Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins is an actor and a singer American, born the April 4th 1932 with New York and dead the September 12th 1992 with Hollywood, California, the USA. It is universally known for its interpretation of Norman Bates, the main character of the film Psychose of Alfred Hitchcock.
Beginnings
His/her father, Osgood Perkins, are an actor of theater of a certain notoriety in Broadway. One can also find it with the poster of Scarface (1932) of Howard Hawks, film in which he interprets pathetic the Gangster Johnny Lovo. The Tony young person loses his father in 1937; as of the end of its adolescence, it follows its traces, being found with Broadway where it starts a theatrical career which it will continue well after its beginnings with the cinema. Its theatrical experiment of the beginning of the Years 1950 showing a mitigated assessment, successes alternating with the failures, it begins with the cinema as of 1954 in The Actress from George Cukor, at the sides of Jean Simmons (it plays its been engaged), Spencer Tracy and Teresa Wright.Start then for Perkins one period variablement gratifiante and enriching: the Années 1950 offer especially roles to him of young first highly-strung persons sometimes idiotic, exasperating, egoistic, deeply naive or inexperienced. There will turn, during this same decade, for realizers of talent, the reference remaining its incarnation of Joseph in Barrage against the Pacific of Rene Clément according to the novel of Marguerite Duras in 1958. Then, he plays with other estimable realizers but often in minor films like the Western S Jicop proscribes it Henry Levin and Of blood in the desert of Anthony Mann in 1957 except for the Law of the Lord of William Wyler, Palme of gold to the Cannes festival in 1957 in which he turns to the sides of Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire. In 1959, it divides the poster of the Dernier Shore film of Science-fiction ambitious of Stanley Kramer with Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. Parallel to its career of actor, about the middle of the Years 1950, Anthony Perkins begins with enregister his first discs on which one discovers a beautiful voice of crooner of charm. There engraves several microgrooves tendency jazzy thus and also records some 45 turns in French, in particular his version of It is not more according to of Guy Béart (1961).
Psychosis and recognition
The career of Perkins will rock in 1960, and its notoriety to become international: Alfred Hitchcock entrusts to him the role of Norman Bates in its only film “of horror”, turned in black and white, with also Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam: Psychosis (1960). The interpretation of Perkins fascine, the film is a triumph. Although turned with a budget rather limited, it is the film of Hitchcock which will make the most receipts.The following year, it plays in film of Anatole Litvak, Aimez you Brahms? (which will be worth a Oscar to him) and Phaedra of Jules Dassin where it incarnates Hippolyte vis-a-vis Mélina Mercouri - Phèdre. In 1962, Perkins is chosen by Orson Welles to play Joseph K. in his adaptation of the Procès of Kafka: it will be its second and the last great role. If the choice of Perkins is criticized at the exit of film, its interpretation is recognized today like Juste, sensitive and intelligent. the Lawsuit will be one of films of the European period of Perkins, during which it will also turn with Claude Chabrol in the Scandal (1967) and the extraordinary Decade , where Perkins finds Welles which makes the actor.
The Packsaddlled weight of Norman
After 1962, few films of the actor remain references; one does Paris all the same can quote burn? (Rene Clement, 1966), Judge and outlaw (John Huston, 1973), the Crime of the East-Express train (Sidney Lumet, 1974), but in these three films, it is satisfied with a small role in the middle of a crowd of other stars. If Perkins initially maintains the homosexual relations , it seems that its meeting with the actress Victoria Principal on the turning of Judges and outlaw leads it to reconsider its sexuality; it Marie with Berry Berenson (photographer, sister of Marisa Berenson) in 1973; they will have two wire little time afterwards, Osgood (actor) and Elvis (singer).He also plays in a science fiction film of the productions Walt Disney, the Black hole , where he incarnates Doctor Alex. But Norman Bates, of which it never really got rid, ends up catching up with it: in 1983, it takes again the role in Psychose II , realized by Richard Franklin. The film is more one homage to Alfred Hitchcock that another thing and “passes” rather well. One asks Perkins, in 1985, to deal with the realization of Psychose III . But Perkins is not Réalisateur and its motivation is at the very least limited: the film is a critical and commercial failure. He plays finally in a telefilm, Psychose IV .
