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Tony Curtis is the stage name of Bernard Schwartz (born June 3, 1925 in The Bronx, New York to Jewish immigrants from Hungary), an actor who has appeared in over 100 films since 1949. Curtis has also appeared frequently on television; he co-starred with Roger Moore in the TV series The Persuaders!. He made his screen debut uncredited in Criss Cross playing a rhumba dancer.He also did the voice of "Stony Curtis" as a guest star on The Flintstones.
Since at least the early 1980s Curtis has had a second career as a painter.
Curtis has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and received the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995.
He has been married five times; his first wife was actress Janet Leigh, with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis. He was also married to actress Christine Kaufmann in the 1960s. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tony Curtis Filmography
Actor
• Beachhead (2005)
• Reflections of Evil (2002)
• The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man (1999)
• Play It to the Bone (1999)
• Star Games (1998)
• Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball (1997)
• Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1996)
• The Immortals (1995)
• The Mummy Lives (1995)
• Naked in New York (1994)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
• Hollywood Babylon (1992)
• Center of the Web (1992)
• Prime Target (1991)
• Lobster Man From Mars (1990)
• Midnight (1989)
• The Last of Philip Banter (1986)
• Mafia Princess (1986)
• Club Life (1985)
• Insignificance (1985)
• Brainwaves (1982)
• Sex on the Run (1981)
• Title Shot (1981)
• Little Miss Marker (1980)
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
• The Amorous Mis-Adventures of Casanova (1978)
• The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
• The Manitou (1978)
• Sextette (1978)
• Vegas (1978)
• The Last Tycoon (1977)
• Lepke (1975)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1974)
• Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
• Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
• The Boston Strangler (1968)
• Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)
• Boeing Boeing (1965)
• The Great Race (1965)
• Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
• Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
• 40 Pounds of Trouble (1963)
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
• Taras Bulba (1962)
• The Great Impostor (1961)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Operation Petticoat (1959)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Kings Go Forth (1958)
• The Vikings (1958)
• The Perfect Furlough (1958)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
• Trapeze (1956)
• Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
• Houdini (1953)
• Son of Ali Baba (1952)
• Francis the Talking Mule (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
• Balboa
Cameo
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Narrator
• Reflections of Evil (2002)
Producer
• Sweet Dreams (1985)
• Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Production Designer
• Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986)
• The Monster Club (1980)
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