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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1925
Died
September 29, 2010
Place of Birth
Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Bernard Herschel Schwartz
- Anthony Curtis
- Тони Кертис
- تونی کورتیس
Tony Curtis
1.8 Popularity
Biography
Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the later half of the 1950's he became a notable and strong screen presence. He began proving himself to be a “fine dramatic actor,” having the range to act in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest parts he acted in a string of "mediocre" films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films, and a musical. However, by the time he starred in Houdini (1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, "his first clear success," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely. He won his first serious recognition as a skilled dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in another drama, The Defiant Ones (1958). Curtis then gave what many believe was his best acting, in a completely different role, the comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). Thomson calls it an "outrageous film," and it was voted the number 1 funniest film in history from a survey done by the American Film Institute. It costarred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’ comedy Operation Petticoat (1959) with Cary Grant. They were both “frantic comedies,” and displayed "his impeccable comic timing." He often collaborated with Edwards on later films. His most significant serious part came in 1968 when he starred in the true-life drama The Boston Strangler, which some consider his "last major film role." The part reinforced his reputation as a serious actor with his "chilling portrayal" of serial killer Albert DeSalvo. He gained 30 pounds and had his face "rebuilt" with a false nose to look like the real DeSalvo. Curtis was the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first wife, actress Janet Leigh.
Known For
7.8
Self (archive footage)
From Roger Moore with Love
2024
0.0
Tony Curtis
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
2022
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
6.7
Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
2019
7.0
Danny Wilde
Amicalement vôtre : Hollywood au service de sa Majesté
2017
7.3
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
7.0
Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012
0.0
Self
That's Insignificance
2011
Credits
From Roger Moore with Love
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.8
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
as Tony Curtis
2022
0.0
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.7
Amicalement vôtre : Hollywood au service de sa Majesté
as Danny Wilde
2017
7.0
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
7.3
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012
7.0
That's Insignificance
as Self
2011
0.0
🎬
Tony Curtis erzählt...
as Self
2010
0.0
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Eric (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
6.6
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
as Self
2010
0.0
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
as Self
2009
6.0
David & Fatima
as Mr. Schwartz
2008
5.0
🎬
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
2008
1.0
Shrink Rap
as Self
2007
7.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self
2006
7.0
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self
2006
8.5
🎬
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
🎬
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
2.0
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
as Self
2003
9.0
Hope & Faith
as Morris
2003
5.3
Un film et son époque
as Self
2003
10.0
Reflections of Evil
as Host
2002
6.5
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
2001
6.0
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
6.0
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self
2001
7.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Tony Curtis
2000
7.6
Play It to the Bone
as Tony Curtis (Ringside Fan)
1999
5.5
Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever
as Bernard (voice)
1998
6.0
Louis & Frank
as Lenny Star Springer
1998
1.0
Stargames
as King Fendel
1998
2.1
🎬
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Tony Curtis
1997
7.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man
as Jack Steele
1997
0.0
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
as Wald
1997
4.0
Suddenly Susan
as Peter DiCaprio
1996
5.8
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
1996
7.1
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self
1995
6.0
The Immortals
as Dominic
1995
5.6
The Mrs Merton Show
as Self
1995
6.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
as Johnny Steele
1994
6.3
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
as Lucky Bergstrom
1994
4.2
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
8.0
Naked in New York
as Carl Fisher
1993
4.4
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Dr. Mamba
1993
6.9
The Mummy Lives
as Aziru / Dr. Mohassid
1993
3.9
Christmas in Connecticut
as Alexander Yardley
1992
4.7
Center of the Web
as Stephen Moore
1992
3.0
🎬
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
as Self
1992
4.4
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
as Narrator (voice) / Self
1991
0.0
Prime Target
as Copella
1991
4.5
Thanksgiving Day
as Max Schloss
1990
6.0
Lobster Man from Mars
as J.P. Shelldrake
1990
5.1
Walter and Carlo in America
as WIlly La Rouge
1989
5.2
Midnight
as Mr. B
1989
2.0
Tarzan in Manhattan
as Archimedes Porter
1989
3.8
Roseanne
1988
6.8
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
as Mr. Cornfield
1988
5.7
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
4.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
🎬
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Sparky's Magic Piano
1987
5.9
Murder in Three Acts
as Charles Cartwright
1986
5.7
Banter
as Charles Foster
1986
4.7
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
1986
7.5
Club Life
as Hector
1986
3.4
Mafia Princess
as Sam Giancana
1986
10.0
Insignificance
as The Senator
1985
6.3
Half Nelson
1985
0.0
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
Where Is Parsifal?
as Parsifal Katzanella-Boden
1984
3.0
BrainWaves
as Dr. Clavius
1983
3.9
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Balboa
as Ernie Stoddard
1983
2.5
Black Commando
as Col. Iago
1982
2.3
Portrait of a Showgirl
as Joey DeLeon
1982
8.0
Magic with the Stars
as Harry Houdini (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
0.0
The Million Dollar Face
as Chester Masterson
1981
0.0
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
Inmates: A Love Story
as Flanagan
1981
0.0
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
as Robert Talbot
1980
4.8
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as David O. Selznick
1980
6.1
Little Miss Marker
as Blackie
1980
6.6
The Mirror Crack'd
as Martin N. Fenn
1980
6.1
The Masqueraders
as Danny Wilde
1980
0.0
Title Shot
as Frank Renzetti
1979
0.0
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1979
1.0
Death Becomes Me
as Danny Wilde/Aunt Sophie Schwartz
1979
0.0
The Users
as Randy Brent
1978
1.0
Vega$
as Roth
1978
7.0
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Marvin Lazar
1978
4.7
The Manitou
as Harry Erskine
1978
5.4
Sextette
as Alexei Karansky
1978
3.7
The Hollywood Greats
1977
3.5
The Last Appointment!