Starting from 1985, the actor must live with the Sida; it shows of courage and a total discretion about its disease, so that some of its close relations will learn from it the existence only little time before its death. The disease carries it the September 12th 1992. The ballot box containing its ashes is currently with the cemetery of Hollywood. Its widow (Berry Berenson) was on board the one of both Boeing S which was crushed against the World Trade Center, the September 11th, 2001.
A series of talks which it grants to a journalist a few months before his death reveals unrecognizable Perkins: aged, weakened and especially of a great maturity. Anthony Perkins, throughout his career, will have seen himself proposing only few roles to the height of his talent and did not know, or could not, to get rid of Norman Bates, role which stuck to him with the skin and which could give the impression which it was not able to make another thing.
Selective catalog of films
- 1954 : The Actress of George Cukor: Fred Whitmarsh
- 1956: the Law of the Lord (Friendly Persuasion) of William Wyler: Josh Birdwell
- 1957 : Captive of the fear (Fear Strikes Out) of Robert Mulligan: Jimmy Piersall old
- 1957: Of blood in the desert (The Chock Star) of Anthony Mann: The Sheriff Ben Owens
- 1957: Desire under the elms (Desired Under the Elms) of Delbert Mann: Eben Pooch
- 1958: Stopping against the Pacific (This Angry Old) of Rene Clement: Joseph Dufresne
- 1958: the Driving one of play (The Matchmaker) of Joseph Anthony: Cornelius Hackl
- 1959 : Green Residences (Green Mansions) of Mel To shoe: Abel
- 1959: the Last Shore (One the Beach) of Stanley Kramer: Peter Holmes
- 1960: Psychosis (Psycho) of Alfred Hitchcock: Norman Packsaddlled
- 1961: do you Like Brahms? (Goodbye Again) of Anatole Litvak: Philip Van der Besh
- 1962: Phaedra of Jules Dassin: Alexis
- 1962: the Knife in the wound (It Coltello nella piaga) of Anatole Litvak: Robert Macklin
- 1962: the Lawsuit of Orson Welles: Joseph K.
- 1963: the Sword and the balance of Andre Cayatte: Johnny Parsons
- 1964 : One charming idiot Edouard Molinaro: Harry Compton/Nicholas Maukouline
- 1966: does Paris burn? of Rene Clement: The sergeant Warren
- 1967: the Scandal of Claude Chabrol: Christopher Belling
- 1968 : Pretty Poison of No5el Black: Refusals Pitt
- 1971: the extraordinary Decade of Claude Chabrol: Charles van Horn
- 1971: Somebody behind the door of Nicolas Gessner: Laurence Jeffries
- 1972: Judge and outlaw (The Life and Times off Judge Roy Bean) of John Huston
- 1974: the Crime of the East-Express train (Murder one the East Express train) of Sidney Lumet: Hector McQueen
- 1979 : the Black hole (The Black Hole) of Gary Nelson: Doctor Alex Lasting
- 1983: Psychosis II of Franklin Richard: Norman Packsaddlled
- 1985: Psychosis III of Anthony Perkins: Norman Packsaddlled
- 1989: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Edge off Sanity) of Gerard Kikoïne: Doctor Henry Jekyll/Hyde Jack “the eventror”
- 1990: Psychosis IV , telefilm of Mick Garris (TV): Norman Packsaddlled
Discography
Compilation year 1957
- Compilation of its album Epic Records LN 3394 (titles 1 to 12) + individual Epic - Republication in 2003, 1 CD Collectors' Choice Music/Sony Music has 61320/CCM-349-2 - Track listing:
Albums
- One has Rainy Afternoon , with the orchestra of John Mehegan (1958), republication in 1996, 1 CD RCA/BMG 74321421232 - Track listing:
- From My Heart , with the orchestra of Urbie Green, arrangements of Al Cohn (1958), republication in 1996 , 1 CD RCA/BMG 74321453782 - Track listing:
External bonds
- nonofficial American Site