Norman Bates
Sign in to saveNorman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 horror novel Psycho, and later the main protagonist of the Psycho franchise. He has an alter ego, Mother, who takes the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, Norma, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel.
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It sits within the topics American male characters in television, Characters in 20th-century American novels and Fictional attempted suicides.
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- Given name
- Norman
- Family name
- Bates
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Mother
- Norma Bates
- Occupation
- serial killer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Creator
- Robert Bloch
- Performer
- Anthony Perkins
- Image
- Anthony Perkins Psycho Publicity Photo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1932-10-16
- present in work
- Psycho tetralogy
- name in native language
- Norman Bates
- inspired by
- Ed Gein
- date of death
- 1992-05-19
- narrative role
- protagonist
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