Tony Curtis

Birthday: 1925-06-03
Deathday: 2010-05-13
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
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Owned Noms: 0
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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.

Career Statisics

	Season	Age	Movie	Role	Result	Points
	1959	34	The Defiant Ones (1958)	Leading Actor	Nom	0
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Transaction History

Date	Location	Team	Receives	Team	Receives	Team	Receives

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2008-06-27	David & Fatima	Mr. Schwartz
	2002-03-22	Reflections of Evil	Host
	1999-12-25	Play It to the Bone	Tony Curtis (Ringside Fan)
	1998-12-15	Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever	Bernard (voice)
	1998-07-08	Louis & Frank	Lenny Star Springer
	1998-06-03	Stargames	King Fendel
	1997-08-12	Elvis Meets Nixon	Tony Curtis
	1997-05-13	The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man	Jack Steele
	1997-03-30	Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball	Wald
	1995-10-05	The Immortals	Dominic
	1994-11-09	Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor	Johnny Steele
	1994-04-03	Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit	Lucky Bergstrom
	1993-11-10	Naked in New York	Carl Fisher
	1993-07-10	The Mummy Lives	Aziru / Dr. Mohassid
	1992-12-22	Christmas in Connecticut	Alexander Yardley
	1992-05-15	Center of the Web	Stephen Moore
	1991-09-27	Prime Target	Copella
	1990-11-19	Thanksgiving Day	Max Schloss
	1990-02-09	Lobster Man from Mars	J.P. Shelldrake
	1989-11-24	Walter and Carlo in America	WIlly La Rouge
	1989-07-01	Midnight	Mr. B
	1989-04-15	Tarzan in Manhattan	Archimedes Porter
	1988-05-04	The Passenger – Welcome to Germany	Mr. Cornfield
	1987-01-01	Sparky's Magic Piano
	1986-10-01	Murder in Three Acts	Charles Cartwright
	1986-08-25	Banter	Charles Foster
	1986-02-20	Club Life	Hector
	1986-01-19	Mafia Princess	Sam Giancana
	1985-08-02	Insignificance	The Senator
	1985-03-24	Half Nelson
	1984-01-01	Where Is Parsifal?	Parsifal Katzanella-Boden
	1983-08-05	BrainWaves	Dr. Clavius
	1983-01-02	Balboa	Ernie Stoddard
	1982-11-15	Black Commando	Col. Iago
	1982-04-09	Portrait of a Showgirl	Joey DeLeon
	1981-03-12	The Million Dollar Face	Chester Masterson
	1981-02-13	Inmates: A Love Story	Flanagan
	1980-09-19	The Mirror Crack'd	Martin N. Fenn
	1980-08-05	It Rained All Night the Day I Left	Robert Talbot
	1980-05-19	The Scarlett O'Hara War	David O. Selznick
	1980-03-21	Little Miss Marker	Blackie
	1980-01-01	The Masqueraders	Danny Wilde
	1979-09-09	Title Shot	Frank Renzetti
	1979-01-01	Death Becomes Me	Danny Wilde/Aunt Sophie Schwartz
	1978-10-01	The Users	Randy Brent
	1978-06-30	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	Marvin Lazar
	1978-04-28	The Manitou	Harry Erskine
	1978-03-03	Sextette	Alexei Karansky
	1977-06-11	The Last Appointment!	Danny Wilde
	1977-03-01	Casanova & Co.	Giacomo Casanova / Giacomino
	1976-11-18	The Last Tycoon	Rodriguez
	1976-06-07	The Switch	Danny Wilde
	1975-10-31	The Count of Monte-Cristo	Fernand Morcerf Mondego
	1975-05-23	Lepke	Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
	1975-01-01	Sporting Chance	Danny Wilde
	1974-10-04	London Conspiracy	Danny Wilde
	1974-01-01	Mission: Monte Carlo	Danny Wilde
	1973-10-16	The Third Girl from the Left	Joey Jordan
