Tony Curtis
Si Tony Curtis (namundag Bernard Schwartz; Hunyo 3, 1925 – Septyembre 29, 2010) sarong Amerikanong aktor na an saiyang karera naglawig nin anom na dekada, na nakamit niya alitoktok kan saiyang popularidad kan mga 1950 asin kaamayi nin mga 1960. Siya nagpapel sa sobrang 100 na pelikula, sa mga papel na sinakop iba-ibang genre. Kan siya naggugurang na, si Curtis nagbida man sa dakul man na mga pasali sa telebisyon.
| Tony Curtis | |
|---|---|
 Curtis kan 1958 | |
| Kamundagan | Bernard Schwartz Hunyo 3, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
| Kagadanan | Septyembre 29, 2010 (edad 85) Henderson, Nevada, U.S. |
Lulubngan | Palm Memorial Park (Green Valley), Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Alma mater | The New School |
| Trabaho | Aktor |
| Mga taon na aktibo | 1948–2008 |
| Agom | |
| Mga aki | 6, kabali sinda Kelly, Jamie Lee, asin Allegra Curtis |
| Military career | |
| Alyansa | United States |
| Serbisyo/ | United States Navy |
| Taon kan Serbisyo | 1943–1945 |
| Ranggo | Signalman 3rd Class |
| Yunit | USS Proteus (AS-19) |
| Mga labanan/Mga giyera | Ikaduwang Gerang Pankinaban |
| Mga Onra |
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Saiyang nakamit an enot na pamidbid bilang aktor sa drama sa Sweet Smell of Success (1957) kaiba an aktor na si Burt Lancaster. Sunod na taon siya nanominar para sa Academy Award for Best Actor kan sa pagpapel niya sa The Defiant Ones (1958) na saiyang kairiba si Sidney Poitier (na nanominar man sa parehong kategorya). Ini nasundan man kan mga pelikulang pang-komedy Some Like It Hot asin Operation Petticoat kan 1959. Kan 1960, si Curtis nagbida sa pangsuportang papel sa epiko asin historikal na drama na Spartacus.
An karera niya sa pelikula asin reputasyon niya nagroro' na gayo pakaagi nin 1960. An masabing dramatikong parte nin pagpapel niya nangyari kan 1968 kan siya nmagbida sa tunay-sa-buhay na drama The Boston Strangler. Si Curtis nagkapot man kan papel na sarong Ukranyano sa Cossack, Andrei sa historikal aksyon romansang epiko na Taras Bulba kan 1962 asin nagbida sa ITC TV serye The Persuaders!, kun saen si Curtis pigkawat an papel na sarong Amerikanong milyonaryong si Danny Wilde. An serye naglawig nin 24 episodyo.
Si Curtis ama kan mga aktres na sinda Kelly Curtis, asin Janie Lee Curtis na aki niya sa enot na agom na si aktres Janet Leigh, asin mga aktres na si Allegra Curtis asin Alexandra Curtis, aki niya sa ikaduwang agom niyang si Christine Kaufmann.[1][2]
Buhay-bagsik asin kagadanan
Kan 1974, si Curtis nagin toriyok na pagtomar nin cocaine mantang siya nagpepelikula kan Lepke, ini sa panahon na nagluluya na an saiyang karera asin dikit na an mga tangro' saiya sa pelikula.[3] Kan 1984, si Curtis idinalagan sa hospital na nagmamate kan helang na cirrhosis bunga kan saiyang makuring bisyo sa pag'inom na nadagdagan pa kan saiyang adiksyon sa cocaine. Siya naglaog sa Betty Ford Clinic asin nangako' na lalabanan niya an saiyang mga bisyo.[4] Siya nag'aging operasyon asin tinakodan heart bypass kan 1994, pakapangyaring nagmate nin atake sa puso.[5]Si Curtis nagadan sa saiyang harong sa Henderson kan Septyembre 29, 2010, dahel sa cardiac arrest.[6][7][8] Pirang aldaw bago nangyari idto, nanumpongan niya si retratistang Andy Gotts para sa sarong photo-shoot sa harong niya, na siya nagtaram pa: "Mayo ako sa marhay na kamugtakan, pero pwede makiulay? Pwedeng mapaluwas ako na saro naman akong icon? [9] Siya tinalikodan an limang aki asin pitong makuapo.[10]
Filmograpiya
Pelikula
| Taon | Titulo | Papel | Mga Nota |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Criss Cross | Gigolo | Uncredited |
| 1949 | City Across the River | Mitch | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1949 | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Joey Hyatt | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | Bellboy | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1949 | Take One False Step | Hot Rod Driver | Uncredited |
| 1949 | How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border | Unknown | Short |
| 1950 | Francis | Captain Jones | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | Dave Shaw | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1950 | I Was a Shoplifter | Pepe | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1950 | Sierra | Brent Coulter | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Doan | Credited as Anthony Curtis |
