Bud, Not Buddy has 78,894 ratings and 4,210 reviews. It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on th...
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 â September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion but is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and its three sequels.
Norman Bates. For the Medal of Honor recipient, see Norman F. Bates. Norman Bates is a main character created by Robert Bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 novel Psycho, and portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock and its sequels, and by Freddie Highmore in the television series Bates Motel. The character was inspired by Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein.