2008 | Featured with wife in the documentary "The Jill & Tony Curtis Story," about their efforts to rescue horses from slaughterhouses |
2007 | His painting "The Red Table" was on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City |
1999 | Had a cameo role in "Play It to the Bone," starring Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson |
1996 | Played a ballroom dance instructor in an episode of "Roseanne" (ABC) |
1995 | Appeared as himself in "The Celluloid Closet," a documentary based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking book about Hollywood's portrayal of homosexuality |
1993 | Published Tony Curtis: The Autobiography |
1993 | Co-starred in the ensemble romantic comedy "Naked in New York" |
1992 | Hosted the short-lived syndicated series "Hollywood Babylon" |
1991 | Appeared in a restored version of Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" (1960); included additional footage of the notorious bath scene with Laurence Olivier |
| Developed skills as an artist; paintings, especially portraits of Marilyn Monroe portraits, fetched considerable sums |
1980 | Performed onstage in a production of Neil Simon's "I Ought to Be in Pictures" |
1980 | Played David O. Selznick in the NBC miniseries, "Moviola" |
1977 | Published first novel, Kid Andrew Cody & Julie Sparrow |
1976 | Co-starred with Robert De Niro in "The Last Tycoon" |
1971 | TV series debut, co-starring with Roger Moore in "The Persuaders" (ABC) |
| Formed Reynard Productions |
1968 | Played title role in "The Boston Strangler" |
1965 | Cast as the white-suited daredevil in "The Great Race" |
1963 | Played a neurotic orderly in "Captain Newman, M.D." |
| Formed Curtis Enterprises in the 1960s |
1962 | Met second wife Christine Kaufmann on the set of "Taras Bulba" |
1960 | Starred with Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier in the swashbuckling "Spartacus"; directed by Stanley Kubrick |
1960 | Portrayed chronically flexible Ferdinand Demara in Robert Mulligan's "The Great Imposter" |
1959 | Teamed with Cary Grant in Blake Edwards' "Operation Petticoat" |
1959 | Most memorable role was in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot," co-starring Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon |
1958 | Co-starred with Sidney Poitier in "The Defiant Ones"; film produced through Curtleigh Productions; earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination |
1957 | Surprised critics with his performance in Alexander Mackendrick's "Sweet Smell of Success"; film produced through Curtleigh Productions |
1957 | Made his TV acting debut in "Cornada," an episode of "General Electric Theater" (CBS) |
| Formed first of three production companies, Curtleigh Productions |
1953 | First major success, playing the title role of "Houdini"; co-starred with then-wife Janet Leigh |
| Signed to a contract by Universal Studios in the early 1950s |
1949 | Made film acting debut in "City Across the River" |
1949 | First film appearance, had a bit part dancing with Yvonne De Carlo in "Criss Cross" |
| First professional stage work with the Stanley Woolf Players |
| Served in the Navy during WWII; was wounded while serving in Guam |
