Anthony Perkins

23 titles on Netflix • IMDb

Biography

Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His paternal great-grandfather was noted engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his screen debut in The Actress (1953), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). Three years later, he appeared in what would be his most memorable role to date, Norman Bates in Psycho (1960).

Filmography

Psycho III 1986 • 1h 33m
Crimes of Passion 1984 • 1h 47m
Michael Jackson's Thriller 1983 • 13m
Psycho II 1983 • 1h 53m
North Sea Hijack 1980 • 1h 35m
Ffolkes 1979 • 1h 35m
The Black Hole 1979 • 1h 38m
Remember My Name 1978 • 1h 34m
Mahogany 1975 • 1h 49m
Murder on the Orient Express 1974 • 2h 8m
Someone Behind the Door 1971 • 1h 37m
Catch-22 1970 • 2h 2m
How Awful About Allan 1970 • 1h 13m
WUSA 1970 • 1h 55m
Pretty Poison 1968 • 1h 29m
Is Paris Burning? 1966 • 2h 53m
The Fool Killer 1965 • 1h 39m
Agent 38-24-36 1964 • 1h 50m
The Trial 1962 • 1h 59m
Psycho 1960 • 1h 49m
On the Beach 1959 • 2h 14m
The Tin Star 1957 • 1h 33m
Friendly Persuasion 1956 • 2h 17m