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Before his 1960 appearance in Psycho, Perkins was also in the William Wyler movie Friendly Persuasion, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

He was named after Anthony’s father Osgood Perkins, an actor who was prominent in the '20s and '30s. A few years later, they welcomed their second son, Elvis Perkins, on Feb. 9, 1976.

But as the son of Psycho actor Anthony Perkins, the 50-year-old's connection to horror and Hollywood at large runs deeper than his latest film. From his parents' high-profile deaths, ...

It should probably be noted that Perkins’ father, actor Anthony Perkins (best remembered as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”), was a closeted gay man who died of AIDS-related ...

And Perkins himself is the son of Anthony Perkins, the actor who starred as villain Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s hugely influential 1960 film “Psycho.” ...

Many directors fall in love with scary movies through late-night cable binges or with friends at a drive-in. Osgood Perkins had a leg up: His father was the actor Anthony Perkins, a Hollywood ...