Biography
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazan’s production of Tea and Sympathy (1955). He quickly became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, working alongside actors such as Henry Fonda (The Tin Star...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
as Himself
Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher

Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door
2020
as Himself (archive) - subject
Anthony Perkins’ face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of giallo and slashers. But he has long struggled in the shado...

Psycho Tom
2017
as Norman Bates

78/52
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the...

Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fifty Shades of Erotica. Now, in the privacy of your...

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter,...

Fallout
2013
as Self (archive footage)
During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-rece...

The Psycho Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what ...

The Making of 'Psycho'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and Jo...

The Cockettes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

24 Hour Psycho
1993
as Norman Bates (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred ...

In the Deep Woods
1992
as Paul Miller, P.I.
A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A strange guy who says is a private detective: Joanna begin...

The Naked Target
1992
as El Mecano
A New York executive is handcuffed to a precious briefcase to which only his Spanish contact holds the key and of which many others are in hot pursuit...

A Demon in My View
1991
as Arthur Johnson
A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.

Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
as Norman Bates
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.

The Ghost Writer
1990
as Anthony Strack
Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the deed, he is visited by unearthly beings, whose presence h...

I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Buchanan
An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoev...

The Day of Reckoning
1990
as Self - Host
A young man begins to have terrifying nightmares after visiting his obsessive uncle's automated chicken farm.
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self
A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.

Daughter of Darkness
1990
as Anton
An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately...

Edge of Sanity
1989
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wi...

Lucky Stiff
1988
Director
Ron Douglas has no luck in women. When his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains and finds himself in a bizarre...

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Anthony Perkins
Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.

Destroyer
1988
as Robert Edwards
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and his fate becomes indeterminate when the prison is shut d...
King Kong! The Living Legend
1986
as Self
Documentary special to promote the release of King Kong Lives, the grand opening of the King Kong attraction at Universal theme park, as well as a loo...

Psycho III
1986
as Norman Bates
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less tha...

Psycho III
1986
Director
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less tha...

Crimes of Passion
1984
as Reverend Peter Shayne
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated pri...

Psycho II
1983
as Norman Bates
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most fam...

The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983
as Henry Lord
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her...

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Double Negative
1980
as Lawrence Miles
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

North Sea Hijack
1980
as Lou Kramer
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his u...

The Black Hole
1979
as Dr. Alex Durant
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposed...

Twice a Woman
1979
as Alfred
When a divorced museum director takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more complicated when her ex-husband also engages in a relationshi...

Winter Kills
1979
as John Cerruti
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the...

The Horror Show
1979
as Self - Host
A history of horror movies.

Les Misérables
1978
as Javert
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

First, You Cry
1978
as Arthur Heroz
The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her...

Remember My Name
1978
as Neil Curry
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent...

Mahogany
1975
as Sean McAvoy
An aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambi...

Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Hector MacQueen
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Lovin' Molly
1974
as Gid
Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny fight over the affections of the beautiful an...

The Last of Sheila
1973
Writer
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scaveng...

The Last of Sheila Featurette
1973
as Self
A short documentary released as pre-publicity for the 1973 murder mystery, The Last of Sheila.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Reverend LaSalle
Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving t...

Play It as It Lays
1972
as B.Z.
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather wor...

Ten Days' Wonder
1971
as Charles Van Horn
Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul Régis to help him solve the mystery of his recurring bout...

Someone Behind the Door
1971
as Laurence Jeffries
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "a...

How Awful About Allan
1970
as Allan
After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him...

WUSA
1970
as Rainey
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's rea...

Catch-22
1970
as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...

The Male Animal
1968
as Tommy Turner
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...

Pretty Poison
1968
as Dennis Pitt
A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexp...

The Champagne Murders
1967
as Christopher Belling
A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.

Evening Primrose
1966
as Charles Snell
A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader’s young maid.

Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Sgt. Warren
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if ...

The Fool Killer
1965
as Milo Bogardus
After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the countryside, and meets various odd characters along the way,...

Agent 38-24-36
1964
as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine
A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted a...

The Sword and the Balance
1963
as Johnny Parsons
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pas...

Five Miles to Midnight
1962
as Robert Macklin
American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lis...

The Trial
1962
as Josef K.
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.

Phaedra
1962
as Alexis Kyrilis
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson ...

Goodbye Again
1961
as Philip Van der Besh
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her lo...

Psycho
1960
as Norman Bates
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates ...

Tall Story
1960
as Ray Blent
A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe ...

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

On the Beach
1959
as Lt. Peter Holmes
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual...

Green Mansions
1959
as Abel
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon...

The Matchmaker
1958
as Cornelius Hackl
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Desire Under the Elms
1958
as Abel Cabot
Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Hating him, and sharing his greed, are the sons ...

The Tin Star
1957
as Ben Owens
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

This Angry Age
1957
as Joseph Dufresne
Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions of an intemperate foreign land with their widowed moth...

The Lonely Man
1957
as Riley Wade
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...

Fear Strikes Out
1957
as Jimmy Piersall
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Josh Birdwell
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the ...

Stars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

The Actress
1953
as Fred Whitmarsh
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.