Anthony Perkins

  • Name: Anthony Perkins
  • Date of Birth: April 04, 1932
  • Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA
Mini-bio: Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as the serial killer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). He was the son of American ...( read more)stage and film actor Osgood Perkins and Janet Esseltyn Rane. Perkins' first movie was The Actress (1953); he received an Academy Award nomination for his role in his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). After other acclaimed performances both in film and on Broadway, he starred as Norman Bates in the 1960 film Psycho. Many people feel he deserved to win an Oscar for this role[citation needed], but he was not nominated. Following the success of Psycho, he did have a decade-long successful career in Europe, where many fans did not associate Perkins with the typecasting image of Norman Bates.

Perkins went on to create a critically-lauded portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles' The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka. Upon returning to America, he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He starred in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he directed) and Psycho IV: The Beginning. He also played a few memorable characters, such as the chaplain in Catch-22 (1970). Despite these successes, most of his later work was made-for-TV movies. Perkins also co-wrote, with composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the screenplay for the 1973 film The Last of Sheila, for which they received a 1974 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Among his Broadway credits are the Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow (1960) and Bernard Slade's 1979 play Romantic Comedy opposite Mia Farrow. Perkins's life was meticulously documented in the biography Anthony Perkins: Split Image by Charles Winecoff (Alyson Books, 2006).
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Replace this image with an actor photoAnthony Perkins mini-bio: Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as the serial killer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). He was the son of American stage and film actor Osgood Perkins and Janet Esseltyn Rane. Perkins' first movie was The Actress (1953); he received an Academy Award nomination for his role in his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). After other acclaimed performances both in film and on Broadway, he starred as Norman Bates in the 1960 film Psycho. Many people feel he deserved to win an Oscar for this role[citation needed], but he was not nominated. Following the success of Psycho, he did have a decade-long successful career in Europe, where many fans did not associate Perkins with the typecasting image of Norman Bates.

Perkins went on to create a critically-lauded portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles' The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka. Upon returning to America, he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He starred in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he directed) and Psycho IV: The Beginning. He also played a few memorable characters, such as the chaplain in Catch-22 (1970). Despite these successes, most of his later work was made-for-TV movies. Perkins also co-wrote, with composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the screenplay for the 1973 film The Last of Sheila, for which they received a 1974 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Among his Broadway credits are the Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow (1960) and Bernard Slade's 1979 play Romantic Comedy opposite Mia Farrow. Perkins's life was meticulously documented in the biography Anthony Perkins: Split Image by Charles Winecoff (Alyson Books, 2006).

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  • 01MovieMan
    01MovieMan
    He was a very talented actor
    I did not know he directed
    He was a regular customer in the bicycle store I worked at in Manhattan.
    He always bought the same model bicycle and sold it when he left for California. Then he bought another one there.
    posted 217 days ago
  • aquariangirl4
    aquariangirl4
    im speachless alls i know im getting more of this tall, dark, stranger movies...........................
    posted 253 days ago
  • aquariangirl4
    aquariangirl4
    sooooooooo adorible tall, dark, handsom. and the smile wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!-he talks like a dream and sings too! i mean i fell in love with the tv set
    posted 267 days ago
  • cravingxheart
    cravingxheart
    fucking gorgeous.
    posted 335 days ago
  • tobedeleted
    tobedeleted
    a truely great actor!
    posted 584 days ago
  • thequietgirl
    thequietgirl
    Such a cutie he was, as well as a magnificent actor. A very intelligent man who left us a little too soon. R.I.P
    posted 584 days ago
  • stupid190
    stupid190
    Truely Amazing!!!
    posted 743 days ago
  • Spicecats
    Spicecats
    Legend!
    posted 758 days ago
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