Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

1925-06-03 Bronx, New York, USA 170 Credits

Biography

Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the later half of the 1950's he became a notable and strong screen presence. He...

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From Roger Moore with Love

From Roger Moore with Love

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger Moore and his rise to global fame. With rare home...

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb ...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012

as Self

7.0
Acting

Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the ori...

That's Insignificance

That's Insignificance

2011

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film INSIGNIFICANCE featuring interviews with the cast.

Tony Curtis erzählt...

2010

as Self

Acting

The American actor Tony Curtis talks about his career.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Eric (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

2010

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

2010

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police...

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

2009

as Self

6.3
Acting

A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with th...

David & Fatima

David & Fatima

2008

as Mr. Schwartz

5.0
Acting

A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959.

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006

as Self

7.0
Acting

A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006

Thanks

8.5

A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959.

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

2006

Thanks

7.0

A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A documentary about Jerry Lewis directed by Eckhart Schmidt.

Hollywood Legenden

2004

as Self

2.0
Acting

Documentary about Hollywood.

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

2003

as Self

9.0
Acting

With his magazine Hugh Hefner changed the face of publishing, combining titillation with hard-edged reporting and serving up nudity with taste. His sw...

Reflections of Evil

Reflections of Evil

2002

as Host

6.6
Acting

Julie, a teen who died from a PCP overdose in the early '70s, searches from beyond the grave for her younger brother Bob, who now in the '90s is an ob...

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

2001

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute.

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

2001

as Self

6.0
Acting

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the his...

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

2001

as Self

7.0
Acting

Leonard Maltin interviews Tony Curtis on his experience filming 'Some Like It Hot'.

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

2001

Thanks

7.0

Leonard Maltin interviews Tony Curtis on his experience filming 'Some Like It Hot'.

Play It to the Bone

Play It to the Bone

1999

as Tony Curtis (Ringside Fan)

5.5
Acting

Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unava...

Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever

Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever

1998

as Bernard (voice)

Acting

Roxanne is a dog who wants a great Christmas tree. She can't find it. What will she do? Have the best Christmas ever! That's what!

Louis & Frank

Louis & Frank

1998

as Lenny Star Springer

1.0
Acting

Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.

Stargames

Stargames

1998

as King Fendel

2.1
Acting

A young space prince on the run from an evil space villain, stranded on Earth and waiting for his grandfather the king to rescue him, befriends an Ear...

Elvis Meets Nixon

Elvis Meets Nixon

1997

as Tony Curtis

7.0
Acting

A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA

The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man

The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man

1997

as Jack Steele

Acting

A satire about an actor from the 1960s coming to terms with the pressures of today's entertainment industry.

Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball

Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball

1997

as Wald

4.2
Acting

Incompatible fugitive recovery agents, the flighty Jersey Bellini and his more serious-minded female partner, B.B., have, for the last time, ticked of...

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996

as Self

7.2
Acting

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serv...

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

1995

as Self

6.0
Acting

The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.

The Immortals

The Immortals

1995

as Dominic

5.7
Acting

An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed ch...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

as Johnny Steele

6.7
Acting

The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a...

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

1994

as Lucky Bergstrom

4.2
Acting

Bandit, always willing to help a lady, bites off more than he can chew when he helps a lady who is on the run from the mob. Nuns and nudists cross pat...

A Century of Cinema

A Century of Cinema

1994

as Self

8.0
Acting

A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.

Naked in New York

Naked in New York

1993

as Carl Fisher

4.5
Acting

Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while fa...

The Mummy Lives

The Mummy Lives

1993

as Aziru / Dr. Mohassid

3.9
Acting

An Egyptian noble, sentenced to death for a forbidden affair, returns from the grave 3,000 years later and becomes obsessed with a woman whom he think...

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

1992

as Alexander Yardley

4.6
Acting

Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who ...

Center of the Web

Center of the Web

1992

as Stephen Moore

3.2
Acting

An actor is wrongly taken as a professional killer by a band planning to murder the Governor. Then he is hired by the Security Dept. to try to unmask ...

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

1991

as Narrator (voice) / Self

Acting

This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He was...

Prime Target

Prime Target

1991

as Copella

4.5
Acting

Maverick Cop John Bloodstone is taken off suspension to ferry a Mob Boss into custody. But all is not what it seems.....

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day

1990

as Max Schloss

6.0
Acting

Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.

Lobster Man from Mars

Lobster Man from Mars

1990

as J.P. Shelldrake

5.1
Acting

A young film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobs...

Walter and Carlo in America

Walter and Carlo in America

1989

as WIlly La Rouge

5.2
Acting

The steward Walter and the cobbler Carlo is tasked to provide not the Little, but the High Mermaid to two agents in Kennedy airport in New York. Alrea...

Midnight

Midnight

1989

as Mr. B

2.0
Acting

The sultry Midnight, late-night horror movie hostess, has the highest rated show on TV. Mr. B is scheming to steal the rights to the show. The tug of ...

Tarzan in Manhattan

Tarzan in Manhattan

1989

as Archimedes Porter

3.8
Acting

The ape man flies to New York, where cabby Jane and her father help him rescue Cheetah from a madman.

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

1988

as Mr. Cornfield

5.7
Acting

An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentr...

Sparky's Magic Piano

Sparky's Magic Piano

1987

5.9
Acting

A boy becomes a virtuoso pianist, but when he gets too big-headed the piano decides to teach him a lesson.

Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts

1986

as Charles Cartwright

5.7
Acting

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural unt...

Banter

Banter

1986

as Charles Foster

4.7
Acting

An alcoholic partier becomes a paranoid maniac when a manuscript that predicts real-life horrors takes possession of his mind.

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

1986

as Self

7.5
Acting

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pic...

Club Life

Club Life

1986

as Hector

4.0
Acting

A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in d...

Mafia Princess

Mafia Princess

1986

as Sam Giancana

10.0
Acting

Looks at the life of mafia boss Salvatore Giancana. Especially his troubled relationship with his family.

Insignificance

Insignificance

1985

as The Senator

6.4
Acting

Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually in...

Half Nelson

Half Nelson

1985

Acting

Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor...

Where Is Parsifal?

Where Is Parsifal?

1984

as Parsifal Katzanella-Boden

3.5
Acting

Tucked away in his castle, a hypochondriac inventor plays generous host to a revolving cast of wacky guests. But to pay off his mounting debts, he mus...

BrainWaves

BrainWaves

1983

as Dr. Clavius

4.1
Acting

After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months and her doctors want to try a new procedure on her. To regain her consciousness, they stimulate ...

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

Balboa

Balboa

1983

as Ernie Stoddard

2.5
Acting

A battle between a man's determination to bring legal gambling to an island off the California coast and a local councilman's equally strong determina...

Black Commando

Black Commando

1982

as Col. Iago

2.7
Acting

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio...

Portrait of a Showgirl

Portrait of a Showgirl

1982

as Joey DeLeon

8.0
Acting

The story of three Las Vegas showgirls, each at a different stage in her career.

Magic with the Stars

Magic with the Stars

1982

as Harry Houdini (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.

The Million Dollar Face

The Million Dollar Face

1981

as Chester Masterson

Acting

Tony Curtis is the ruthless head of a cosmetics firm, Kiss of Gold, locked in fierce competition with his arch-rival, Glamour, Inc., that happens to b...

Inmates: A Love Story

Inmates: A Love Story

1981

as Flanagan

Acting

Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a rev...

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

as Martin N. Fenn

6.1
Acting

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

1980

as Robert Talbot

4.8
Acting

A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husb...

The Scarlett O'Hara War

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

as David O. Selznick

6.1
Acting

The trials and tribulations of David O. Selznick as he attempts to find an actress to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1980

as Blackie

6.5
Acting

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change...

The Masqueraders

The Masqueraders

1980

as Danny Wilde

Acting

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investig...

Title Shot

Title Shot

1979

as Frank Renzetti

Acting

In Toronto, Canada, a troubled police detective investigates fixed betting and corruption in the world of heavyweight boxing. He uncovers a plot by a ...

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

1979

as Self

1.0
Acting

A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Death Becomes Me

Death Becomes Me

1979

as Danny Wilde/Aunt Sophie Schwartz

Acting

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investig...

The Users

The Users

1978

as Randy Brent

1.0
Acting

A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into th...

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

1978

as Marvin Lazar

4.8
Acting

A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which spa...

The Manitou

The Manitou

1978

as Harry Erskine

5.4
Acting

A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.

Sextette

Sextette

1978

as Alexei Karansky

3.9
Acting

Glamorous silver screen sex symbol Marlo Manners is enjoying her honeymoon with Sir Michael Barrington, husband number six. As luck would have it, an ...

The Last Appointment!

