Tony Curtis Biography (1925-)

Born Bernard Schwartz, June 1, 1925 (some sources say June 3, 1925), in the Bronx, NY; son of Manuel Mond (an actor) and Helen (maiden name, Klein) Schwartz; married Janet Leigh (an actress), June 4, 1951 (divorced, 1962); marriedChristine Kaufman (an actress), February 8, 1963 (divorced, 1967); married Leslie Allen, 1968 (divorced, 1982); married Lisa Deutsch, 1993 (divorced 1994); married Jill Vanden Berg (a horse trainer), November 6, 1998; children: (first marriage) Kelly Lee (an actress), Jamie Lee (an actress and director); (second marriage) Alexandra, Allegra; (third marriage) Nicholas, Benjamin. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, NewYork, NY 10019.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, song performer, writer
Birth Details: June 1, 1925; Bronx, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut; uncredited) Gigolo, Criss Cross, 1949
(Uncredited) Hot rod driver, The One False Step, Universal, 1949
(As Anthony Curtis) Bellboy, The Lady Gambles, 1949
Joey Hyatt, Johnny Stool Pigeon, 1949
How to Smuggle a Hernia across the Border, 1949
(As Anthony Curtis) Mitch, City across the River, 1949
(As Anthony Curtis) Doan, Winchester '73 (also known as Montana Winchester), 1950
(As Anthony Curtis) Brent Coulter, Sierra, 1950
Pepe, I Was a Shoplifter, 1950
(As Anthony Curtis) Captain Jones, Francis (also known as Francis the Talking Mule), 1950
Kit Dalton, Kansas Raiders, Universal, 1950
Julna, The Prince Who Was a Thief, Universal, 1951
Paul Callan, Flesh and Fury, Universal, 1952
Man in nightclub, Meet Danny Wilson, Universal, 1952
Alvah Morrell, No Room for the Groom, Universal, 1952
Kashma Baba, Son of Ali Baba, Universal, 1952
Nick Bonelli, The All-American (also known as The Winning Way), Universal, 1953
Eddie Darrow, Forbidden, Universal, 1953
Title role, Houdini, Paramount, 1953
Burke, Beachhead, United Artists, 1954
Myles Falworth, The Black Shield of Falworth, Universal, 1954
Title role, Johnny Dark, Universal, 1954
Joe Maxwell, So This Is Paris, Universal, 1954
Rene do Traviere, The Purple Mask, Universal, 1955
Jerry Florea, Six Bridges to Cross, Universal, 1955
Eddie Quaid/Packy Glennon, The Square Jungle, Universal, 1955
Ben Mathews, The Rawhide Years, Universal, 1956
Tino Orsini, Trapeze, Susan/United Artists, 1956
Joe Martini, The Midnight Story (also known as Appointment witha Shadow), Universal, 1957
Cory, Mister Cory, Universal, 1957
Sidney Falco, Sweet Smell of Success, Norma-Curtleigh/United Artists, 1957
John "Joker" Jackson, The Defiant Ones, United Artists, 1958
Sergeant Britt Harris, Kings Go Forth, Frank Ross-Eton/United Artists, 1958
Corporal Paul Hodges, The Perfect Furlough (also known as Strictly for Pleasure), Universal, 1958
Eric, The Vikings, Bryna/United Artists, 1958
Lieutenant Nick Holden, Operation Petticoat, Granarte/Universal, 1959
Joe/Josephine, Some Like It Hot, Ashton-Mirish/United Artists, 1959
Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr., The Great Imposter, Universal, 1960
Unbilled guest appearance, Pepe, Columbia, 1960
Peter Hammond, Jr., Rat Race, Paramount, 1960
Antonius, Spartacus, Bryna/Universal, 1960
David Wilson, Who Was That Lady&quest;, Ansark-Sidney/Columbia, 1960
Steve McCluskey, Forty Pounds of Trouble, Universal, 1962
Ira Hamilton Hayes, The Outsider, Universal, 1962
Andre Bulba, Taras Bulba, Hecht-Curtleigh/United Artists, 1962
Corporal Jackson Laibowitz, Captain Newman, M.D., Universal, 1963
Italian, The List of Adrian Messenger, Universal, 1963
George Tracy, Goodbye Charlie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964
(Uncredited) Second policeman, Paris When It Sizzles, Quine-Charleston/Paramount, 1964
Bob Weston, Sex and the Single Girl, Warner Bros., 1964
Terry Williams, Wild and Wonderful, Universal, 1964
Bernard Lawrence, Boeing Boeing, Paramount, 1965
