Tony Curtis
Hollywood heartthrob Tony Curtis soon developed into one of the most versatile leading men in movies of the 1950s and 1960s. He brought tremendous charisma and energy to both his comic and dramatic projects, including "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957), "The Defiant Ones" (1958) - which earned him an Oscar nomination - "Some Like It Hot" (1959), "Spartacus" (1960), "Captain Newman, M.D." (1963), and "The Great Race" (1965). By the late 1960s, Curtis was maintaining a busy schedule in European features and on television, playing against type as the title role in "The Boston Strangler" (1968). In later years, he enjoyed a successful second career as an artist, while lending his comments and experience to television shows and documentaries about the Golden Age of Hollywood - particularly when it came to remembering his "Some Like it Hot" co-star, Marilyn Monroe. Having been one-half of one of the most beloved off-screen couplings of the 1950s - the other half being actress Janet Leigh - Curtis enjoyed watching his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis blossom into an actress of great skill herself, proving the apple did not fall from the Curtis/Leigh family tree.
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Tony Curtis
Filmography
Movies
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61% |
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Unknown (Character) | $21.9K | 2009 |
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David & Fatima | Mr. Schwartz (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jill & Tony Curtis Story | Self | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star Games | King Fendel (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Hardball | Wald (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Louis & Frank | Lenny Star Springer (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man (And His Faithful Sidekick Tadpole) | Jack Steele (Character) | - | 1996 |
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The Immortals | Dominic (Character) | - | 1995 |
97% |
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The Celluloid Closet | Self | $1.4M | 1995 |
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A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor | Johnny Steele (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit | Lucky Bergstrom (Character) | - | 1994 |
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The Mummy Lives |
Aziru/ |
- | 1993 |
42% |
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Naked in New York | Carl Fisher (Character) | $1.0M | 1993 |
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Christmas in Connecticut | Alexander Yardley (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Center of the Web | Stephen Moore (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Babylon II | Narrator | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Target | Marietta Copella (Character) | $52.4K | 1991 |
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Tarzan in Manhattan | Archimedes Porter (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walter and Carlo in America | Willy la Rouge (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Lobster Man From Mars | J.P. Shelldrake (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight | Mr. B (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Family | Max Schloss (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thanksgiving Day | Max Schloss (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to Germany | Mr. Cornfield (Character) | - | 1988 |
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Pack of Lies | Production Design | - | 1987 |
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Murder in Three Acts | Charles Cartwright (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mafia Princess | Sam Giancana (Character) | - | 1986 |
73% |
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Insignificance | The Senator (Character) | - | 1985 |
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King of the City | Hector (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Club Life | Hector (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Is Parsifal? | Parsifal Katzenellenbogen (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Othello, the Black Commando | Col. Iago (Character) | - | 1982 |
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BrainWaves | Dr. Clavius (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Showgirl | Joey DeLeon (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow of Death | Dr. Clavius (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Balboa | Ernie Stoddard (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inmates: A Love Story | Flanagan (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Million Dollar Face | Chester Masterson (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Little Miss Marker | Blackie (Character) | - | 1980 |
62% |
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The Mirror Crack'd | Martin N. Fenn (Character) | - | 1980 |
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The Scarlett O'Hara War | David O. Selznick (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Title Shot | Frank Renzetti (Character) | - | 1979 |
6% |
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Marvin Lazar (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vegas | Roth (Character) | - | 1978 |
45% |
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The Manitou | Harry Erskine (Character) | - | 1978 |
25% |
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Sextette | Alexei Andrea Karansky (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Users | Randy Brent (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Robert Talbot (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Casanova & Co. |
Giacomo/ |
- | 1977 |
33% |
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The Last Tycoon | Rodriguez (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The London Conspiracy | Danny Wilde (Character) | - | 1976 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Lepke | Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Rip-Off | McCoy (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Third Girl From the Left | Joey Jordan (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Monte Carlo | Danny Wilde (Character) | - | 1971 |
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You Can't Win 'Em All | Adam Dyer (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Shannon Gambroni (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies | Chester Schofield (Character) | - | 1969 |
