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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
From Roger Moore with Love
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/12/2024
Pictures of Ghosts
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2023
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Amicalement vôtre : Hollywood au service de sa Majesté
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:05/07/2017
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2014
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/2012
That's Insignificance
Character:Self
Release Date:14/06/2011
Tony Curtis erzählt...
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Eric (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/2010
Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved
Character:Self
Release Date:10/02/2010
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Character:Self
Release Date:12/09/2009
David & Fatima
Character:Mr. Schwartz
Release Date:27/06/2008
The Jill & Tony Curtis Story
Character:
Release Date:27/04/2008
The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/2006
The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/2006
Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/2006
Hollywood Legenden
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2003
Reflections of Evil
Character:Host
Release Date:22/03/2002
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/2001
Rescued from the Closet
Character:Self
Release Date:29/05/2001
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self
Release Date:22/05/2001
Play It to the Bone
Character:Tony Curtis (Ringside Fan)
Release Date:25/12/1999
Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever
Character:Bernard (voice)
Release Date:15/12/1998
Louis & Frank
Character:Lenny Star Springer
Release Date:08/07/1998
Stargames
Character:King Fendel
Release Date:03/06/1998
Elvis Meets Nixon
Character:Tony Curtis
Release Date:12/08/1997
The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man
Character:Jack Steele
Release Date:13/05/1997
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
Character:Wald
Release Date:30/03/1997
The Celluloid Closet
Character:Self
Release Date:15/03/1996
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/1995
The Immortals
Character:Dominic
Release Date:05/10/1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Character:Johnny Steele
Release Date:09/11/1994
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Character:Lucky Bergstrom
Release Date:03/04/1994
A Century of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
Naked in New York
Character:Carl Fisher
Release Date:10/11/1993
The Mummy Lives
Character:Aziru / Dr. Mohassid
Release Date:10/07/1993
Christmas in Connecticut
Character:Alexander Yardley
Release Date:22/12/1992
Center of the Web
Character:Stephen Moore
Release Date:15/05/1992
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1992
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
Character:Narrator (voice) / Self
Release Date:29/11/1991
Prime Target
Character:Copella
Release Date:27/09/1991
Thanksgiving Day
Character:Max Schloss
Release Date:19/11/1990
Lobster Man from Mars
Character:J.P. Shelldrake
Release Date:09/02/1990
Walter and Carlo in America
Character:WIlly La Rouge
Release Date:24/11/1989
Midnight
Character:Mr. B
Release Date:01/07/1989
Tarzan in Manhattan
Character:Archimedes Porter
Release Date:15/04/1989
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Character:Mr. Cornfield
Release Date:04/05/1988
Sparky's Magic Piano
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1987
Murder in Three Acts
Character:Charles Cartwright
Release Date:01/10/1986
Banter
Character:Charles Foster
Release Date:25/08/1986
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1986
Club Life
Character:Hector
Release Date:20/02/1986
Mafia Princess
Character:Sam Giancana
Release Date:19/01/1986
Insignificance
Character:The Senator
Release Date:02/08/1985
Half Nelson
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1985
Where Is Parsifal?
Character:Parsifal Katzanella-Boden
Release Date:01/01/1984
BrainWaves
Character:Dr. Clavius
Release Date:05/08/1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Balboa
Character:Ernie Stoddard
Release Date:02/01/1983
Black Commando
Character:Col. Iago
Release Date:15/11/1982
Portrait of a Showgirl
Character:Joey DeLeon
Release Date:09/04/1982
Magic with the Stars
Character:Harry Houdini (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:17/01/1982
The Million Dollar Face
Character:Chester Masterson
Release Date:12/03/1981
Inmates: A Love Story
Character:Flanagan
Release Date:13/02/1981
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
Character:Robert Talbot
Release Date:05/08/1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Character:David O. Selznick
Release Date:19/05/1980
Little Miss Marker
Character:Blackie
Release Date:21/03/1980
The Mirror Crack'd
Character:Martin N. Fenn
Release Date:06/02/1980
The Masqueraders
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:01/01/1980
Title Shot
Character:Frank Renzetti
Release Date:09/09/1979
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:07/05/1979
Death Becomes Me
Character:Danny Wilde/Aunt Sophie Schwartz
Release Date:01/01/1979
The Users
Character:Randy Brent
Release Date:01/10/1978
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Character:Marvin Lazar
Release Date:30/06/1978
The Manitou
Character:Harry Erskine
Release Date:28/04/1978
Sextette
Character:Alexei Karansky
Release Date:03/03/1978
The Last Appointment!
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:11/06/1977
Casanova & Co.
Character:Giacomo Casanova / Giacomino
Release Date:01/03/1977
The Last Tycoon
Character:Rodriguez
Release Date:18/11/1976
The Switch
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:07/06/1976
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Character:Fernand Morcerf Mondego
Release Date:31/10/1975
Lepke
Character:Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
Release Date:23/05/1975
Sporting Chance
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:01/01/1975
London Conspiracy
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:04/10/1974
Mission: Monte Carlo
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:01/01/1974
The Third Girl from the Left
Character:Joey Jordan
Release Date:16/10/1973
The Persuaders!
Character:Danny Wilde
Release Date:01/04/1973
Norman Jewison, Film Maker
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1971
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Character:Shannon Gambroni
Release Date:11/09/1970
You Can't Win 'Em All
Character:Adam Dyer
Release Date:23/07/1970
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Character:Chester Schofield
Release Date:28/04/1969
The Boston Strangler
Character:Albert DeSalvo
Release Date:08/10/1968
Rosemary's Baby
Character:Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/06/1968
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
Character:Guerrando da Montone
Release Date:01/12/1967
Don't Make Waves
Character:Carlo Cofield
Release Date:20/06/1967
Arrivederci, Baby!
