Tony Curtis

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AKA: James Curtis, Bernard Schwartz, Anthony Curtis
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/03/1925
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA

biography

Dismissed in the early stages of his career for his pouty, almost feminine features, 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). As with any sex symbol, the time in the sun is fleeting, so by the late 1960s, Curtis’ Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2004-2004
Morris
2004
Actor
1998
(TV Show)
1996-1996
Hal
1996
Himself
1996
Carl Fisher
1994
Senator
1985
Alexei Karansky
1978
Harry Erskine
1978
Albert DeSalvo
1968
Bernard Lawrence
1965
(uncredited) 2nd Policeman
1964
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr
1961
Joe/Josephine
1959
Lieutenant Nick Holden
1959
John 'Joker' Jackson
1958
Sidney Falco
1957
Tino Orsini
1956
Eddie Quaid
1955
Mr. Schwartz
Andrei Bulba
Antoninus
Stephen Moore
Dr Clavius
Charles Foster
Hector
Lenny Star Springer
Blackie Ryan
Rodriguez
Corporal Jackson Laibowitz
The Great Leslie
Iago
Marrietta Copella
Mr B
Britt Harris
J P Shelldrake
David Wilson
Mr Cornfield
Actor
Jerry Florea
Burke
Corporal Paul Hodges
Nick Bbonelli
Parsifal Katzanella-Boden
Chester Shofield
Ben Matthews
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Joe Martini
Ernie Stoddard
Ira Hamilton Hayes
Carlo Cofield
Nick Johnson
George Tracy
Giacomino
Joe Maxwell
Guerrando DaMontone
Steve McLuskey
Eddie Darrow
Peter Hammond Jr
Terry Williams
Johnny Dark
Frank Renzetti

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Served in the Navy during WWII; was wounded while serving in Guam
 
First professional stage work with the Stanley Woolf Players
1949 
First film appearance, a bit part dancing with Yvonne De Carlo, in "Criss Cross"
1949 
Film acting debut in "City Across the River"
 
Signed to a contract by Universal Studios in the early 1950s; achieved star status
Continued

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