88% |
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The Boston Strangler | Albert DeSalvo (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chastity Belt | Guerrando da Montone (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On My Way to the Crusades I Met a Girl Who... | Guerrando da Montone (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Don't Make Waves | Carlo Cofield (Character) | - | 1967 |
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Chamber of Horrors | Mr. Julian (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1966 |
60% |
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Arrivederci, Baby! | NIck Johnson (Character) | - | 1966 |
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Not With My Wife, You Don't! | Tom Ferris (Character) | - | 1966 |
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Boeing, Boeing | Bernard Lawrence (Character) | - | 1965 |
69% |
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The Great Race | The Great Leslie (Character) | - | 1965 |
50% |
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Sex and the Single Girl | Bob Weston (Character) | - | 1964 |
55% |
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Paris When It Sizzles |
Maurice/ |
- | 1964 |
50% |
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Goodbye Charlie | George Wellington Tracy (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wild and Wonderful | Terry Williams (Character) | - | 1964 |
64% |
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The List of Adrian Messenger | Cameo (Character) | - | 1963 |
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40 Pounds of Trouble | Steve McCluskey (Character) | - | 1963 |
60% |
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Captain Newman, M.D. | Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Taras Bulba | Andrei Bulba (Character) | - | 1962 |
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Pepe | Self | - | 1961 |
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The Outsider | Ira Hamilton Hayes (Character) | - | 1961 |
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The Great Impostor | Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (Character) | - | 1960 |
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The Rat Race | Pete Hammond Jr. (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Who Was That Lady? | David Wilson (Character) | - | 1960 |
94% |
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Spartacus | Antoninus (Character) | $1.7M | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | People, Hopes, Medals | Self | - | 1960 |
81% |
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Operation Petticoat | Lt. JG Nicholas Holden (Character) | - | 1959 |
95% |
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Some Like It Hot |
Joe/ |
- | 1959 |
100% |
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The Perfect Furlough | Cpl. Paul Hodges (Character) | - | 1959 |
90% |
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The Defiant Ones | John "Joker" Jackson (Character) | - | 1958 |
77% |
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The Vikings | Eric (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Kings Go Forth | Cpl. Britt Harris (Character) | - | 1958 |
98% |
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Sweet Smell of Success |
Sidney Falco (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mister Cory | Cory (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Midnight Story | Joe Martini (Character) | - | 1957 |
75% |
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Trapeze | Tino Orsini (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rawhide Years | Ben (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Purple Mask |
Rene de Traviere/ |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Bridges to Cross | Jerry Florea (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Square Jungle |
Eddie Quaid / |
- | 1955 |
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The Black Shield of Falworth | Myles (Character) | - | 1954 |
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Beachhead | Burke (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So This Is Paris | Joe Maxwell (Character) | - | 1954 |
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Johnny Dark | Johnny Dark (Character) | - | 1954 |
85% |
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Houdini | Harry Houdini (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The All-American | Nick Bonelli (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forbidden | Eddie Darrow (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Son of Ali Baba | Kashma Baba (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Room for the Groom | Alvah Morrell (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Flesh and Fury | Paul Callan (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Meet Danny Wilson | Self | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prince Who Was a Thief | Julna (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Sierra | Brent Coulter (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% |
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Winchester '73 | Doan (Character) | - | 1950 |
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Kansas Raiders | Kit Dalton (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Was a Shoplifter | Pepe (Character) | - | 1950 |
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The Lady Gambles | Bellboy (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Francis | Capt. Jones (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City Across the River | Mitch (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tony Curtis (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Faith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Greats | Self | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suddenly Susan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
76% | 78% | Roseanne | Hal (Guest Star) | 1996 |
86% | 88% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shaft | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour | Guest | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 78% | The Flintstones | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | G.E. Theater | Davis (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got a Secret | Guest | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1955 |