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'''Tony Curtis''' (born '''Bernard Schwartz''', [[June 3]], [[1925]]) is an [[United States|American]] film actor. Famous for his thick black wavy hair, good looks, flashing long eyelashes and trademark New York accent, he was most popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his light comic roles, especially his musician on the run from gangsters in ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' (1959). He has also essayed a number of more serious dramatic roles over the years, such as his escaped convict in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958), for which he received an [[Academy Award]] nomination. He has appeared in over 100 films since [[1949]], and has also made frequent television appearances.

== Literature ==

* Mr. [[Vivenair]] (a pseudonym) published ''A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air in an Aerostatic Globe, Commonly Called an Air Balloon, From This Terraquaeous Globe to the Newly Discovered Planet, Georgium Sidus'' in 1784.

* In the ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' series (1928–), Uranus is portrayed as having [[biodome]]s and [[robot]]s.

* In [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]]'s 1935 story "[[The Planet of Doubt]]", Uranus' North pole is shrouded in a perpetual fog.

* R. R. Winterbotham's "Clouds over Uranus" was published by ''[[Astounding]]'' in March of 1937

* In [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s ''The Insects from Shaggai'' (1964), a [[Cthulhu Mythos]] story, Uranus is known as '''[[L'gy'hx]]''' and is inhabited by cubical metallic many-legged creatures who worship [[Lrogg]]. They entered in religious conflict with the [[Insect from Shaggai|Shan]].

* In [[Blue Mars]] by [[Kim Stanley Robinson]] (1997), Ann Clayborne and Zo Boone visit Uranus' moon Miranda, which is being preserved as a primal wilderness; the other sizable moons of Uranus are being ambitiously colonised at the time with the help of fusion lanterns placed in Uranus' upper atmosphere to provide more light.

* In [[Wayne W. Dyer]]'s self-help parable ''[[Gifts from Eykis]]'' (2002), Eykis is a female from Uranus who imparts wisdom and spirituality to Earth.

== Film and televisionBiography ==

Tony Curtis was born '''Bernard Schwartz''', the son of [[Jew]]ish [[Hungary|Hungarian]] (from the city of [[Mátészalka]], [[Szatmár]]) immigrants Emanuel and Helen Schwartz, in [[the Bronx]], [[New York]]. His father was a tailor who had left his home country to find a new life in the [[United States]]. In the early days the family lived in the back of his tailor's shop, parents in one corner and Tony and his brothers Julius and Robert in another. Curtis has said of his mother in interview ' When I was a child she beat me up and was very aggressive, antagonistic.' His mother was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness which also affected his brother Robert and led to his institutionalization. When Curtis was 8, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for one month because their parents could not afford to feed them. There were more hard times to come. When Curtis was 13, Julius was hit by a truck and died. It fell to Tony to identify the body. He has said that he still keeps his brother's cap and school books because that's all that's left of him. With the realities of real life all too harsh, a young Curtis sought refuge in the cinema.

* In the 1962 film ''[[Journey to the Seventh Planet]]'', astronauts on (''sic'') Uranus encounter a strange intelligence.<ref>{{cite web

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* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1963&ndash;) serial ''The Daleks' Master Plan'', Uranus is described as being the only ___location in the universe where the mineral [[Taranium]] can be acquired.

* In [[Space Patrol (UK puppet TV series)|Space Patrol]] (1962) episode: The Dark Planet - Professor Heggerty and his daughter Cassiopeia are baffled by a plant sample from Uranus with a mind of its own! Following the disappearance of a 20 strong survey team on Uranus, Colonel Raeburn dispatch the Space Patrol crew to locate larger versions of the plant, where they discover the adult specimens of the plant are far from friendly.

* In [[Space Patrol (UK puppet TV series)|Space Patrol]] (1962) episode: The Invisible Invasion - On Uranus, the Duo's are planning to seize power on Earth by taking over the minds of everyone at Space Headquarters, including Colonel Raeburn. The one person seemingliy unaffected by the Duo's power is Professor Heggerty, who is installed beneath his electronic hair-restorer!

