The Actor Behind Norman Bates Had A Troubled Life

Renowned for his role in Psycho, Anthony Perkins is remembered as the iconic Norman Bates. However, this shy, handsome actor also had hidden talents and a controversial personal life.

[keleziz]

Well-done biography. Anthony Perkins maintained dignity in a fickle world. Handsome and talented.

[orionwesley]

It's a shame that he and Hunter weren't allowed to be themselves and be a couple. I love how he went on to marry and have sons anyway, proving that life can go on even after one's heart is broken.

[carolwest]

A beautiful man I wish we could except people for who they are like his wife excepted him. Don't fence me in on his headstone, says it all.

[vikkiadler]

can't "skip" the commercials...you WILL watch our commercials😮

[walkerpantera]

this was awesome and you read with objective compassion (if that's a thing) and I like it. Also there were tidbits i never heard of before in other docs about him. so kudos on that! and all in 20 minutes. thats like the sweet spot for my attention span. I need to join, I really do enjoy your vids and the consistency of the format and tone and storytelling.. 👍🏼

[marysharvey]

Psycho was the first thriller of it’s type to be shown on television. I was young and loved scary movies, my mother hated them. My Dad and I watched Psycho together, while my mom shut herself into their bedroom. Later, my Dad took her to the movies to see it. She didn’t take a shower for months. One day she decided to shower instead of taking a bath. My Dad was in training camp for the Chargers at the time. Usually he only came home on weekends. This night he came home to surprise us. Learning my Mom was in the shower he took a butcher knives and opened the shower door meaning to tease her; she passed out cold. Perkins was a wonderful actor.

[HeardYa]

Tony had a WILD personal life in his youth: Rock Hudson, James Dean, Tab Hunter, Monty Clift. poss. Brando, not to mention numerous vice squad arrests hidden by the studios...TP was completely unbothered!

[Andy]

Excellent channel- new sub from London UK👍

[VixGB]

So handsome, he was not defined by his sexuality 🙏🏻 I didnt realise he had had a happy marriage with children. Their choice. Privacy is also a dignified choice! Salacious stories are repugnant and people who leak confidential information - shame.

[mjaylith]

I wonder if his greatest success (Pycho) was his biggest regret because it changed his career forever.

[brendadrew]

Well, Tony was bi-sexual and died of AIDS! His late wife, Berry Berenson, a photographer and fashion model, was my age and they both summered in Wellfleet, Cape Cod near where I lived and summered. Both died tragic deaths, he from AIDS and she died tragically on Flight 11 out of Boston on 9/11, one of the planes that crashed into the WTC in NYC! She was on her way home to LA to her two sons! Both of them lost their two parents in horrible ways! May they both rest in peace~ I remember Tony when Hitchcock's "Psycho" first came out in the early 1960s, terrifying movie, esp the famous shower scene! So many were afraid to take showers after that it was that traumatic a scene!

[ceolaalexander]

When I younger his character in the bates motel.scared the bemused out of me.he was good.RIP.

[KellyNewman-zr]

if you only know him from Norman, its your loss. Perkins was Pitt, Ford big back in the 50s. and a recording artist 👍❤👍

[Curlyblonde]

He lived the role of Psycho.
He was miscast in Westerns. He was too effeminate and milque-toast looking. He was better cast as weirdos in movies where he saw his greatest success.

[kathyjones]

His eyes look so evil in the thumb nail picture!

[isabelgaynor]

Their relationship sure confused me. Interestingly enough in her interviews Berry came across as being excessively tom-boyish almost Annie Oakley like. Together they made quite A fascinating couple.

Their boys were so cute during interviews. Wild and uninhibited and wrestling during one family interview and neither parent even attempted to settle them down. I had mixed feeling wanting to see a bit of parental discipline then remembering I had yearned for some freedom myself as a child.
Tony and Berry were just so comfortable with each other and showed their boys such natural affection that it warmed my heart. Clearly it was no act for the cameras too.

[oriellamanicardi]

Dopo la sua morte per AIDS, Berry disse che era stato un padre meraviglioso e che a lei, come donna, ...non le era macato nulla !Era un vero amore da ambo le parti

[josebenito]

He had his unforgettable moment tidying up his Mother's Motel.. Hichtcock made the perfect choice for Norman Bates. Pity he wasn't able to enjoy his sexual orientation in the open and dying so young. Great actor, anyway 👍

[walcoman]

Absolutely did not know before watching this, but I already imagined he was a certified homosexual.

[ryanrose]

I loved tony perkins. I am a gay man and it was so challenging for tony being gay. It was gay deal that was not accepting of gay lifestyle. I feel sorry for gay men in those days. Ryan r