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Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 - September 12, 1992) was an American actor best known for his role as the maniacal murderer, Norman Bates, in
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. He was the son of American stage and film actor Osgood Perkins (James Ripley Osgood Perkins, 1891-1937) and his wife, Janet.
Perkins's first movie was The Actress (1953); he received an Academy Award nomination for his role in his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956).
After other acclaimed performances both in film and on Broadway, he starred in the 1960 film
Psycho, which led to his being typecast as the crazy killer (Lovin' Molly notwithstanding).
He went on to star in (and even direct) the sequels and prequel to
Psycho and also played a few memorable characters, such as the chaplain in Catch-22 (1970), but most of his later work was made-for-TV movies or films made outside the USA.
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