*In the ''[[Duck Dodgers (animated series)|Duck Dodgers]]'' cartoon, [[Marvin the Martian]] claims that Uranus has Methane Farms (to convert animal faeces into gas) in order to put Dodgers off his marriage to [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]].

'When I was a child, I used to go to the movies and became enthralled by all the fencing, horseback riding, kissing the girls. I said to myself "Why can't I do that?"

== Comics and anime ==

* In the anime ''[[Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon]]'' (1992), [[Haruka Tenoh|Sailor Uranus]] is the seventh guardian soldier to appear in the series, and represents the planet. Her attacks are associated with the force of nature (e.g. World Shaking, which is basically an earthquake). Later in the series, her attacks become more of galactic-like (e.g. Space Turbulence). Her [[talisman]] is Space Sword, and her image colours are navy blue and yellow.

Between [[1942]] and [[1945]] Curtis served in the [[U.S. Navy]] aboard the submarine tender, the USS PROTEUS. He witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in September 1945, from a vantage point of 300 yards away.<ref>http://tendertale.com/ttiii/ttiii1.html</ref> After his service in the Navy, the young Curtis studied acting alongside [[Elaine Stritch]], [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Rod Steiger]]. To use his own words, he got into the movies because he was 'the handsomest of the boys.' Arriving in Hollywood in [[1948]] aged 23 he was put under contract to [[Universal Pictures]] and had his name changed to Tony Curtis. The studio sent him to fencing and riding lessons, but Curtis admits he was only interested in girls and money.

== Games ==

* In the role-playing game [[Transhuman Space]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] has begun preliminary harvesting of [[helium-3]] from Uranus' atmosphere to compete against [[United States|American]] helium-3 harvesting on [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]].

Originally seen as just another pretty boy, he nonetheless proved he had great acting talent with many great performances in outstanding films such as the role of the scheming press agent Sidney Falco in ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]'', along with [[Burt Lancaster]], and an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated performance as a bigoted escaped convict chained to [[Sidney Poitier]] in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]''.

== Humor ==

A common pronunciation for Uranus ([[International Phonetic Alphabet for English|IPA]] [jəˈreɪnəs]) sounds somewhat like English phrase "your [[anus]]" ([jɚ eɪnəs]), eliciting several [[pun]]s based on a possible confusion between the two. Other speakers use an older pronunciation, [ˈjurənəs] which lacks such potential for confusion.

* In the animated series [[Futurama (TV series)|Futurama]] (1999&ndash;2003), in 2620 the name of Uranus was changed to get rid of "That Stupid Joke" once and for all. The new name is "Urectum".

* In the [[Harry Potter]] series, [[Ron Weasley]] mispronounces the name "Uranus", leading to several giggles and scorn from his [[divination]] teacher.

* In one episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Timmy's dad becomes an astronaut on a mission to Uranus. The joke, "It's a planet?", is said frequently throughout the episode.

* In [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]] Eliot's classmates taunt him about his extra-terrestrial sighting, asking "Where does he come from, Uranus?"

* The ''[[Captain Underpants]]'' series make constant references to Uranus. The spin-off ''Super Diaper Baby'' even has the protagonists dropping off the villain on Uranus, where there is a welcome sign reading "Please don't make fun of our name."

* In ''[[Animaniacs]]'', Yakko sings a song about the planets. When he's finished, Wakko comes in and tells him, "You forgot Uranus."

* At the end of the ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "The Return of the American Revolution", [[Mr. Smartypants]] points out that the titular war ended in the same year that Uranus was discovered, giggling as he states the planet's name.

* In the [[Schoolhouse Rock]] song, "Interplanet Janet" the line "Uranus is built on a funny tilt" was recorded with a mispronounciation of Uranus, in order to avoid humorous consequences. In the song, it is pronounced [jəˈrænəs].

