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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.03 |
| Birthday | 1932-04-04 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Tony Perkins, Антони Перкинс, |
1960
Psycho
8.4/10260
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates...
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Psycho
1962
The Trial
7.4/503
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In ord...
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The Trial
1983
Psycho II
6.467/653
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most fam...
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Psycho II
1975
Mahogany
5.9/23
An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambi...
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Mahogany
1970
Catch-22
6.7/308
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...
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Catch-22
1974
Murder on the Orient Express
7.135/1438
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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Murder on the Orient Express
1971
Someone Behind the Door
5.4/32
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "a...
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Someone Behind the Door
1966
Is Paris Burning?
7.2/212
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if...
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Is Paris Burning?
1978
Les Misérables
7.2/30
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
1957
The Tin Star
7.004/117
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
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The Tin Star
1979
The Black Hole
5.832/497
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposed...
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The Black Hole
1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
6.4/156
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1986
Psycho III
5.6/390
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less tha...
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Psycho III
1968
Pretty Poison
6.8/83
A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexp...
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Pretty Poison
1965
The Fool Killer
6.8/13
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way,...
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The Fool Killer
1990
Psycho IV: The Beginning
5.7/264
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.
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Psycho IV: The Beginning
1984
Crimes of Passion
6.3/171
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated pri...
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Crimes of Passion
1959
On the Beach
6.6/206
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual...
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On the Beach
1979
Winter Kills
5.813/48
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the...
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Winter Kills
1957
The Lonely Man
6.1/17
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...
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The Lonely Man
1956
Friendly Persuasion
6.6/121
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the...
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Friendly Persuasion
1958
The Matchmaker
6.9/13
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
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The Matchmaker
2017
Psycho Tom
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Psycho Tom
1962
Five Miles to Midnight
5.8/22
Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going husband Robert, he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secret...
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Five Miles to Midnight
1959
Green Mansions
5.9/26
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon...
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Green Mansions
1962
Phaedra
5.7/30
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson...
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Phaedra
1990
Daughter of Darkness
5/26
An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately...
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Daughter of Darkness
1970
WUSA
5.4/25
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's rea...
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WUSA
1993
24 Hour Psycho
4/2
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24 Hour Psycho
1970
How Awful About Allan
6.1/20
After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him...
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How Awful About Allan
1967
The Champagne Murders
5.5/22
A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.
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The Champagne Murders
2000
The American Nightmare
6.926/34
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
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The American Nightmare
1971
Ten Days' Wonder
6.3/25
Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul Régis to help him solve the mystery of his recurring bout...
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Ten Days' Wonder
1961
Goodbye Again
7.1/35
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her lo...
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Goodbye Again
1989
Edge of Sanity
5.268/56
When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wi...
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Edge of Sanity
1978
Remember My Name
6.1/32
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent...
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Remember My Name
1972
Play It as It Lays
6.2/20
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather wor...
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Play It as It Lays
1988
Destroyer
5.1/29
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and his fate becomes indeterminate when the prison is shut d...
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Destroyer
1960
Tall Story
5.1/10
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe...
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Tall Story
1958
Desire Under the Elms
6.8/20
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons...
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Desire Under the Elms
1953
The Actress
6.2/15
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
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The Actress
1979
Twice a Woman
4.1/12
When a divorced museum director takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more complicated when her ex-husband also engages in a relationshi...
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Twice a Woman
1992
In the Deep Woods
5.5/11
A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A strange guy who says is a private detective: Joanna begin...
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In the Deep Woods
1966
Evening Primrose
7.3/10
A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader’s young maid.
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Evening Primrose
1957
Fear Strikes Out
7/18
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Fear Strikes Out
1964
Agent 38-24-36
5.9/24
A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted a...
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Agent 38-24-36
1991
A Demon in My View
5/1
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
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A Demon in My View
1974
Lovin' Molly
4.7/6
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful an...
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Lovin' Molly
1957
This Angry Age
5.9/6
Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions of an intemperate foreign land with their widowed moth...
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This Angry Age
1963
The Sword and the Balance
7.6/12
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pas...
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The Sword and the Balance
1978
First, You Cry
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The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her...
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First, You Cry
1968
The Male Animal
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The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...
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The Male Animal
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight
4.543/23
An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoev...
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I'm Dangerous Tonight
2005
The Making of 'Psycho'
7.5/24
A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and Jo...
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The Making of 'Psycho'
2022
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
6/1
Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher
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Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
0/0
Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1986
King Kong! The Living Legend
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King Kong! The Living Legend
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3/10
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1973
The Last of Sheila Featurette
0/0
A short documentary released as pre-publicity for the 1973 murder mystery, The Last of Sheila.
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The Last of Sheila Featurette
1992
The Naked Target
4.8/5
A New York executive is handcuffed to a precious briefcase to which only his Spanish contact holds the key and of which many others are in hot pursuit...
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The Naked Target
1979
The Horror Show
6/2
A history of horror movies.
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The Horror Show
1983
The Sins of Dorian Gray
5.7/3
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her...
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The Sins of Dorian Gray
1980
Double Negative
3.5/2
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
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Double Negative
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6/1
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
6.7/34
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter,...
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2013
Fallout
7/2
During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-rece...
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Fallout
1980
North Sea Hijack
6.238/102
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his u...
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North Sea Hijack
2020
Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
7.7/3
Anthony Perkin’s face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of Giallo and slashers. But he has long struggled in the shado...
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Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2010
The Psycho Legacy
7/11
The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what...
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The Psycho Legacy
1990
The Ghost Writer
5.3/3
Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence h...
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The Ghost Writer
1990
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
0/0
A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.
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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
7/2
Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fifty Shades of Erotica. Now, in the privacy of your...
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Fifty Shades of Erotica
2017
78/52
7.2/130
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the...
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78/52
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
7.4/56
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...
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Tab Hunter Confidential
2002
The Cockettes
6.7/16
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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The Cockettes
1956
Stars of Cabaret
0/0
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.
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Stars of Cabaret
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1990
The Day of Reckoning
0/0
A young man begins to have terrifying nightmares after visiting his obsessive uncle's automated chicken farm.
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