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Tony Curtis
Born Bernard Schwartz on June 3, 1925 in New York City, Tony Curtis was a prolific actor whose career spanned six decades. With roles covering a wide range of genres, Curtis acted in over 100 films and in his later years, made numerous television appearances. He achieved his first major recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Defiant Ones (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier. Notably, he starred in comedies like Some Like It Hot and was part of the historical drama Spartacus in 1960. Though his film career declined after 1960, he later starred in the critically acclaimed true-life drama The Boston Strangler in 1968. Moreso, Curtis took on notable roles such as the Ukrainian Cossack Andrei in Taras Bulba in 1962 and appeared in the ITC TV series The Persuaders!. Curtis was also an avid painter with a passion for surrealism, with his work recognized in galleries and even the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Bernard Schwartz
Born: New York City, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: June 3, 1925
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1948-2008
Children: 6
Spouses: Janet Leigh, Christine Kaufmann, Leslie Allen, Andrea Savio, Lisa Deutsch, Jill Vandenberg
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Awards and Nominations Received by Tony Curtis
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Movies Featuring Tony Curtis
Sweet Smell of Success (re-release)
The Defiant Ones
The Great Impostor
The Great Race
Some Like It Hot
The Manitou
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
The Mirror Crack'd
The Last Tycoon
Pictures of Ghosts
And the Oscar Goes To…
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Reflections of Evil
Tony Curtis on ‘Some Like It Hot’
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy
Nobody’s Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
Prime Target
The Scarlett O’Hara War
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
Little Miss Marker
Black Commando
BrainWaves
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Where Is Parsifal?
Insignificance
Half Nelson
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Lobster Man from Mars
Midnight
Walter and Carlo in America
Rescued from the Closet
Portrait of a Showgirl
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Tarzan in Manhattan
The Masqueraders
Club Life
Murder in Three Acts
Sparky’s Magic Piano
Rat Pack
Tarzan in Manhattan
Murder in Three Acts
Forbidden
The Rawhide Years
Mission: Monte Carlo
Casanova & Co.
A Century of Cinema
The Boston Strangler
So This Is Paris
Arrivederci, Baby!
Sextette
Woman in Hiding
London Conspiracy
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
No Room for the Groom
Monte Carlo or Bust!
A Star Is Born World Premiere
City Across the River
The Immortals
Pepe
Not With My Wife, You Don’t!
Six Bridges to Cross
Paris When It Sizzles
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who…
Chamber of Horrors
The Mummy Lives
The Celluloid Closet
Don’t Make Waves
40 Pounds of Trouble
Johnny Dark
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Kansas Raiders
I Was a Shoplifter
Francis
Lepke
You Can’t Win ’Em All
Goodbye Charlie
Wild and Wonderful
Christmas in Connecticut
Taras Bulba
The Midnight Story
The Lady Gambles
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Son of Ali Baba
Sex and the Single Girl
The Vikings
People, Hopes, Medals
The Rat Race
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Mister Cory
The Switch
The Users
Operation Petticoat
Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
Meet Danny Wilson
The List of Adrian Messenger
Sweet Smell of Success
Sierra
Trapeze
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Sporting Chance
The Black Shield of Falworth
Boeing, Boeing
Captain Newman, M.D.
Beachhead
Stargames
Winchester ’73
Center of the Web
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Kings Go Forth
Death Becomes Me
Criss Cross
The Prince Who Was a Thief
The Outsider
From Roger Moore with Love
Who Was That Lady?
Flesh and Fury
The Purple Mask
The Square Jungle
Houdini
The Perfect Furlough
The Persuaders!
Norman Jewison, Film Maker
Career Timeline
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To…
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2001
Tony Curtis on ‘Some Like It Hot’
Self
Nobody’s Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit
Lucky Bergstrom
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Johnny Steele
1989
Lobster Man from Mars
J.P. Shelldrake
Midnight
Mr. B
Walter and Carlo in America
WIlly La Rouge
Tarzan in Manhattan
Archimedes Porter
Tarzan in Manhattan
Archimedes Porter
1986
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Self
Club Life
Hector
Murder in Three Acts
Charles Cartwright
Murder in Three Acts
Charles Cartwright
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
The Scarlett O’Hara War
David O. Selznick
Little Miss Marker
Blackie
The Masqueraders
Danny Wilde
1975
Lepke
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
The Count of Monte-Cristo
Fernand Morcerf Mondego
Sporting Chance
Danny Wilde
1967
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who…
Guerrando da Montone
Don’t Make Waves
Carlo Cofield
1966
Arrivederci, Baby!
Nick Johnson
Not With My Wife, You Don’t!
Tom Ferris
Chamber of Horrors
Mr. Julian
1964
Paris When It Sizzles
Actor Portraying Maurice or Philippe (uncredited)
Goodbye Charlie
George Wellington Tracy
Wild and Wonderful
Terry Williams
Sex and the Single Girl
Bob Weston
1960
Pepe
Tony Curtis
People, Hopes, Medals
Self
The Rat Race
Pete Hammond Jr.
Who Was That Lady?
David Wilson
1958
The Defiant Ones
The Vikings
Eric
Kings Go Forth
Caporal Britt Harris
The Perfect Furlough
Cpl. Paul Hodges
1955
Six Bridges to Cross
Jerry Florea
The Purple Mask
Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
The Square Jungle
Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
1954
So This Is Paris
Joe Maxwell
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Johnny Dark
Johnny Dark
The Black Shield of Falworth
Myles Falworth
Beachhead
Burke
1952
No Room for the Groom
Alvah Morrell
Son of Ali Baba
Kashma Baba
Meet Danny Wilson
Nightclub Patron
Flesh and Fury
Paul Callan
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