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posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on June 3, 2017 at 5:09 PM
on his birthday, Tony Curtis (Born: June 3, 1925; Died: September 29, 2010; at age 85).
Tony Curtis was known for movies like "Houdini (1952)", "Trapeze (1956)", "The Defiant Ones (1958)", "Some Like It Hot (1959)", "Operation Petticoat (1959)", "Spartacus (1960)", Goodbye Charlie (1964)", "Sex and the Single Girl (1964)", "The Great Race (1965)", "The Boston Strangler (1968)", "The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)", "Little Miss Marker (1980)", "The Mirror Crack'd (1980)" and "The Mummy Lives(1993)".
He played Danny Wilde on the ITV TV show "The Persuaders! (1971-1972)", alongside Roger Moore.
Other TV shows he appeared on are "McCoy (1975-1976)" as McCoy and "Vega$ (1978-1981)" as Philip Roth.
Reply by rudely_murray
on June 4, 2017 at 12:59 AM
Curtis was certainly a limited actor but within those limits he did deliver a number of exceptional performances. He is wonderful in Some Like It Hot, The Boston Strangler and - perhaps his greatest work - Sweet Smell of Success, in which he is riveting and ultimately very moving.
Reply by Nexus71
on August 27, 2019 at 1:36 PM
I agree with you Muray The Boston Strangler is probably his greatest role have the movie on VHS ,