Character:Nick Johnson
Release Date:28/12/1966
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Character:Tom Ferris
Release Date:02/11/1966
Chamber of Horrors
Character:Mr. Julian
Release Date:19/10/1966
Boeing, Boeing
Character:Bernard Lawrence
Release Date:22/12/1965
The Great Race
Character:The Great Leslie
Release Date:01/07/1965
Sex and the Single Girl
Character:Bob Weston
Release Date:25/12/1964
Goodbye Charlie
Character:George Wellington Tracy
Release Date:18/11/1964
Wild and Wonderful
Character:Terry Williams
Release Date:09/06/1964
Paris When It Sizzles
Character:Actor Portraying Maurice or Philippe (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
Character:Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
Release Date:25/12/1963
The List of Adrian Messenger
Character:Organ Grinder
Release Date:23/05/1963
40 Pounds of Trouble
Character:Steve McCluskey
Release Date:31/12/1962
Taras Bulba
Character:Andrei Bulba
Release Date:21/11/1962
The Outsider
Character:Ira Hamilton Hayes
Release Date:27/12/1961
The Great Impostor
Character:Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd
Release Date:23/12/1960
Pepe
Character:Tony Curtis
Release Date:21/12/1960
Spartacus
Character:Antoninus
Release Date:13/10/1960
The Rat Race
Character:Pete Hammond Jr.
Release Date:10/07/1960
Who Was That Lady?
Character:David Wilson
Release Date:08/04/1960
People, Hopes, Medals
Character:Self
Release Date:14/03/1960
Operation Petticoat
Character:Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
Release Date:05/12/1959
Some Like It Hot
Character:Joe (Josephine)
Release Date:19/03/1959
The Perfect Furlough
Character:Cpl. Paul Hodges
Release Date:30/11/1958
The Defiant Ones
Character:John 'Joker' Jackson
Release Date:14/08/1958
Kings Go Forth
Character:Caporal Britt Harris
Release Date:28/06/1958
The Vikings
Character:Eric
Release Date:11/06/1958
Sweet Smell of Success
Character:Sidney Falco
Release Date:04/07/1957
The Midnight Story
Character:Joe Martini
Release Date:04/06/1957
Mister Cory
Character:Cory
Release Date:23/02/1957
The Rawhide Years
Character:Ben Matthews
Release Date:01/07/1956
Trapeze
Character:Tino Orsini
Release Date:30/05/1956
Nightmare
Character:Tony
Release Date:01/01/1956
The Square Jungle
Character:Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
Release Date:30/12/1955
Allen in Movieland
Character:Self
Release Date:02/07/1955
The Purple Mask
Character:Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
Release Date:15/06/1955
Six Bridges to Cross
Character:Jerry Florea
Release Date:21/01/1955
So This Is Paris
Character:Joe Maxwell
Release Date:15/12/1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
The Black Shield of Falworth
Character:Myles Falworth
Release Date:02/09/1954
Johnny Dark
Character:Johnny Dark
Release Date:25/06/1954
Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:18/04/1954
Beachhead
Character:Burke
Release Date:05/02/1954
Forbidden
Character:Eddie Darrow
Release Date:02/12/1953
The All American
Character:Nick Bonelli
Release Date:01/10/1953
Houdini
Character:Harry Houdini
Release Date:02/07/1953
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Character:Self
Release Date:29/01/1953
Son of Ali Baba
Character:Kashma Baba
Release Date:15/08/1952
Flesh and Fury
Character:Paul Callan
Release Date:26/06/1952
No Room for the Groom
Character:Alvah Morrell
Release Date:13/06/1952
Meet Danny Wilson
Character:Nightclub Patron
Release Date:08/02/1952
An Eye for an Eye
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1952
Come Back Little Shiksa
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1952
The Re-Inforcer
Character:Baffo
Release Date:04/10/1951
The Prince Who Was a Thief
Character:Julna
Release Date:17/05/1951
Fairfax Avenue
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1951
Kansas Raiders
Character:Kit Dalton
Release Date:15/11/1950
Winchester '73
Character:Doan
Release Date:12/07/1950
Sierra
Character:Brent Coulter
Release Date:26/05/1950
I Was a Shoplifter
Character:Pepe
Release Date:13/05/1950
Francis
Character:Captain Jones
Release Date:08/02/1950
Woman in Hiding
Character:Dave Shaw (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:06/01/1950
The Lady Gambles
Character:Bellboy (as Anthony Curtis)
Release Date:20/05/1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Character:Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)
Release Date:20/04/1949
City Across the River
Character:Mitch (as Anthony Curtis)
Release Date:07/04/1949
Criss Cross
Character:Gigolo (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1949
How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1949
Television Appearances
Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix
Character:Tony Curtis
The UnXplained
Character:Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Shrink Rap
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Hope & Faith
Character:Morris
Un film et son époque
Character:Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Tony Curtis
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
Suddenly Susan
Character:Peter DiCaprio
The Mrs Merton Show
Character:Self
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Character:Dr. Mamba
Roseanne
Character:
This Morning
Character:Self
The Dame Edna Experience
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Matin Bonheur
Character:Self
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Vega$
Character:Roth
The Hollywood Greats
Character:
Please Turn the Page
Character:Self
McCoy
Character:McCoy
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Persuaders!
Character:Danny Wilde
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Bracken's World
Character:
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Flintstones
Character:Stony Curtis (voice)
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Recipient
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Mario Galindo
General Electric Theater
Character:David
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Charlie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self
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