Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor, director, and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956), but is best remembered for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and its three sequels. His other films include Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Matchmaker (1958), On the Beach (1959), Tall Story (1960), The Trial (1962), Phaedra (1962), Five Miles to Midnight (1962), Pretty Poison (1968), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Mahogany (1975), The Black Hole (1979), North Sea Hijack (1980), and Crimes of Passion (1984).
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| Full name at birth | Anthony Perkins
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| Claim to fame | Psycho
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| Date of birth | 4 April 1932
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| Place of birth | New York, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 12 September 1992
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| Age | 60 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Hollywood, California, USA
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| Cause of death | AIDS (-related pneumonia)
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| Occupation | Actor, Singer, Director
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- Son of Osgood Perkins.
- Shares his birthday with director Andrei Tarkovsky .
- Had agreed to voice the dentist on "The Simpsons" (1989) episode "Last Exit to Springfield" but died before work began. The role then went to Hank Azaria.
- Auditioned for the role of the Phantom in the original Los Angeles production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera". He lost the role to Robert Guillaume.
- Was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1958, as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Look Homeward, Angel," and in 1960, as Best Actor (Musical) for "Greenwillow."
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