
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.

Mafia Princess

London Conspiracy

Un film et son époque

People's Choice Awards

The Third Girl from the Left

Rat Pack

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

Bambi

The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'

So This Is Paris

The Persuaders!

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Retratos Fantasmas

Portrait of a Showgirl

A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Century of Cinema

From Roger Moore with Love

Marilyn Monroe, La Célébrité à tout prix

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CSI:科学捜査班

The Persuaders!

Sweet Smell of Success

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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tony Curtis - le gamin de Bronx

ウィンチェスター銃'73

ペティコート作戦

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir

The Celluloid Closet

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Criss Cross

グレートレース

The Vikings

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'

Elvis Meets Nixon

Amicalement vôtre : Hollywood au service de sa Majesté

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Vega$

Shrink Rap

What's My Line?

新スーパーマン

The Great Impostor

The Dick Cavett Show

The Count of Monte-Cristo

The Colgate Comedy Hour

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Roseanne

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

The UnXplained

Dinah!

The Perfect Furlough

The Boston Strangler

The List of Adrian Messenger

The Rat Race

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Captain Newman, M.D.

Little Miss Marker

Houdini

Reflections of Evil

The Outsider

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

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General Electric Theater

This Is Your Life

The Mrs Merton Show

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マリリンとアインシュタイン

Taras Bulba

Boeing, Boeing

Pepe

Who Was That Lady?

Wild and Wonderful

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Trapeze

Six Bridges to Cross

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Woman in Hiding

The Black Shield of Falworth

Talking Pictures

Flesh and Fury

The Scarlett O'Hara War

クリスタル殺人事件

Forbidden

The Lady Gambles

The Midnight Story

Kings Go Forth

Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever

Thanksgiving Day

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot

Sporting Chance

Rescued from the Closet

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Mission: Monte Carlo

You Can't Win 'Em All

The Square Jungle

Sparky's Magic Piano

Kansas Raiders

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Goodbye Charlie

Suddenly Susan

Murder in Three Acts

Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany

Mister Cory

Francis

Arrivederci, Baby!

Beachhead

The Steve Allen Show

The Immortals

City Across the River

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

The Rawhide Years

No Room for the Groom

The Re-Inforcer

Play It to the Bone

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Son of Ali Baba

Chamber of Horrors

I Was a Shoplifter

Sierra

Wetten, dass..?

Hope & Faith

40 Pounds of Trouble

Walter og Carlo: I Amerika

The Late Late Show

Don't Make Waves

The Prince Who Was a Thief

Sacrée Soirée

Lobster Man from Mars

This Morning

The Purple Mask

Johnny Dark

The All American

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

David & Fatima

Bracken's World

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

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Christmas in Connecticut

Banter

Menschen, Hoffnungen, Medaillen

Lepke

Naked in New York

Allen in Movieland

Prime Target

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Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit

Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball

The Dame Edna Experience

The Mummy Lives

BrainWaves

La cintura di castità

Tarzan in Manhattan

結婚狂奏曲セクステット

Casanova & Co.

The Hollywood Greats

Club Life

Meet Danny Wilson

Center of the Web

Where Is Parsifal?

Balboa

Otelo (Comando negro)

Stargames

Midnight

The Users

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

Louis & Frank

The Jill & Tony Curtis Story

Marilyn Monroe - Ich möchte geliebt werden

The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man

The Masqueraders

The Last Appointment!

The Million Dollar Face

Magic with the Stars

How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border

Half Nelson

Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

Title Shot

Come Back Little Shiksa

That's Insignificance

Norman Jewison, Film Maker

The Switch

Inmates: A Love Story

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

Miss Glucksman Visits Hollywood

Hollywood sul Tevere

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration