Tony Curtis film career declined considerably after 1960. His most significant dramatic 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 later starred alongside Roger Moore in the ITC TV series "The Persuaders!", with Curtis playing American millionaire Danny Wilde. The series ran twenty-four episodes. Curtis is the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first wife, actress Janet Leigh. Tony Curtis was born Bernard Schwartz
The Fixer (1968 film) alleged motivation. The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel, which in turn was drawn from an actual experience. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alan Bates). The film includes the quotation of a sentence by Baruch Spinoza: The Fixer (1968 film) The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film based on the 1966 semi-biographical novel of the same name, written by Bernard Malamud. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Alan Bates. It is the story of a man named Yakov Bok, a Jew living in the Russian Empire, who