| 1950 | Kansas Raiders | Kit Dalton | |
| 1951 | The Prince Who Was a Thief | Julna | |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury | Paul Callan | |
| 1952 | No Room for the Groom | Alvah Morrell | |
| 1952 | Son of Ali Baba | Kashma Baba | |
| 1952 | Meet Danny Wilson | Himself, Nightclub Patron | Uncredited |
| 1953 | Houdini | Harry Houdini | |
| 1953 | All American | Nick Bonnelli | |
| 1953 | Forbidden | Eddie | |
| 1954 | Beachhead | Burke | |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Johnny Dark | |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Myles | |
| 1954 | So This Is Paris | Joe Maxwell | |
| 1955 | Six Bridges to Cross | Jerry Florea | |
| 1955 | The Purple Mask | Rene de Traviere / Purple Mask | |
| 1955 | The Square Jungle | Eddie Quaid / Packy Glennon | |
| 1956 | Trapeze | Tino Orsini | |
| 1956 | The Rawhide Years | Ben Matthews | |
| 1957 | Mister Cory | Cory | |
| 1957 | The Midnight Story | Joe Martini | |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | Sidney Falco | also Executive Producer |
| 1958 | The Vikings | Eric | |
| 1958 | Kings Go Forth | Corporal Britt Harris | |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | John "Joker" Jackson | with Sidney Poitier |
| 1958 | The Perfect Furlough | Corporal Paul Hodges | |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Joe / Josephine / Shell Oil Junior | |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Lieutenant Nicholas Holden | |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | David Wilson | |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Pete Hammond Jr. | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Antoninus | |
| 1960 | Pepe | Himself | Uncredited |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor | Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert | |
| 1961 | The Outsider | Ira Hamilton Hayes | |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Andriy Bulba | |
| 1962 | 40 Pounds of Trouble | Steve McCluskey | |
| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger | Organ Grinder | Cameo |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Corporal Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz | |
| 1964 | Paris When It Sizzles | Maurice / Philippe – 2nd Policeman | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Wild and Wonderful | Terry Willams | |
| 1964 | Goodbye Charlie | George Tracy | |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Bob Weston | |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Leslie Gallant III (The Great Leslie) | |
| 1965 | Boeing, Boeing | Bernard Lawrence | |
| 1966 | Chamber of Horrors | Mr. Julian | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Tom Ferris | |
| 1966 | Arrivederci, Baby! | Nick Johnson | also known as Drop Dead Darling |
| 1967 | Don't Make Waves | Carlo Cofield | |
| 1967 | On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... | Guerrando da Montone | |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Donald Baumgart | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Albert DeSalvo | |
| 1969 | Monte-Carlo or Bust! | Chester Schofield | also known as Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies |
| 1970 | You Can't Win 'Em All | Adam Dyer | |
| 1970 | Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Shannon Gambroni | |
| 1974 | Lepke | Louis “Lepke” Buchalter | |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Rodriguez | |
| 1977 | Some Like It Cool | Giacomino / Casanova | |
| 1978 | The Manitou | Harry Erskine | |
| 1978 | Sextette | Alexei Karansky | |
| 1978 | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Marvin Lazar | |
| 1979 | Title Shot | Frank Renzetti | |
| 1980 | Little Miss Marker | "Blackie" | |
| 1980 | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Robert Talbot | |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Martin N. Fenn | |
| 1982 | Black Commando | Colonel Iago | |
| 1982 | BrainWaves | Dr. Clavius | |
| 1982 | Sparky's Magic Piano | TV Interviewer | Voice, Direct-to-Video |
| 1983 | Dexter the Dragon & Bumble the Bear | Unknown | Voice, English version |
| 1983 | Balboa | Ernie Stoddard | |
| 1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Parsifal Katzenellenbogen | |
| 1985 | Insignificance | Senator | |
| 1986 | Club Life | Hector | |
| 1986 | The Last of Philip Banter | Charles Foster | |
| 1988 | Welcome to Germany | Mr. Cornfield | |
| 1989 | Lobster Man from Mars | J.P. Shelldrake | |
| 1989 | Midnight | Mr. B. | |
| 1989 | Walter & Carlo i Amerika | Willy La Rouge | |
| 1991 | Prime Target | Marietta Copella | Direct-To-Video |
| 1992 | Center of the Web | Stephen Moore | |
| 1993 | Naked in New York | Carl Fisher | |
| 1993 | The Mummy Lives | Aziru / Dr. Mohassid | |
| 1995 | The Immortals | Dominic | |
| 1997 | Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball | Wald | Direct-to-Video |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Lenny Star Springer | |
| 1998 | Star Games | King Fendel | |
| 1999 | Play It to the Bone | Ringside Fan | |
| 2002 | Reflections of Evil | Host | |
| 2006 | Where's Marty? | Himself | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2007 | The Blacksmith and the Carpenter | God | Voice, Short |
| 2008 | David & Fatima | Mr. Schwartz | Final film role |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Allen in Movieland | Himself | Television Movie |
| 1955–1956 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Himself (Guest) | 3 episodes |
| 1959 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Charlie | Episode: "Man on a Rock" |
| 1960 | Startime | The Juggler | Episode: "The Young Juggler" also Executive Producer |
| 1965 | The Flintstones | Stony Curtis | Voice, Episode: "The Return of Stony Curtis" |
| 1968 | The Song Is You | Himself | Television Movie |
| 1968–1971 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Himself (Guest Performer) | Recurring role (8 episodes) |
| 1970 | American Cancer Society anti-smoking PSAs | Himself | multiple PSAs[11] interview with Martin Agronsky on WTOP-TV News. |
| 1971–1972 | The Persuaders! | Danny Wilde / Aunt Sophie | Series regular (24 episodes) |
| 1972 | The ABC Comedy Hour | Himself (Guest Performer) | Episode: "The Friars Roast of Joe Namath" |
| 1972 | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Himself (Guest Performer) | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | The Third Girl from the Left | Joey Jordan | Television Movie |
| 1973 | Shaft | Clifford Grayson | Episode: "Hit-Run" |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Fernand Mondego | Television Movie |
| 1975–1976 | McCoy | McCoy | Series regular (5 episodes) |
| 1978 | The Users | Randy Brent | Television Movie |
| 1978–1981 | Vega$ | Philip (Slick) Roth | Series regular (17 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| 1980 | The Scarlett O'Hara War | David O. Selznick | Television Movie |
| 1981 | Inmates: A Love Story | Flanagan | Television Movie |
| 1981 | The Million Dollar Face | Chester Masterson | Television Movie |
| 1982 | Portrait of a Showgirl | Joey DeLeon | Television Movie |
| 1983 | The Fall Guy | Joe O'Hara | Episode: "Eight Ball" |
| 1986 | Mafia Princess | Sam "Momo" Giancana | Television Movie |
| 1986 | Murder in Three Acts | Charles Cartwright | Television Movie |
| 1989 | Tarzan in Manhattan | Archimedes Porter | Television Movie |
| 1989 | Charlie | Scott Parish | Television Movie |
| 1990 | Thanksgiving Day | Max Schloss | Television Movie |
| 1992 | Christmas in Connecticut | Alexander Yardley | Television Movie |
| 1992–1993 | Hollywood Babylon | Himself (Host) | 5 episodes |
| 1994 | Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit | "Lucky" Bergstrom | Television Movie |
| 1994 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Johnny Steele | Television Movie |
| 1994 | Cilla's World | Himself | Television Movie |
| 1995–2003 | Biography | Himself (Interviewee) | 4 episodes – Episode: "Roger Moore" (1995) – Episode: "Ernest Borgnine" (2000) – Episode: "Tony Curtis" (2001) – Episode: "Janet Leigh" (2003) |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Issac Mamba | Episode: "I Now Pronounce You..." |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Hal | Episode: "Ballroom Blitz" |
| 1997 | Elvis Meets Nixon | Himself | Uncredited, Television Movie |
| 1998 | Suddenly Susan | Peter DiCaprio | Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" |
| 2004 | Hope & Faith | Morris | Episode: "Jack's Back" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Himself | Episode: "Grave Danger (Part 1)" |
| 2006 | 60 Minutes | Himself | Episode: "Gay Marriage/The Marilyn Mystery" |
| 2010 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Himself (Celebrity Question Presenter) | Episode: "Million Dollar Movie Week 1" |