The Last Appointment!

1977

as Danny Wilde

Acting

Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.

Casanova & Co.

Casanova & Co.

1977

as Giacomo Casanova / Giacomino

3.8
Acting

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwh...

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976

as Rodriguez

6.3
Acting

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

The Switch

The Switch

1976

as Danny Wilde

Acting

Our heroes find themselves at the famed Cannes Film Festival to help foil a plot to murder a former American union boss cum government witness, Kyle S...

The Count of Monte-Cristo

The Count of Monte-Cristo

1975

as Fernand Morcerf Mondego

6.8
Acting

A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend...

Lepke

Lepke

1975

as Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter

5.2
Acting

Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal ca...

Sporting Chance

Sporting Chance

1975

as Danny Wilde

6.0
Acting

Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the sport of high-speed racing. Wilde then finds himself mixed...

London Conspiracy

London Conspiracy

1974

as Danny Wilde

10.0
Acting

Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them...

Mission: Monte Carlo

Mission: Monte Carlo

1974

as Danny Wilde

6.7
Acting

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes along the French Riviera.

The Third Girl from the Left

The Third Girl from the Left

1973

as Joey Jordan

9.0
Acting

A chorus girl comes to the realization that she is not getting any younger and that her longtime relationship with a nightclub singer is going nowhere...

The Persuaders!

The Persuaders!

1973

as Danny Wilde

8.2
Acting

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investig...

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

1971

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical fea...

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

1971

Thanks

Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical fea...

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

as Shannon Gambroni

5.0
Acting

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries t...

You Can't Win 'Em All

You Can't Win 'Em All

1970

as Adam Dyer

5.8
Acting

During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as...

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969

as Chester Schofield

5.9
Acting

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farc...

The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler

1968

as Albert DeSalvo

6.7
Acting

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through ...

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968

as Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the pur...

On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...

On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...

1967

as Guerrando da Montone

4.4
Acting

A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off to the Crusades.

Don't Make Waves

Don't Make Waves

1967

as Carlo Cofield

5.3
Acting

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside ...

Don't Make Waves

Don't Make Waves

1967

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside ...

Arrivederci, Baby!

Arrivederci, Baby!

1966

as Nick Johnson

5.9
Acting

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

Not With My Wife, You Don't

Not With My Wife, You Don't

1966

as Tom Ferris

6.0
Acting

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he ...

Not With My Wife, You Don't

Not With My Wife, You Don't

1966

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he ...

Chamber of Horrors

Chamber of Horrors

1966

as Mr. Julian

5.5
Acting

A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes...

Boeing, Boeing

Boeing, Boeing

1965

as Bernard Lawrence

6.3
Acting

Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as lo...

The Great Race

The Great Race

1965

as The Great Leslie

7.1
Acting

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward...

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

1964

as Bob Weston

6.6
Acting

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurl...

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

1964

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurl...

Goodbye Charlie

Goodbye Charlie

1964

as George Wellington Tracy

5.6
Acting

When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a b...

Wild and Wonderful

Wild and Wonderful

1964

as Terry Williams

6.3
Acting

Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her ...

Paris When It Sizzles

Paris When It Sizzles

1964

as Actor Portraying Maurice or Philippe (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been in Paris supposedly workin...

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz

6.5
Acting

In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital i...

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital i...

The List of Adrian Messenger

The List of Adrian Messenger

1963

as Organ Grinder

6.6
Acting

Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who ...

40 Pounds of Trouble

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962

as Steve McCluskey

5.4
Acting

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

1962

as Andrei Bulba

6.3
Acting

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi...

The Outsider

The Outsider

1961

as Ira Hamilton Hayes

6.4
Acting

Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, w...

The Great Impostor

The Great Impostor

1960

as Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd

6.9
Acting

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite succ...

Pepe

Pepe

1960

as Tony Curtis

6.2
Acting

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. ...

Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

as Antoninus

7.5
Acting

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...

The Rat Race

The Rat Race

1960

as Pete Hammond Jr.

6.6
Acting

An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance ...

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

1960

as David Wilson

6.2
Acting

In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story tha...

People, Hopes, Medals

People, Hopes, Medals

1960

as Self

4.6
Acting

A documentary covering the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California.

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

as Lieutenant Nicholas Holden

7.2
Acting

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959

as Joe (Josephine)

8.1
Acting

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join a...

The Perfect Furlough

The Perfect Furlough

1958

as Cpl. Paul Hodges

6.6
Acting

A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany h...

