Anthony Perkins

Born: 1932-04-04

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) 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 Europe, where he co-starred with Ingrid Bergman (Aimez-vous Brahms?), Melina Mercouri (Phaedra), Brigitte Bardot (Une ravissante idiote), and Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Elsa Martinelli, and Orson Welles (Le procès). He returned to Hollywood in 1968 with Pretty Poison, which became a cult classic. In the decades that followed, his career continued to flourish alongside personalities like Diana Ross (Mahogany), Jeff Goldblum (Remember My Name), Elizabeth Taylor (Winter Kills), John Candy (Double Negative), and Lauren Bacall (Murder on the Orient Express). In 1973, he co-wrote The Last of Sheila with Stephen Sondheim. During his career, he won a Golden Globe, a Cannes Award, and a David di Donatello Award, and was nominated for two Tony Awards and one Academy Award. Perkins died on September 12, 1992, of AIDS complications.


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Psycho

as Norman Bates
Released: 1960-06-22

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of...

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Psycho II

as Norman Bates
Released: 1983-06-03

Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite...

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On the Beach

as Lt. Peter Holmes
Released: 1959-12-16

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds...

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Murder on the Orient Express

as Hector MacQueen
Released: 1974-11-22

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve...

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Psycho IV: The Beginning

as Norman Bates
Released: 1990-11-10

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in...

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The Black Hole

as Dr. Alex Durant
Released: 1979-12-18

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for...

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Is Paris Burning?

as Sgt. Warren
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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Catch-22

as Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
Released: 1970-06-24

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However,...

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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

as Reverend LaSalle
Released: 1972-12-18

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that...

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The Trial

as Josef K.
Released: 1962-12-21

Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on...

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Crimes of Passion

as Reverend Peter Shayne
Released: 1984-10-19

Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute...

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The Champagne Murders

as Christopher Belling
Released: 1967-03-31

A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.

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The Tin Star

as Ben Owens
Released: 1957-10-23

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

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Psycho III

as Norman Bates
Released: 1986-04-02

When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives...

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Terror in the Aisles

as Norman Bates (Archive Footage)
Released: 1984-10-26

A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all...

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Phaedra

as Alexis Kyrilis
Released: 1962-05-25

A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely...

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78/52

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-10-13

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the...

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Goodbye Again

as Philip Van der Besh
Released: 1961-05-23

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier resists the advances of Philip Van der Besh, the...

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Friendly Persuasion

as Josh Birdwell
Released: 1956-11-25

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to...

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Winter Kills

as John Cerruti
Released: 1979-05-11

The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies...

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Les Misérables

as Javert
Released: 1978-12-27

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Fear Strikes Out

as Jimmy Piersall
Released: 1957-03-20

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major...

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Edge of Sanity

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Jack "The Ripper" Hyde
Released: 1989-04-14

When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr....

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Someone Behind the Door

as Laurence Jeffries
Released: 1971-07-28

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to...

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North Sea Hijack

as Lou Kramer
Released: 1980-02-18

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not...

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Desire Under the Elms

as Abel Cabot
Released: 1958-03-12

Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Pretty Poison

as Dennis Pitt
Released: 1968-07-18

A young man gets in over his head when he convinces a small-town girl he's a secret agent.

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Twice a Woman

as Alfred
Released: 1979-05-23

When a divorced museum director takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more...

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Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2015-03-15

In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is number one at the box office and number one on the music charts. He...

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In the Deep Woods

as Paul Miller, P.I.
Released: 1992-10-26

A friend of Joanna has been killed by a serial killers who leaves the bodies in the woods. A...

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Agent 38-24-36

as Harry Compton / Nicolas Sergueiovitch Maukouline
Released: 1964-03-12

A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization....

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Green Mansions

as Abel
Released: 1959-03-19

A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace,...

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2014-12-12

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...

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Lovin' Molly

as Gid
Released: 1974-04-14

Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys; straight-arrow Gid and...

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The Actress

as Fred Whitmarsh
Released: 1953-09-25

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

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The Cockettes

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-01-16

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture...

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The Psycho Legacy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-10-19

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror...

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Fifty Shades of Erotica

as uncredited
Released: 2015-04-13

Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on...

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The Lonely Man

as Riley Wade
Released: 1957-06-21

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies...

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The Matchmaker

as Cornelius Hackl
Released: 1958-07-23

Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with...

