1988Destroyer — Robert Edwards
• 1988Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz — Anthony Perkins
• 1988Lucky Stiff — Director
• Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story — Talleyrand
• 1986Psycho III — Norman Bates, Director
• 1986The Making Of Psycho III — Self, Director
• 1984Crimes of Passion — Reverend Peter Shayne
• The Glory Boys — Jimmy
• For the Term of His Natural Life — Reverend James North
• 1983Psycho II — Norman Bates
• 1983The Sins of Dorian Gray — Henry Lord
• 1980Double Negative — Lawrence Miles
• 1980North Sea Hijack — Lou Kramer
• 1979The Black Hole — Dr. Alex Durant
• 1979Twice a Woman — Alfred
• 1979Winter Kills — John Cerruti
• 1978First, You Cry — Arthur Heroz
• 1978Les Misérables — Javert
• 1978Remember My Name — Neil Curry
• 1975Mahogany — Sean McAvoy
• 1974Lovin' Molly — Gid
• 1974Murder on the Orient Express — Hector MacQueen
• 1973The Last of Sheila — Writer
• 1972Play It as It Lays — B.Z.
• 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — Reverend LaSalle
• 1971Someone Behind the Door — Laurence Jeffries
• 1971Ten Days' Wonder — Charles Van Horn
• 1970Catch-22 — Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
• 1970How Awful About Allan — Allan
• 1970WUSA — Rainey
• 1968Pretty Poison — Dennis Pitt
• 1968The Male Animal — Tommy Turner
• 1967The Champagne Murders — Christopher Belling
• ABC Stage 67 — Charles Snell
• 1966Evening Primrose — Charles Snell
• 1966Is Paris Burning? — Sgt. Warren
• BBC Play of the Month — Tommy Turner
• 1965The Fool Killer — Milo Bogardus
• 1964Agent 38-24-36 — Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
• 1963The Sword and the Balance — Johnny Parsons
• 1962Five Miles to Midnight — Robert Macklin
• 1962Phaedra — Alexis Kyrilis
• 1962The Trial — Josef K.
• 1961Goodbye Again — Philip Van der Besh
• 1960Psycho — Norman Bates
• 1960Tall Story — Ray Blent
• 1959Green Mansions — Abel
• 1959On the Beach — Lt. Peter Holmes
• 1958Desire Under the Elms — Abel Cabot
• 1958The Matchmaker — Cornelius Hackl
• 1957Fear Strikes Out — Jimmy Piersall
• 1957The Lonely Man — Riley Wade
• 1957The Tin Star — Ben Owens
• 1957This Angry Age — Joseph Dufresne
• 1956Friendly Persuasion — Josh Birdwell
• Windows — Benji
• General Electric Theater — West Wind
• 1953The Actress — Fred Whitmarsh
• Goodyear Television Playhouse — Joey
• Studio One — Clyde Smith
• Kraft Television Theatre — Willie

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2022Making I'm Dangerous Tonight — Himself
• 2020Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door — Self - Subject (archive footage)
• 2015Tab Hunter Confidential — Self (archive)
• 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2013Fallout — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Making of 'Psycho' — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Cockettes — Self (archive footage)
• 2000The American Nightmare — Self
• 1990A Curious Suicide — Self - Host
• Chillers — Self - Host
• 1990The Day of Reckoning — Self - Host
• 1990The Making of the Edge of Sanity — Self
• 1990With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film — Self
• 1986King Kong! The Living Legend — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1982The Orson Welles Story — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• 1979The Horror Show — Self - Host
• Please Turn the Page — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 1973The Last of Sheila Featurette — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis — Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• aspekte — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Treffpunkt New York — Self
• 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
• Discorama — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• 1956Stars of Cabaret — Self (archive footage)
• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self