Leslie "The Great Leslie" Gallant III, The Great Race (also knownas Blake Edwards' The Great Race), Warner Bros., 1965
Nick Johnson, Drop Dead Darling (also known as Arrivederci Baby!), Paramount, 1966
(Uncredited) Mr. Julian, Chamber of Horrors, Warner Bros., 1966
Tom Ferris, Not with My Wife, You Don't, Fernwood-Reynard/Warner Bros., 1966
Carlo Cofield, Don't Make Waves, Filmways-Reynard/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
Guerrando, The Chastity Belt (also known as On My Way to the Crusades I Met a Girl Who ... and La cintura di castita), Titanus/Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
(Uncredited) Voice of Donald Baumgart, Rosemary's Baby, Paramount, 1968
Albert De Salvo, The Boston Strangler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
Chester Schofield, Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies(also known as Monte Carlo or Bust, Gonfles a bloc, Monte Carlo Rally, Montecarlo Rally, Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatentate, scalcinate carriole, Il ralleye di Montecarlo ... e tutta quella confusione, and Le rallye de Monte Carlo), Dino De Laurentiis--Marianne-Basil Keys/Paramount, 1969
Sergeant Shannon Gambroni, Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came&quest; (also known as War Games), ABC/Cinerama, 1970
Adam Dyer, You Can't Win 'Em All (also known as The Dubious Patriots and Soldiers of Fortune), Columbia, 1970
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Lepke, AmeriEuro/Warner Bros., 1975
Daniel Wilde, Sporting Chance, 1976
Rodriguez, The Last Tycoon, Paramount, 1976
Marvin Lazar, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan, Paramount, 1978

Harry Erskine, The Manitou, Weist-Simon/Avco Embassy, 1978
Alexei Karansky, Sexette, Crown International, 1978
Giacomo Casanova, Some Like It Cool (also known as Casanova andCo., The Rise and Rise of Casanova, Sex on the Run, and Treize femmes pour Casanova), Neue Delta-Pan-Panther-COFCI-TV 13/Pro International, 1979
McCoy, Double Take, 1979
Blackie, Little Miss Marker, Universal, 1980
Robert Talbot, It Rained All Night the Day I Left (also known as Deux affreux sur le sable), 1980
Marty N. Fenn, The Mirror Crack'd, EMI/Associated Film Distribution, 1980
Frank Renzetti, Title Shot, Regenthall/Cinepax, 1982
Colonel Iago, Othello, el comando negro (also known as Black Commando, Othello, and Othello, the Black Commando), 1982
Dr. Clavius, Brainwaves (also known as Mind Games), MotionPicture Marketing, 1983
Parsifal Katzenellen-Boden, Where Is Parsifal&quest;, Terrence Young, 1983
The senator, Insignificance, Zenith-Recorded Picture Co./Island Alive, 1985
Himself, The Fantasy Film World of George Pal, 1985
Hector, Club Life (also known as King of the City), Tiger Productions-Cineworld Entertainment/Troma Team, 1985
Ernie Stoddard, the tycoon, Balboa, Production Associates/Entertainment Artists-Vestron Video, 1986
Charles Foster, The Last of Philip Banter, Tesauro-Banter, 1986
Mr. Cornfield, Der Passagier--Welcome to Germany (also known as The Passenger--Welcome to Germany and Welcome to Germany), 1988
J. P. Shelldrake, Lobster Man from Mars, 1989
Willy La Rouge, Walter & Carlo i Amerika (also known as Walter & Carlo in America and Walter og Carlo i Amerika), 1989
Mr. B, Midnight, 1989
Marietta Copella, Prime Target, 1991
Stephen Moore, Center of the Web, 1992
Aziru/Dr. Mohassid, The Mummy Lives, 1993
Carl Fisher, Naked in New York, 1994
Himself, A Century of Cinema, 1994
Interviewee, The Celluloid Closet (also known as Celluloid Closet and Gefangen in der Traumfabrik), 1995
Wald, Hardball (also known as Bounty Hunters II), 1997
Jack Steele, Brittle Glory (also known as The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man and His Faithful Sidekick Tadpole and The ContinuedAdventures of Reptile Man), 1997
Dr. Lancaster, Alien X Factor, Filmdeck, 1997
Stargames, Amazing, 1998
Lenny Star Springer, Louis & Frank (also known as Louis andFrank), 1998