* In the [[ABC Family]] television show [[State of Grace]]. Hannah enters a debating competition about Nuclear warheads and says adamantly, "Really would you want to blow up Uranus?" which causes the audience to burst into laughter and causes her to run away.

* In the sports commentary show [[Pardon The Interruption]], [[Tony Kornheiser]] will usually make a Uranus pun whenever co-host [[Michael Wilbon]] references a space-related news item.

* In the animated show ''[[Stickin' Around]]'', Bradley will often make jokes about "Aliens from URANUS!", much to the disgust of his friend, Stacey.

*In the film [[Armageddon]], when a group of oil drillers are brought to the Johnson Space Center, one of them, played by [[Michael Clarke Duncan]], asks "What's goin' on? NASA find oil on Uranus?"

Tony Curtis was so popular as a screen hunk during the 1950s that [[Elvis Presley]]<ref>[http://www.elvispresleynews.com/Elvis-Hairstyle.html Elvis Presley Elvis Presley News]</ref> copied his ducktail (DA) hairstyle after seeing it on screen.

Curtis has also appeared frequently on television; he co-starred with [[Roger Moore]] in the [[television program|TV series]] ''[[The Persuaders!]]''. He later starred in ''[[McCoy (TV series)|McCoy]]'' and ''[[Vega$]]''. He made his screen debut, uncredited, in ''[[Criss Cross (1949 film)|Criss Cross]]'' playing a [[rhumba]] dancer. He also provided the voice of "Stony Curtis" as a guest star on ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

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All his life, Curtis has enjoyed painting, and since the early 1980s, has had a second career as a [[painter]]. His work can command more than £25000 a canvas now and it is his career in paint that he now focuses rather than movies. 'I still make movies but I'm not that interested any more. I paint all the time.' In [[2007]] his painting ''The Red Table'' will be on display in the [[Metropolitan Museum]] in [[Manhattan]].

Curtis has spoken of his disappointment in never being awarded an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] 'I've never felt that my profession has recognized me for my work.' In March [[2006]], Curtis received the Sony Ericsson Empire Lifetime Achievement Award. He has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] and received [[France]]'s honor, the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]], in [[1995]].

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== Relationships ==

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Tony Curtis has been married six times. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress [[Janet Leigh]] (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years, and with whom he fathered actresses [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] and [[Kelly Curtis]]. He said of their relationship, "For a while, we were Hollywood's golden couple. I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet. I was on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness had started to wear off. I realised that whatever I was, I wasn't enough for Janet. That hurt me a lot and broke my heart."

He has also been married to:

* Jill Vandenberg Curtis ([[November 6]], [[1998]]&mdash;)

* Lisa Deutsch ([[February 28]], [[1993]]&ndash;[[1994]]); divorced

* Andrea Savio ([[1984]]&ndash;[[1992]]); divorced

* Leslie Allen ([[April 20]], [[1968]]&ndash;[[1982]]); divorced, two children

* [[Christine Kaufmann]] ([[February 8]], [[1963]]&ndash;[[1967]]); divorced, two children

His son, Nicholas (with Leslie Allen), died of a [[heroin]] overdose on July 2, 1994 at the age of 23. Of this, Curtis has said, "As a father you don't recover from that. There isn't a moment at night that I don't remember him." About his sexuality Curtis stated : "I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it." [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/news] His current wife is 42 years his junior. They met in a restaurant in 1993 and married in 1998. "The age gap doesn't bother us. We laugh a lot. My body is functioning and everything is good. She's the sexiest woman I've ever known. We don't think about time. I don't use [[Viagra]] either. There are 50 ways to please your lover."

== Trivia ==

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[[Image:The Persuaders.jpg|framed|Curtis and [[Roger Moore]] in ''The Persuaders!'' (1971/72).]]

* Tony Curtis currently resides in [[Henderson, Nevada]].

* [[Audie Murphy]] suggested Curtis portray him in his biopic ''[[To Hell and Back]]''.

* Despite [[Lew Grade]] suggesting otherwise in his biography ''Still Dancing'', Curtis is good friends with [[Roger Moore]].

