Anthony Perkins was born in New York on April 4, 1932, the son of actor Osgood Perkins, who died when Tony was 5. Entertaining acting ambitions from an early age, Tony worked in summer stock as a teenager before breaking into the movies when he was in his early 20s.Perkins began his film career playing sensitive youths, including Gary Cooper's pacifist son in Friendly Persuasion (1956), for which he received an Oscar nomination. After taking on the role of creepy Norman Bates in Psycho (1960), however, Perkins became typecast as a deranged outsider. Some of his notable performances include the mentally disturbed baseball player Jimmy Piersall in Fear Strikes Out (1957), a doomed survivor in On the Beach (1959), Josef K. in Orson Welles's production of The Trial (1962) and a chaplain in Catch-22 (1970).
Perkins starred in three Psycho sequels before his death on Sept. 12, 1992.
AddThe Black HoleDisney goes sci-fi in this futuristic adventure about a team of space travelers who stumble upon a black hole. Fearful of being pulled into the dark abyss, the explorers try to make a quick exit -- but then they spot an intriguing spacecraft at the mouth of the hole. On further investigation, they... Read More
AddCrimes of PassionSet in the midst of a steamy red light district, this compelling drama focuses on China Blue (Kathleen Turner), a stunningly beautiful fashion designer by day -- and a prostitute keenly adept at playing erotic power games by night. Turner delivers a powerful performance opposite Anthony Perkins, who... Read More
AddThe TrialDirector Orson Welles's brilliant adaptation of Franz Kafka's existential novel casts Anthony Perkins as Josef K, a bank clerk who finds himself at the mercy of a powerful and bizarre judicial system when he's arrested for an unnamed crime. In his efforts to exonerate himself, the bewildered Josef... Read More
AddLes MiserablesVictor Hugo's towering novel about the social inequities that were rampant in 18th century France gets the made-for-TV treatment in this superior production. The immortal story follows a minor thief (Richard Jordan) who rises above his past only to be hounded by an implacable chief inspector... Read More
AddPsycho IINorman Bates (Anthony Perkins) comes home in the terrifying sequel to one of Alfred Hitchcock's most suspenseful movies. After years of rehab in a mental institution, Norman returns to the family home, but is he really free of the henpecking from his "mother"? Vera Miles reprises her role from the... Read More
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