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958

as John 'Joker' Jackson

7.1
Acting

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth

1958

as Caporal Britt Harris

6.2
Acting

When Harris applies for the position of a radioman in Loggins' army unit, he is hired immediately. While on a mission together in France, they both fa...

The Vikings

The Vikings

1958

as Eric

7.1
Acting

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

The Vikings

The Vikings

1958

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

as Sidney Falco

7.6
Acting

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't contro...

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't contro...

The Midnight Story

The Midnight Story

1957

as Joe Martini

6.1
Acting

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with...

Mister Cory

Mister Cory

1957

as Cory

5.7
Acting

An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

1956

as Ben Matthews

5.5
Acting

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galen...

Trapeze

Trapeze

1956

as Tino Orsini

6.3
Acting

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a ...

Nightmare

1956

as Tony

Acting

10-minute short Nightmare, with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

1955

as Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon

5.9
Acting

Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.

Allen in Movieland

Allen in Movieland

1955

as Self

5.0
Acting

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."

The Purple Mask

The Purple Mask

1955

as Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask

5.0
Acting

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distre...

Six Bridges to Cross

Six Bridges to Cross

1955

as Jerry Florea

6.2
Acting

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted t...

So This Is Paris

So This Is Paris

1954

as Joe Maxwell

8.5
Acting

Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

as Self

8.0
Acting

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954

as Myles Falworth

6.2
Acting

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really w...

Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark

1954

as Johnny Dark

5.0
Acting

A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laur...

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

1954

Acting

Miss Glucksman, teacher of Englewood Liberty school, visits Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, and Jerry Lewis to make a short film for her students.

Beachhead

Beachhead

1954

as Burke

5.4
Acting

On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, ...

Forbidden

Forbidden

1953

as Eddie Darrow

6.0
Acting

Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.

The All American

The All American

1953

as Nick Bonelli

5.0
Acting

A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.

Houdini

Houdini

1953

as Harry Houdini

6.5
Acting

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackl...

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

1953

as Self

Acting

When 78 beauties are assembled from the far corners of the globe in order to select the most beautiful girl in the world, the results are bound to be ...

Son of Ali Baba

Son of Ali Baba

1952

as Kashma Baba

5.8
Acting

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl w...

Flesh and Fury

Flesh and Fury

1952

as Paul Callan

6.1
Acting

Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the...

No Room for the Groom

No Room for the Groom

1952

as Alvah Morrell

5.5
Acting

A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a h...

Meet Danny Wilson

Meet Danny Wilson

1952

as Nightclub Patron

4.0
Acting

A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.

An Eye for an Eye

1952

Acting

An Eastman Color short with Leigh and Curtis as a couple dealing with suspicions of infidelity.

Come Back Little Shiksa

Come Back Little Shiksa

1952

Acting

A Jerry Lewis directed home movie remake of the Burt Lancaster drama Come Back Little Sheba. Dean Martin stars as an alcoholic surgeon who fights the ...

The Re-Inforcer

The Re-Inforcer

1951

as Baffo

5.5
Acting

A Jerry Lewis home movie remake of Humphrey Bogart's The Enforcer. Joe Lasagna (Dean Martin)'s reign as a mob boss is threatened by new blood Baffo (T...

The Prince Who Was a Thief

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951

as Julna

4.9
Acting

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

Fairfax Avenue

1951

Acting

Janet Leigh commands her close-up as the faux Norma Desmond character in what an elaborate title sequence identifies as “the Jewish Sunset Boulevard.”...

Kansas Raiders

Kansas Raiders

1950

as Kit Dalton

5.8
Acting

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even...

Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950

as Doan

7.3
Acting

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one...

Sierra

Sierra

1950

as Brent Coulter (as Anthony Cutis)

5.3
Acting

Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change ...

I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter

1950

as Pepe

5.3
Acting

A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.

Francis

Francis

1950

as Captain Jones

5.5
Acting

The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic a...

Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

1950

as Dave Shaw (voice) (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if n...

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

1949

as Bellboy (as Anthony Curtis)

6.0
Acting

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949

as Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)

6.2
Acting

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

City Across the River

City Across the River

1949

as Mitch (as Anthony Curtis)

5.5
Acting

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously invol...

Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949

as Gigolo (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

1949

Acting

How to Smuggle the Hernia Across the Border is a 1949 American short comedy film directed by Jerry Lewis and starring Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, and To...