\"The Defiant Ones\" Tony Curtis Signed 8X10 Color Photo for Sale

\"The Defiant Ones\" Tony Curtis Signed 8X10 Color Photo For Sale

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Anthony Curtis (born Bernard

Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor

whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the

1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 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 mainly took

advantage of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he had

demonstrated range and depth 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 achieved his first serious

recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

with co-star Burt Lancaster. The

following year he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best

Actor in The Defiant Ones (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier (who was also nominated in the same

category). Curtis then gave what could arguably be called his best performance:

three interrelated roles in the comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). Thomson called it an

"outrageous film," and an American Film Institute survey

voted it the funniest American film ever made.[3] The film co-starred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’s Operation Petticoat (1959)

with Cary Grant. They were both frantic comedies, and displayed his

impeccable comic timing.[4] He often collaborated with Edwards on later films.

In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in Spartacus, which became another major hit for him. His

stardom and 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.[4] The part reinforced his reputation as a serious

actor with his chilling portrayal of serial killer Albert DeSalvo. Curtis also took on the role of historical action romance epic Taras Bulba in which

the lead character was played by Yul Bryner in 1962. 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 Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis by his first wife, actress Janet Leigh.