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Mahogany

as Sean McAvoy
Released: 1975-10-08

Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the...

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I'm Dangerous Tonight

as Buchanan
Released: 1990-08-08

An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young...

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Psychos

as Norman Bates
Released: 2014-02-24

Steven Soderbergh’s mash-up of Alfred Hitchcock’s original Psycho and Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake.

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Remember My Name

as Neil Curry
Released: 1978-02-10

Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life," but soon begins...

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The Horror Show

as Self - Host
Released: 1979-02-06

A history of horror movies.

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Double Negative

as Lawrence Miles
Released: 1980-05-12

Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

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Tall Story

as Ray Blent
Released: 1960-04-06

A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward...

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Destroyer

as Robert Edwards
Released: 1988-04-01

A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and...

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The Sword and the Balance

as Johnny Parsons
Released: 1963-02-01

Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them...

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Evening Primrose

as Charles Snell
Released: 1966-11-16

A young poet gets the brilliant idea to live in a department store, hiding by day, and courting...

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WUSA

as Rainey
Released: 1970-08-19

Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in...

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Five Miles to Midnight

as Robert Macklin
Released: 1962-12-12

Immediately after Lisa declares that she is leaving her immature, abusive, but easy-going...

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The American Nightmare

as Self
Released: 2000-09-11

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1960-01-10

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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First, You Cry

as Arthur Heroz
Released: 1978-11-08

The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and...

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Ten Days' Wonder

as Charles Van Horn
Released: 1971-12-01

Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul...

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24 Hour Psycho

as Norman Bates (archive footage)
Released: 1993-01-01

24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The...

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The Fool Killer

as Milo Bogardus
Released: 1965-04-28

After the Civil War, a southern boy, aged 12, runs away from his foster home, wanders the...

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The Making of 'Psycho'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-10-26

A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the...

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Fallout

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2013-07-26

During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his...

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Daughter of Darkness

as Anton
Released: 1990-01-26

An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a...

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How Awful About Allan

as Allan
Released: 1970-09-22

After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his...

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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

as uncredited
Released: 1988-08-16

Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.

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Psycho Tom

as Norman Bates
Released: 2017-11-06

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The Naked Target

as El Mecano
Released: 1992-01-24

A New York executive is handcuffed to a precious briefcase to which only his Spanish contact...

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The Ghost Writer

as Anthony Strack
Released: 1990-08-15

Blocked novelist Anthony Strack is desperate enough to plot suicide. Before he completes the...

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Play It as It Lays

as B.Z.
Released: 1972-10-19

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an...

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This Angry Age

as Joseph Dufresne
Released: 1957-10-31

Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions...

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The Sins of Dorian Gray

as Henry Lord
Released: 1983-05-27

In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a...

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A Demon in My View

as Arthur Johnson
Released: 1991-09-23

A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The...

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Stars of Cabaret

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1956-01-01

A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.

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The Male Animal

as Tommy Turner
Released: 1968-10-13

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being...

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Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

as Himself
Released: 2022-07-26

Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher

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The Last of Sheila Featurette

as Self
Released: 1973-01-01

A short documentary released as pre-publicity for the 1973 murder mystery, The Last of Sheila.

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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NDR Talk Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-02-09

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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ABC Stage 67

as Charles Snell
First aired: 1966-09-14

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...

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Studio One

as Clyde Smith
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self
First aired: 1981-02-14

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British...

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Goodyear Television Playhouse

as Joey
First aired: 1951-10-14

The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC...

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Discorama

as Self
First aired: 1959-02-04

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The Man Behind the Badge

as Pedro
First aired: 1953-10-11

The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series...

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

as Talleyrand
First aired: 1987-11-10

Napoleon Bonaparte woos Josephine and makes her his empress.

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General Electric Theater

as West Wind
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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For the Term of His Natural Life

as Rev. James North
First aired: 1983-05-23

In 1830s England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing...

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The Glory Boys

as Jimmy
First aired: 1984-10-01

Set in London, this three-part British miniseries was adapted by Gerald Seymour from his own...

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Chillers

as Self - Host
First aired: 1990-04-14

Based on Patricia Highsmith short stories. Displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving into the...

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Patricia Highsmith's Tales

as Host
First aired: 1992-01-07

This show is an anthology of crime stories adapted from Patricia Highsmith's novels. Each...

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