Tony Curtis
American actor (1925-2010) · United States · Actors · Died at 85
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Something wrong?He was the Bronx kid who became Hollywood's pretty-boy matinee idol, then proved he could actually act - an Oscar nomination opposite Sidney Poitier, a turn in drag that still holds up, and a slow fade that never quite dimmed the name.
A life in dates
Hope & FaithSeries, Morris2000Sitges Grand Honorary AwardAward1999
Play It to the BoneFilm, Tony Curtis (Ringside Fan)1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSeries1995
The ImmortalsFilm, Dominic1994“Janet Leigh was years ago! Nowadays I wouldn't be caught dead married to a woman old enough to be my wife!”In their wordsAttributed in Boze Hadleigh (ed.) Hollywood Babble On (1994), p. 1101987
Sacrée soiréeSeries1985
InsignificanceFilm, The Senator1981
Wetten, dass..?Series1978
The Bad News Bears Go to JapanFilm, Marvin Lazar1975
People's Choice AwardsSeries
The Count of Monte-CristoFilm, 1975Fernand Morcerf Mondego1973Bambi AwardAward1971
The Persuaders!Series, Danny Wilde1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!Film, Chester Schofield1965
Boeing, BoeingFilm, Bernard Lawrence1963
Captain Newman, M.D.Film, Producer1961Henrietta AwardAward1960
The FlintstonesSeries, Stony Curtis (voice)
PepeFilm, 1960Tony Curtis1959“It's like kissing Hitler.”In their wordsOn kissing Marilyn Monroe during the filming of Some Like It Hot (1959), as quoted in Maurice Zolotow, Marilyn Monroe (1960), p. 3231958Bambi AwardAwardHenrietta AwardAward
The Defiant OnesFilm, 1958John 'Joker' Jackson1956
TrapezeFilm, Tino Orsini1953
The OscarsSeries
HoudiniFilm, 1953Harry Houdini1949
Criss CrossFilm, Gigolo (uncredited)1948
BambiSeries1925Born3 June 1925Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
In their own words 2
, Janet Leigh was years ago! Nowadays I wouldn't be caught dead married to a woman old enough to be my wife!
It's like kissing Hitler.
Filmography 40
PGPictures of Ghosts
CCCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffPBPlay It to the Bone
TCThe Celluloid ClosetTIThe Immortals
MAMurder in Three ActsINInsignificance
TDThe Mirror Crack'd
LMLittle Miss Marker
TMThe ManitouTJThe Bad News Bears Go to Japan
TTThe Last TycoonTCThe Count of Monte-Cristo
YAYou Can't Win 'Em AllMBMonte Carlo or Bust!
RBRosemary's Baby
TSThe Boston Strangler
DWDon't Make Waves
TRThe Great RaceBBBoeing, Boeing
SGSex and the Single Girl
PSParis When It Sizzles
TMThe List of Adrian MessengerCDCaptain Newman, M.D.
TBTaras Bulba
SPSpartacusPEPepe
WLWho Was That Lady?
SHSome Like It Hot
OPOperation Petticoat
TVThe VikingsTOThe Defiant Ones
TFThe Perfect Furlough
SSSweet Smell of SuccessTRTrapeze
TFThe Black Shield of FalworthHOHoudini
WIWinchester '73
WHWoman in HidingCCCriss Cross236 credits on file
Television 24
TUThe UnXplained
TSThe Graham Norton ShowHFHope & Faith
CICSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVThe View
LSLois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanSSSacrée soiréeWDWetten, dass..?
VEVega$PAPeople's Choice Awards
DIDinah!TPThe Persuaders!
TSThe Dick Cavett Show
RIRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTFThe Flintstones
TSThe Steve Allen ShowTOThe Oscars
WLWhat's My Line?
THThe Colgate Comedy HourBABambi
TSThe Ed Sullivan ShowAwards
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Bernard Schwartz was born June 3, 1925, and by the 1950s he'd transformed into Tony Curtis, landing more than 100 film roles across six decades. Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 gave him his first serious notice as a dramatic actor, and the following year The Defiant Ones earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor alongside Sidney Poitier. Then came 1959's twin comedies Some Like It Hot and Operation Petticoat, and a supporting role in Spartacus in 1960. After that the stardom dimmed considerably, though he returned to dramatic weight in 1968's The Boston Strangler and played a Ukrainian Cossack in Taras Bulba, later starring as Danny Wilde in the TV series The Persuaders! for twenty-four episodes. He married six times, fathered six children - including actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis with his first wife Janet Leigh - and died September 29, 2010.
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