as Danny Wilde
1977
0.0
🎬
Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977
6.0
Casanova & Co.
as Giacomo Casanova / Giacomino
1977
3.5
The Last Tycoon
as Rodriguez
1976
6.3
The Switch
as Danny Wilde
1976
0.0
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Fernand Morcerf Mondego
1975
6.8
Lepke
as Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
1975
4.6
🎬
McCoy
as McCoy
1975
5.0
Sporting Chance
as Danny Wilde
1975
6.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
London Conspiracy
as Danny Wilde
1974
10.0
Mission: Monte Carlo
as Danny Wilde
1974
5.9
The Third Girl from the Left
as Joey Jordan
1973
9.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Persuaders!
as Danny Wilde
1973
8.2
The Persuaders!
as Danny Wilde
1971
7.6
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Norman Jewison, Film Maker
as Self (uncredited)
1971
0.0
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Shannon Gambroni
1970
5.0
You Can't Win 'Em All
as Adam Dyer
1970
5.9
Bracken's World
1969
5.0
Monte Carlo or Bust!
as Chester Schofield
1969
5.8
The Boston Strangler
as Albert DeSalvo
1968
6.7
Rosemary's Baby
as Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)
1968
7.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
as Guerrando da Montone
1967
3.8
Don't Make Waves
as Carlo Cofield
1967
5.1
Arrivederci, Baby!
as Nick Johnson
1966
5.6
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
6.7
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Tom Ferris
1966
5.5
Chamber of Horrors
as Mr. Julian
1966
5.4
Boeing, Boeing
as Bernard Lawrence
1965
6.3
The Great Race
as The Great Leslie
1965
7.1
Sex and the Single Girl
as Bob Weston
1964
6.4
Goodbye Charlie
as George Wellington Tracy
1964
5.8
Wild and Wonderful
as Terry Williams
1964
6.3
Paris When It Sizzles
as Actor Portraying Maurice or Philippe (uncredited)
1964
6.3
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
1963
6.6
The List of Adrian Messenger
as Organ Grinder
1963
6.6
40 Pounds of Trouble
as Steve McCluskey
1962
5.2
Taras Bulba
as Andrei Bulba
1962
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Outsider
as Ira Hamilton Hayes
1961
6.5
The Great Impostor
as Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd
1960
6.9
Pepe
as Tony Curtis
1960
6.3
Spartacus
as Antoninus
1960
7.5
The Flintstones
as Stony Curtis (voice)
1960
7.4
The Rat Race
as Pete Hammond Jr.
1960
6.6
Who Was That Lady?
as David Wilson
1960
6.3
People, Hopes, Medals
as Self
1960
4.6
Operation Petticoat
as Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
1959
7.2
Some Like It Hot
as Joe (Josephine)
1959
8.1
The Perfect Furlough
as Cpl. Paul Hodges
1958
6.7
The Defiant Ones
as John 'Joker' Jackson
1958
7.1
Kings Go Forth
as Caporal Britt Harris
1958
6.0
The Vikings
as Eric
1958
7.0
Sweet Smell of Success
as Sidney Falco
1957
7.6
The Midnight Story
as Joe Martini
1957
6.0
Mister Cory
as Cory
1957
5.7
The Rawhide Years
as Ben Matthews
1956
5.5
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
Trapeze
as Tino Orsini
1956
6.2
🎬
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
1956
0.0
🎬
Nightmare
as Tony
1956
0.0
The Square Jungle
as Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
1955
5.9
Allen in Movieland
as Self
1955
4.5
The Purple Mask
as Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
1955
5.0
Six Bridges to Cross
as Jerry Florea
1955
6.2
So This Is Paris
as Joe Maxwell
1954
8.5
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Myles Falworth
1954
6.2
Johnny Dark
as Johnny Dark
1954
5.0
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
1954
0.0
Beachhead
as Burke
1954
5.6
Forbidden
as Eddie Darrow
1953
6.0
The All American
as Nick Bonelli
1953
5.0
Houdini
as Harry Houdini
1953
6.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Mario Galindo
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as David
1953
6.4
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
as Self
1953
0.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Son of Ali Baba
as Kashma Baba
1952
5.4
Flesh and Fury
as Paul Callan
1952
6.1
No Room for the Groom
as Alvah Morrell
1952
5.5
Meet Danny Wilson
as Nightclub Patron
1952
3.3
🎬
An Eye for an Eye
1952
0.0
Come Back Little Shiksa
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Charlie
1951
7.2
The Re-Inforcer
as Baffo
1951
5.5
The Prince Who Was a Thief
as Julna
1951
5.1
🎬
Fairfax Avenue
1951
0.0
Kansas Raiders
as Kit Dalton
1950
5.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Winchester '73
as Doan
1950
7.3
Sierra
as Brent Coulter
1950
5.3
I Was a Shoplifter
as Pepe
1950
5.3
Francis
as Captain Jones
1950
5.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Woman in Hiding
as Dave Shaw (voice) (uncredited)
1950
6.2
The Lady Gambles
as Bellboy (as Anthony Curtis)
1949
6.0
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)
1949
6.2
City Across the River
as Mitch (as Anthony Curtis)
1949
5.5
Criss Cross
as Gigolo (uncredited)
1949
7.1
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
1949
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0