Anthony Perkins was born on April 4, 1932 in New York City, USA and died on September 12, 1992. He was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American stage and screen actor.

After working as a juvenile lead actor early in the 1950s, especially winning praise for his Broadway role in Tea and Sympathy (1954), Perkins put in strong performances in the films Tin Star (1957 and Fear Strikes Out (1956).

In 1960 he landed his most famous role as Norman Bates in Hitchcock's Psycho, one of the classic screen performances.

He returned to the role of Norman Bates for the sequels, Psycho II, Psycho III and Psycho IV: The Beginning.

Among his Broadway credits are the Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow (1960) and Bernard Slade's 1979 play Romantic Comedy opposite Mia Farrow.

Perkins was bisexual, having had affairs with a number of men, including 1950s and 1960s film stars Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim and dancer-choreographer Grover Dale. He married Berry Berenson.

Perkins died at age 60, on September 12, 1992, from complications of AIDS.

Filmography

• In the Deep Woods (1992) (TV)
• Gusanos no llevan bufanda, Los (1992)
• Mann nebenan, Der (1991)
• Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) (TV)
• "Día es un día, Un" (1 episode, 1990)
• Ghost Writer (1990) (TV)
• I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) (TV)
• Daughter of Darkness (1990) (TV)
• "Chillers" (1 episode)
• Edge of Sanity (1989)
• Destroyer (1988)
• "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story" (1987) (mini) TV mini-series
• Psycho III (1986)
• Crimes of Passion (1984)
• The Glory Boys (1984) (TV)
• Psycho II (1983)
• The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) (TV)
• For the Term of His Natural Life (1983) (TV)
• Double Negative (1980)
• The Black Hole (1979)
• Twee vrouwen (1979)
• Winter Kills (1979)
• North Sea Hijack (1979)
• Miserables, Les (1978) (TV)
• First, You Cry (1978) (TV)
• Remember My Name (1978)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1976)
• Mahogany (1975)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• Lovin' Molly (1974)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
• Play It As It Lays (1972)
• Quelqu'un derrière la porte (1971)
• Décade prodigieuse, La (1971)
• How Awful About Allan (1970) (TV)
• WUSA (1970)
• Catch-22 (1970)
• "Play of the Month" (1 episode, 1968)
• Pretty Poison (1968)
• Scandale, Le (1967)
• Evening Primrose (1966) (TV)
• "ABC Stage 67" (1 episode, 1966)
• Paris brûle-t-il? (1966)
• The Fool Killer (1965)
• Une ravissante idiote (1964)
• Glaive et la balance, Le (1963)
• Procès, Le (1962)
• Couteau dans la plaie, Le (1962)
• Phaedra (1962)
• Goodbye Again (1961)
• Psycho (1960)
• Tall Story (1960)
• On the Beach (1959)
• Green Mansions (1959)
• The Matchmaker (1958)
• Desire Under the Elms (1958)
• This Angry Age (1958)
• The Tin Star (1957)
• The Lonely Man (1957)
• Fear Strikes Out (1957)
• Friendly Persuasion (1956)
• "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1956)
• "Front Row Center" (1 episode, 1956)
• "Studio One" (1 episode, 1956)
• "Kraft Television Theatre" (2 episodes, 1954-1956)
• "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1955)
• "The Man Behind the Badge" (2 episodes, 1954)
• "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
• The Actress (1953)

Awards

• Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award "Goodbye Again" 1961
• Golden Globe Award Most Promising Newcomer-Male 1956
• Theatre World Award "Tea and Sympathy" 1955