Ringside fan, Play It to the Bone (also known as Play It),Buena Vista, 1999
(Uncredited archive footage) Himself, Playmate Pajama Party, Uni Distribution, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Danny Wilde, The Persuaders, ABC, 1971-72
Title role, McCoy, NBC, 1975-76
Philip "Slick" Roth, Vega$, ABC, 1978-81
Movies
Joey Jordan, The Third Girl from the Left, ABC, 1973
McCoy, The Big Ripoff, NBC, 1975
Fernand Mondego, The Count of Monte Cristo, NBC, 1975
Randy Brent, The Users, ABC, 1978
David O. Selznick, Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War (also known as Moviola and The Scarlett O'Hara War), NBC, 1980
Flanagan, Inmates: A Love Story, ABC, 1981
Chester Masterson, The Million Dollar Face, NBC, 1981
Joey De Leon, Portrait of a Showgirl, CBS, 1982
Charles Cartwright aka Edward W. Muggins, Agatha Christie's "Murder in Three Acts" (also known as Murder in Three Acts), CBS, 1986
Sam (Salvatore) "Momo" Giancana, Mafia Princess, ABC, 1986
Harry's Back, 1987
Archimedes Porter, Tarzan in Manhattan, 1989
Max Schloss, Thanksgiving Day (also known as The Good Family), 1990
Alexander Yardley, Christmas in Connecticut, 1992
Lucky Bergstrom, Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit, syndicated, 1994
Johnny Steele, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor, NBC, 1994
Dominic, The Immortals, HBO, 1995
(Uncredited) Cameo, Elvis Meets Nixon, Showtime, 1997
Specials
The Red Skelton Revue, CBS, 1954
The Bob Hope Show, NBC, 1970
Super Comedy Bowl 2, CBS, 1972
Annie and the Hoods, ABC, 1974
Gunther Gebel-Williams: The Lord of the Ring, CBS, 1977
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 1979
Magic with the Stars, 1982
Circus of the Stars #8, 1983
American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (also known as ASalute to Billy Wilder and The 14th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Billy Wilder), 1986
Scott Parish, Charlie, 1989
AFI Salute to Sidney Poitier, 1992
Himself, Roger Moore: A Matter of Class, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Hugh Hefner: American Playboy, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Burt Lancaster, AMC, 1997
The GI Bill: The Law That Changed America, PBS, 1997
Private Screenings: Tony Curtis, TCM, 1999
The Rat Pack, HBO, 1999
Ernest Borgnine: Hollywood's Uncommon Character, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, 2000
Pilots
Philip Roth, Vega$ (also known as High Roller), ABC, 1978
Episodic
Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, CBS, 1951-59
"Cornada," General Electric Theater, 1957
"The Young Juggler," Startime, 1960
Good Company, ABC, 1967
Himself, The ABC Comedy Hour, 1972
Joe O'Hara, "Eight Ball," The Fall Guy, 1983
Reflections on the Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, 1990
Host, Hollywood Babylon, 1992
Himself, Sunday Night Clive, 1994
Clive James, PBS, 1994
SHE TV, Lifetime, 1994
Dr. Isaac Mamba, "I Now Pronounce You ... ," Lois & Clark: The NewAdventures of Superman, ABC, 1996
Hal, "Ballroom Blitz," Roseanne, ABC, 1996
Himself, Clive Anderson All Talk, 1998
Peter Dicaprio, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1998
Also appeared in "The Stone," General Electric Theatre, CBS; and also appeared as voice of Stony Curtis, The Flintstones (animated).
WRITINGS
Autobiography
(With Barry Paris) Tony Curtis: The Autobiography, Morrow, 1993
Novels
Kid Andrew Cody and Julie Sparrow, Doubleday, 1977

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Hunter, Allan, Tony Curtis: The Man and His Movies, May 30, 1997,St. Martin's Press, 1985.
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Volume 3: Actors andActresses, St. James Press, 1996.
Munn, Michael, The Kid from the Bronx: A Biography of Tony Curtis,1984.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, p. 88.
People Weekly, November 23, 1998, p. 64; July 5, 1999, p. 107.

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