* Curtis and actress-activist [[Bo Derek]] met in Washington, D.C. in support of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act in May 2004.

* Has appeared in tourism advertisements for his ancestral homeland [[Hungary]].

* Has stated that his favorite movie star and co-star was [[Cary Grant]].

* Made "Top 10 stars of the year", [[1961]] and [[1962]].

* In late [[2005]], Curtis voiced criticism of the film ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', stating that he had no intention of seeing it.

* Being measured for their costumes for ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', the designer apparently said after measuring Marilyn "you know Tony has a better-looking ass than you do." To which Monroe opened her blouse and said "Yeah, but he doesn't have tits like these!"

* Curtis has reportedly enjoyed watching [[science fiction]] for decades, and is a fan of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction]] [[comedy]] [[television series]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' (1988). In [[1994]], this show achieved its highest accolade so far, winning an [[Emmy Award|International Emmy Award]] for the Outstanding Popular Arts category. Curtis was 69 at the time and presented the award to [[Robert Llewellyn]] (who played [[Kryten]] in the show). In Red Dwarf Series V episode, The Inquisitor, the character Rimmer remarks on Kryten and Lister being manacled together "Look, they come here with some cock-and-bull story, they're chained together like Sidney Poiter and Tony Curtis -- I say open the door to oblivion and kick 'em through."

* Tony Curtis is used as a continuing [[in-joke]] in the [[2005]] BBC series ''[[Look Around You]]''.

* On the [[March 17]] edition of [[Soccer AM]] Big Stan Hibbert finally told his rendition of the ' Tony Curtis Gag' which led to fireworks exploding and applause heard around the world. He was then showered in flowers from the watching audience and show crew and almost forgot to do his trademark ‘centrifugal force’ celebration.

== Filmography ==

* ''[[Criss Cross (1949 film)|Criss Cross]]'' (1949)

* ''[[Bedrock Across the River]]'' (1949)

* ''[[The Lady Gambles]]'' (1949)

* ''[[Take One False Step]]'' (1949) (scenes deleted)

* ''[[Johnny Stool Pigeon]]'' (1949)

* ''[[How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border]]'' (1949) (short subject)

* ''[[Woman in Hiding]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Francis (film)|Francis]]'' (1950)

* ''[[I Was a Shoplifter]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Sierra (film)|Sierra]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Winchester '73 (1950 film)|Winchester '73]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Kansas Raiders]]'' (1950)

* ''[[The Prince Who Was a Thief]]'' (1951)

* ''[[Meet Danny Wilson]]'' (1952) (cameo)

* ''[[Flesh and Fury]]'' (1952)

* ''[[No Room for the Groom]]'' (1952)

* ''[[Son of Ali Baba]]'' (1952)

* ''[[Houdini (film)|Houdini]]'' (1953)

* ''[[The All-American]]'' (1953)

* ''[[Forbidden (1953 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1953)

* ''[[Beachhead]]'' (1954)

* ''[[Johnny Dark]]'' (1954)

* ''[[The Black Shield of Falworth]]'' (1954)

* ''[[Six Bridges to Cross]]'' (1955)

* ''[[So This Is Paris]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Purple Mask]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Rawhide Years]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Square Jungle]]'' (1955)

* ''[[Trapeze]]'' (1956)

* ''[[Mister Cory]]'' (1957)

* ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]'' (1957)

* ''[[The Midnight Story]]'' (1957)

* ''[[The Vikings (film)|The Vikings]]'' (1958)

* ''[[Kings Go Forth]]'' (1958)

* ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958)

* ''[[The Perfect Furlough]]'' (1958)

* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' (1959)

* ''[[Operation Petticoat]]'' (1959)

* ''[[Who Was That Lady?]]'' (1960)

* ''[[The Rat Race]]'' (1960)

* ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960)

* ''[[Pepe (film)|Pepe]]'' (1960) (cameo)

* ''[[The Great Impostor]]'' (1961)

* ''[[The Outsider (1961 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1961)

