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Acting

Anthony Perkins

Career: Active from 1953 to 2015, with a break from 1993 to 2014, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 48
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Psycho
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Anthony Perkins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.9, average 5.4
Wholesome
2.1, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.5, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 10
Character Study 8
Historical Drama 6
Character-Driven 5
Neo-Noir 3
Gothic Horror 3
Family Secrets 3
Cult Classic 2
Ambiguous Narrative 2
French Cinema 2
Serial Killer 2
Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

1990s

7 titles · average score 41

In the Deep Woods

46

as Paul Miller, P.I.

The Naked Target

as El Mecano

A Demon in My View

34

as Arthur Johnson

Psycho IV: The Beginning

40

as Norman Bates

Daughter of Darkness

44

as Anton

The Ghost Writer

as Anthony Strack

I'm Dangerous Tonight

39

as Buchanan

1980s

14 titles · average score 55

Edge of Sanity

39

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde

Lucky Stiff

40

Director

Destroyer

37

as Robert Edwards

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

68

TV show · as Talleyrand

Psycho III

56

as Norman Bates

Crimes of Passion

56

as Reverend Peter Shayne

The Glory Boys

60

TV show · as Jimmy

Psycho II

63

as Norman Bates

For the Term of His Natural Life

70

TV show · as Reverend James North

The Sins of Dorian Gray

70

as Henry Lord

North Sea Hijack

57

as Lou Kramer

Double Negative

39

as Lawrence Miles

1970s

17 titles · average score 58

The Black Hole

51

as Dr. Alex Durant

Winter Kills

70

as John Cerruti

Les Misérables

72

as Javert

Remember My Name

62

as Neil Curry

Mahogany

47

as Sean McAvoy

Murder on the Orient Express

74

as Hector MacQueen

Lovin' Molly

41

as Gid

The Last of Sheila

82

Writer

Someone Behind the Door

44

as Laurence Jeffries

Ten Days' Wonder

56

as Charles Van Horn

How Awful About Allan

48

as Allan

WUSA

48

as Rainey

1960s

16 titles · average score 64

Pretty Poison

85

as Dennis Pitt

The Champagne Murders

51

as Christopher Belling

Evening Primrose

74

as Charles Snell

The Fool Killer

66

as Milo Bogardus

Agent 38-24-36

48

as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueivitch Miloukine

The Sword and the Balance

72

as Johnny Parsons

The Trial

81

as Josef K.

Five Miles to Midnight

44

as Robert Macklin

Phaedra

37

as Alexis Kyrilis

Goodbye Again

66

as Philip Van der Besh

Psycho

92

as Norman Bates

Tall Story

52

as Ray Blent

1950s

13 titles · average score 65

Green Mansions

46

as Abel

On the Beach

67

as Lt. Peter Holmes

Desire Under the Elms

64

as Abel Cabot

The Matchmaker

66

as Cornelius Hackl

The Tin Star

71

as Ben Owens

Fear Strikes Out

77

as Jimmy Piersall

The Lonely Man

62

as Riley Wade

This Angry Age

60

as Joseph Dufresne

Friendly Persuasion

72

as Josh Birdwell

The Actress

60

as Fred Whitmarsh

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as West Wind

Goodyear Television Playhouse

TV show · as Joey

1940s

2 titles · average score 71

Studio One

65

TV show · as Clyde Smith

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Willie