| Anthony Perkins Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 1½ in |
| Weight | 82 kg |
| Date of Birth | April 4, 1932 |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Date of Death | September 12, 1992 |
Anthony Perkins was an American actor, director, and singer who is most remembered for his career-defining role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho (1960). His other prominent film roles have included Catch-22 (1970), Play It as It Lays (1972), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Mahogany (1975), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Tin Star (1957), This Angry Age (1957), etc.
Born Name
Anthony Perkins
Nick Name
Tony, A.P.
Age
He was born on April 4, 1932.
Died
He passed away on September 12, 1992, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 60 years from AIDS-related pneumonia.
Sun Sign
Aries
Born Place
New York City, New York, United States
Nationality
Occupation
Actor, Director, Singer
Family
- Father – Osgood Perkins (Film and Stage Actor) (1892-1937)
- Mother – Janet Esselstyn (1894-1979)
Genre
Soundtrack
Instruments
Vocals
Net Worth
His net worth was $6 million at the time of his death according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
Build
Slim
Height
6 ft 1½ in or 186.5 cm
Weight
82 kg or 181 lbs
Boyfriend / Girlfriend / Spouse
Anthony Perkins had dated –
- Rock Hudson
- Patrick Loiseau
- Erik Bruhn
- Tab Hunter (1956-1959)
- Paul NewmanÂ
- Christopher Makos
- Rudolf Nureyev
- Stephen Sondheim
- Grover Dale (1964-1971)
- Victoria Principal (1971) – He reportedly had his first heteros**ual encounter with actress Victoria Principal at the age of 39 years while shooting The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) in December 1971.
- Berry Berenson (1972-1992) – He tied the knot with photographer Berry Berenson on August 9, 1973. The couple had raised 2 sons together – Oz Perkins (b. February 2, 1974) (Actor, Director, Screenwriter) and Elvis Perkins (b. February 9, 1976) (Folk-Rock Musician). The couple’s marriage raised many eyebrows as Perkins was widely known to be gay by that point. Nevertheless, the two stayed married until his death on September 12, 1992.
Race / Ethnicity
White
He had English, Irish, Dutch, and German ancestry.
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Gay
However, he was also considered to be ‘Bisexual’.
Distinctive Features
- Chin dimple
- Mole on his cheek
- Lanky frame
Anthony Perkins Facts
- His wife Berry passed away 9 years after him on September 11, 2001. She was one of the 58 victims onboard the ill-fated American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- Perkins was born on the same day as the legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky, who is considered to be among the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
- Some of the famous roles that he lost out on were as the Phantom in the original Los Angeles production of The Phantom of the Opera, Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Caleb Trask in East of Eden (1955), Shell Oil Jr. in Some Like it Hot (1959) (with Marilyn Monroe), etc.
- Perkins is honored with 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:Â one for Motion Pictures at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard and the other for Television at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- In 2004, Premiere Magazine named his haunting performance as Norman Bates in Psycho (1960) at #4 in its list of the ‘100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time’.
- Perkins was a huge admirer of the musician Elvis Presley and filmmaker Orson Welles.
- The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. took place on his 36th birthday i.e., on April 4, 1968.
- Anthony’s son Oz Perkins, through his ex-wife Sidney Perkins, has 2 children, viz, son James Ripley Osgood Robert Perkins III (b. 2004) and daughter Beatrix Perkins (b. 2009).
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Pretty sure he was bisexual not gay seeing he had a wife.
Perkins was homosexual
He had 2 grandchildren