Think Anthony Perkins, and you automatically think Norman Bates, Perkins' stellar role in Alfred Hitchcock's chilling 1960 movie Psycho.
Perkins had earlier roles in such films a The Actress (1953), Friendly Persuasion (1956) and Matchmaker (1958), but his celebrity came from the fine acting job he did as the insane motel keeper in Psycho.
Psycho's success was such that two sequels and a prequel were made; all starred Perkins.
Perkins acted in quite a lot of other films after Psycho, but no other role came close to generating the attention he had received in his 1960 smash hit. Perkins became more popular in Europe than in the United States.
A bisexual, Perkins died of AIDS at age 60 in 1992.
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