	1973-04-01	The Persuaders!	Danny Wilde
	1970-09-11	Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?	Shannon Gambroni
	1970-07-23	You Can't Win 'Em All	Adam Dyer
	1969-04-28	Monte Carlo or Bust!	Chester Schofield
	1968-10-08	The Boston Strangler	Albert DeSalvo
	1968-06-12	Rosemary's Baby	Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)
	1967-12-01	On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...	Guerrando da Montone
	1967-06-20	Don't Make Waves	Carlo Cofield
	1966-12-28	Arrivederci, Baby!	Nick Johnson
	1966-11-02	Not With My Wife, You Don't	Tom Ferris
	1966-10-19	Chamber of Horrors	Mr. Julian
	1965-12-22	Boeing, Boeing	Bernard Lawrence
	1965-07-01	The Great Race	The Great Leslie
	1964-12-25	Sex and the Single Girl	Bob Weston
	1964-11-18	Goodbye Charlie	George Wellington Tracy
	1964-06-09	Wild and Wonderful	Terry Williams
	1964-03-01	Paris When It Sizzles	Maurice / Philippe (uncredited)
	1963-12-25	Captain Newman, M.D.	Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
	1963-05-23	The List of Adrian Messenger	Organ Grinder
	1962-12-31	40 Pounds of Trouble	Steve McCluskey
	1962-11-21	Taras Bulba	Andrei Bulba
	1961-12-27	The Outsider	Ira Hamilton Hayes
	1960-12-23	The Great Impostor	Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd
	1960-12-21	Pepe	Tony Curtis
	1960-10-13	Spartacus	Antoninus
	1960-07-10	The Rat Race	Pete Hammond Jr.
	1960-04-08	Who Was That Lady?	David Wilson
	1959-12-05	Operation Petticoat	Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
	1959-03-19	Some Like It Hot	Joe (Josephine)
	1958-11-30	The Perfect Furlough	Cpl. Paul Hodges
	1958-08-14	The Defiant Ones	John 'Joker' Jackson
	1958-06-28	Kings Go Forth	Caporal Britt Harris
	1958-06-11	The Vikings	Eric
	1957-07-04	Sweet Smell of Success	Sidney Falco
	1957-06-04	The Midnight Story	Joe Martini
	1957-02-23	Mister Cory	Cory
	1956-07-01	The Rawhide Years	Ben Matthews
	1956-05-30	Trapeze	Tino Orsini
	1956-01-01	Nightmare	Tony
	1955-12-30	The Square Jungle	Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon
	1955-06-15	The Purple Mask	Rene de Traviere / The Purple Mask
	1955-01-21	Six Bridges to Cross	Jerry Florea
	1954-12-15	So This Is Paris	Joe Maxwell
	1954-09-02	The Black Shield of Falworth	Myles Falworth
	1954-06-25	Johnny Dark	Johnny Dark
	1954-04-18	Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood
	1954-02-05	Beachhead	Burke
	1953-12-02	Forbidden	Eddie Darrow
	1953-10-01	The All American	Nick Bonelli
	1953-07-02	Houdini	Harry Houdini
	1952-08-15	Son of Ali Baba	Kashma Baba
	1952-06-26	Flesh and Fury	Paul Callan
	1952-06-13	No Room for the Groom	Alvah Morrell
	1952-02-08	Meet Danny Wilson	Nightclub Patron
	1952-01-02	An Eye for an Eye
	1952-01-01	Come Back Little Shiksa
	1951-10-04	The Re-Inforcer	Baffo
	1951-05-17	The Prince Who Was a Thief	Julna
	1951-01-01	Fairfax Avenue
	1950-11-15	Kansas Raiders	Kit Dalton
	1950-07-12	Winchester '73	Doan
	1950-05-26	Sierra	Brent Coulter (as Anthony Cutis)
	1950-05-13	I Was a Shoplifter	Pepe
	1950-02-08	Francis	Captain Jones
	1950-01-06	Woman in Hiding	Dave Shaw (voice) (uncredited)
	1949-05-20	The Lady Gambles	Bellboy (as Anthony Curtis)
	1949-04-20	Johnny Stool Pigeon	Joey Hyatt (as Anthony Curtis)
	1949-04-07	City Across the River	Mitch (as Anthony Curtis)
	1949-02-04	Criss Cross	Gigolo (uncredited)
	1949-01-01	How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border