FrameThrower · Actors · Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins
7 films · 456 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1959–1986
Born 4 April 1932 · New York City, New York, USA · died 12 September 1992
Anthony Perkins was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion (1956). He made his film debut in The Actress (1953) directed by George Cukor before experiencing success on Broadway with Elia Kazan’s production of Tea and Sympathy (1955).
He quickly became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, working alongside actors such as Henry Fonda (The Tin Star), Sophia Loren (Desire Under the Elms), Shirley MacLaine (The Matchmaker), Audrey Hepburn (Green Mansions), and Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire, and Ava Gardner (On the Beach).
He left Hollywood in 1960 and had a successful career in…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 456 frames · top-billed in 5 · 1959–1986
- Golden Globe Awards1957
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor1957
- Palme d'Or1961
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor1961
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- Donostia Award1991
- Edgar Awards1974
- Theatre World Award1955
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 456 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Anthony takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 54% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Anthony takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 456 frames from Anthony Perkins's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.