* ''[[Taras Bulba (film)|Taras Bulba]]'' (1962)

* ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'' (1962)

* ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963) (cameo)

* ''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]'' (1963)

* ''[[Paris, When It Sizzles]]'' (1964) (cameo)

* ''[[Wild and Wonderful]]'' (1964)

* ''[[Goodbye Charlie]]'' (1964)

* ''[[Sex and the Single Girl]]'' (1964)

* ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965)

* ''[[Boeing Boeing]]'' (1965)

* ''[[Chamber of Horrors (film)|Chamber of Horrors]]'' (1966) (cameo)

* ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]'' (1966)

* ''[[Arrivederci, Baby!]]'' (1966)

* ''[[Don't Make Waves]]'' (1967)

* ''[[On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...]]'' (1968)

* ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968) (voice)

* ''[[The Boston Strangler]]'' (1968)

* ''[[Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies]]'' (1969)

* ''[[You Can't Win 'Em All]]'' (1970)

* ''[[Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?]]'' (1970)

* ''[[Mission: Monte Carlo]]'' (1974)

* ''[[Lepke]]'' (1975)

* ''[[London Conspiracy]]'' (1976)

* ''[[The Last Tycoon]]'' (1976)

* ''[[Casanova & Co.]]'' (1977)

* ''[[Sextette]]'' (1978)

* ''[[The Manitou]]'' (1978)

* ''[[The Bad News Bears Go to Japan]]'' (1978)

* ''[[Double Take]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Title Shot]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Little Miss Marker]]'' (1980)

* ''[[It Rained All Night the Day I Left]]'' (1980)

* ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'' (1980)

* ''[[The Scarlett O'Hara War]]'' (1980)

* ''[[Othello, the Black Commando]]'' (1982)

* ''[[Where Is Parsifal?]]'' (1983)

* ''[[BrainWaves]]'' (1983)

* ''[[The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal]]'' (1985) (documentary)

* ''[[Club Life]]'' (1985)

* ''[[Insignificance]]'' (1985)

* ''[[The Last of Philip Banter]]'' (1986)

* ''[[Balboa (film)|Balboa]]'' (1986)

* ''[[The Passenger - Welcome to Germany]]'' (1988)

* ''[[Lobster Man from Mars]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Midnight (1989 film)|Midnight]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Walter & Carlo In America]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Prime Target]]'' (1991)

* ''[[Center of the Web]]'' (1992)

* ''[[Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time]]'' (1992) (documentary)

* ''[[Naked in New York]]'' (1993)

* ''[[The Mummy Lives]]'' (1993)

* ''[[A Century of Cinema]]'' (1994) (documentary)

* ''[[The Immortals (film)|The Immortals]]'' (1995)

* ''[[The Celluloid Closet]]'' (1995) (documentary)

* ''[[Hardball (1997 film)|Hardball]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Brittle Glory]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Alien X Factor]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Stargames]]'' (1998)

* ''[[Louis & Frank]]'' (1998)

* ''[[Play It to the Bone]]'' (1999) (cameo)

* ''[[Reflections of Evil]]'' (2002) (narrator)

* ''[[Where's Marty?]]'' (2006)

* ''[[Funny Money]]'' (2007)

* ''[[The Blacksmith and the Carpenter]]'' (2007) (voice)

* ''[[David & Fatima]]'' (2008)

* ''[[Oceans 14]]'' (2009)

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

* {{cite book |last= Curtis |first= Tony |authorlink= |coauthors= [[Barry Paris]] |title= Tony Curtis: The Autobiography |year= 1993 |publisher= William Morrow & Co |___location= New York |isbn= 978-0-688-09759-2 }}

* {{cite book |last= Ayres |first= Ian |title= Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition |year= 2006 |publisher= French Connection |___location= Paris |isbn= 978-2-914-85307-1 }}

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* [http://www.oralhistoryproject.com/TonyCurtis1.html Biography] and [http://www.oralhistoryproject.com/tcurtis_navy.html naval service] from the California Center for Military History website

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