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Tony Curtis

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Tony Curtis

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Also known as Anthony Curtis, T. Curtis

American actor (1925–2010)

OverviewAI-generated

Tony Curtis (1925–2010) was an American male artist whose career spanned from 1948 to 2008. He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. Curtis, who stood 175 cm tall, used the pseudonym Anthony Curtis. His musical work has been associated with genres including American, Chicago soul, crooners, funk, and psychedelic soul. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with reggae, lovers rock, dancehall, roots, and new wave.

Curtis is also credited as an author with 73 works listed on Open Library. Notable titles include *Marketing management in practice 2007-2008*, *CIM Marketing Management in Practice Bundle*, *Marketing Management in Practice*, *Marketing management in practice*, and *Leaving the Hills*. Crossref lists five works associated with him. He has been referenced by 855 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
73

Top works

  • Marketing management in practice 2007-2008
  • CIM Marketing Management in Practice Bundle
  • Marketing Management in Practice
  • Marketing management in practice
  • Leaving the Hills

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1942-06-03
Active to
1999-12-26
americanchicago soulcroonersfunkpsychedelic soulr&b

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
26,203
Total plays
124,729

Tags

reggaelovers rockdancehallrootsnew wave

Born in September of 1971 in St. Catherine, Jamaica, Curtis knew that music was his mission from early on, even if he never envisioned it as a career. Young Curtis O'Brien would go to church, approaching the mic anytime the opportunity presented itself. Laughing, Curtis fondly recalls his early days singing in the church. The young singer began to enter local talent shows, mashing up the place with classic cover tunes. From talent shows to the local studios, Curtis began to voice a few dubplate

via Last.fm · Tony Curtis

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

    · 2012 · cited 66,877x

  2. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,894x

  3. Atomically Thin <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>MoS</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> : A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor

    · 2010 · cited 14,597x

  4. Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation

    · 2011 · cited 14,076x

  5. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    · 2012 · cited 10,802x

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Quotes

  • “It's like kissing Hitler.”
  • “Janet Leigh was years ago! Nowadays I wouldn't be caught dead married to a woman old enough to be my wife!”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bernard
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of death
Henderson
Child
Allegra Curtis
Occupation
military personnel
Political party
Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Student of
Erwin Piscator
Genre
action film
Conflict
World War II
Military branch
United States Navy
Official website
www.tonycurtis.com
Image
Tony Curtis 1958.jpg
Height
175
Work location
United States
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Tony Curtis
Commons category
Tony Curtis
date of birth
1925-06-03
date of death
2010-09-29
pseudonym
Anthony Curtis
cause of death
cardiac arrest
nominated for
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Bernard Schwartz
start of work period
1948-00-00
name in native language
Tony Curtis
unmarried partner
Petra Scharbach
end of work period
2008-00-00
writing language
English language
has works in the collection
Eye Filmmuseum
Sources (12)

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Encyclopedic overview

Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor with a career that 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. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.

He achieved his first major recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Defiant Ones (1958) alongside Sidney Poitier (who was also nominated in the same category). This was followed by the comedies Some Like It Hot and Operation Petticoat in 1959. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in the epic historical drama Spartacus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tony Curtis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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