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'''FBI Agent Alexander Mahone''', played by [[William Fichtner]], is a fictional character from the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[television series]] ''[[Prison Break]]''.

'''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.

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==Appearances Biography ==

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.

Alexander Mahone was introduced as a new character in the premiere episode of the second season of the series. He plays a prominent role in the second season and has appeared in every episode so far. Mahone is a 14-year veteran of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. After [[Michael Scofield]] ([[Wentworth Miller]]) successfully orchestrated the escape of eight prisoners from Fox River Penitentiary, he was assigned to spearhead the task force assembled to bring in the fugitives.

'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?"

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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.

Mahone quickly proves his status as a capable adversary against Michael when he discovers the secret of his tattoos and profiles Michael's meticulous scheme while combing his former apartment. His first step in cracking the code is unravelling Michael's coded tattoo message "Ripe Chance Woods" and finds the ___location of Michael's supplies stockpile just moments after the fugitives have excavated it.

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]]''.

Hidden behind a tree in the cemetery, Michael saw Mahone surreptitiously ingest a small blue pill that had been hidden inside his pen at the headstone of E. Chance Woods; before giving the "Fox River 8" press conference, Mahone found himself conflicted as to whether or not to carry the pill-concealing pen. In a later episode, "[[Scan (Prison Break episode)|Scan]]", Mahone pops another pill in full view of his fellow agents when reminded of the failed manhunt for a fugitive named Oscar Shales. Mahone carries Shales's file with him as a constant reminder of the price for failure; during the pursuit, Mahone grew increasingly despondent over the murders that Shales continued to commit while evading the FBI, and eventually tracked Shales down and killed him personally, covering up the murder.

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.

Mahone further proved his quality by narrowly decoding [[Lincoln Burrows]]' ([[Dominic Purcell]]) message to his son &mdash; "on the third, look out for Otis Wright; keep your head up" &mdash; and subsequently preventing Michael and Lincoln from breaking L.J. ([[Marshall Allman]]) out of the Cook County Courthouse in episode "[[Otis (Prison Break episode)|Otis]]". After Michael and Lincoln fled on foot, Mahone assigns the agents to report to him on the status of the eight fugitives, particularly information regarding Michael Scofield. Tracking the cellphone that Michael used to call the voicemail-box, Mahone and Wheeler reached mile-marker 12 on [[Illinois Route 38|Route 38]] in time to witness the explosion of the brothers' [[Honda Accord]].

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]]''.

The first fugitive Mahone tracks down is [[John Abruzzi]] ([[Peter Stormare]]) who was setup for fake tip that Otto Fibonacci is staying in a [[Washington, D.C.]] hotel room. Abruzzi decides not to surrender and is shot dead by federal agents. At the day's end, Agent Wheeler tells Mahone that headquarters is unhappy with the way he handled the situation and believes he engineered the situation so that capturing Abruzzi alive was impossible. Mahone is later told that lab tests revealed that the blood left behind at the Route 38 crash scene was pig blood, indicating that the crash was staged. Mahone is reminded of Oscar Shales and becomes agitated after Agent Wheeler leaves.

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]].

The next day, Mahone is seen outside with a dealer, who gives him a container of [[midazolam]] pills. Mahone tells the dealer that he no longer needs him as an informant for the Shales case, he only wants to be supplied with the pills on a periodic basis.

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]].

Mahone eventually discovers what Michael had discerned &mdash; the identity of [[Charles Westmoreland]] ([[Muse Watson]]) as [[D. B. Cooper]] and the ___location of his hidden cash within a 64-mile radius around [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. He scores his second victory when he captures [[David "Tweener" Apolskis]] ([[Lane Garrison]]) in [[Tooele, Utah|Tooele]], who he later kills after confessing to the murder of Oscar Shales. Mahone then makes it appear that Tweener grabbed his gun and Mahone was forced to shoot him.

== Relationships ==

In the episode "[[Dead Fall (Prison Break episode)|Dead Fall]]", Mahone was initally questioned by Internal Affairs agent Richard Sullins as to how Tweener managed to get his gun. The agent was certain Mahone was hiding something, especially given the prior death of Abruzzi, but was forced to end his questioning when ordered to do so. It was then revealed that Mahone has been working for Agent [[Paul Kellerman]]. His orders are to kill every last one of the escapees. In the following episode, it was revealed that Mahone murdered Oscar Shales and buried him in his yard. Moreover, he has a son and ex-wife, Pamela Mahone, who live in [[Durango, Colorado]].

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:

Mahone heads to [[Gila, New Mexico]] where he finds Michael Scofield and [[Sara Tancredi]] ([[Sarah Wayne Callies]]) but fails to kill or capture them. He is trapped inside an abandoned factory by Michael instead.

* 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."

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== Trivia ==

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* 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 }}

== External links ==

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* {{imdb name|0000348|Tony Curtis}}

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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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