Background
Perkins was born James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, son of Henry Phelps Perkins, Junior., and his wife, Helen Virginia (née Anthony). He was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland.
Perkins was born James Ripley Osgood Perkins in West Newton, Massachusetts, son of Henry Phelps Perkins, Junior., and his wife, Helen Virginia (née Anthony). He was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland.
Perkins made his Broadway debut in 1924 in the George South. Kaufman – Marc Connelly play Beggar on Horseback. Despite his success as a leading man in the theatre, Hollywood viewed him as a character actor. "The best actor I ever worked with was Osgood Perkins," Louise Brooks told Kevin Brownlow.
"You know what makes an actor great to work with? Timing.
You don"t have to feel anything. lieutenant"s like dancing with a perfect dancing partner.
Osgood Perkins would give you a line so that you would react perfectly. lieutenant was timing -- because emotion means nothing." Brooks and Perkins appeared together in.
Perkins married Janet Esselstyn Rane in 1922.
They had one child, actor Anthony Perkins. Osgood died of a heart attack in Washington, District of Columbia, at age 45. Osgood Perkins was inducted, posthumously, into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.