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    • Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main protagonist in his 1959 horror novel Psycho. He has an alter, Mother, who takes the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, Norma, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel. He was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 version of Psycho directed by Alfred … See more

    Character overview

    Both the 1959 novel, and its 1960 film adaptation explain that Norman suffered severe emotional abuse as a child at the … See more

    Psycho (novel and film)

    In Bloch's 1959 novel and the 1960 Hitchcock film, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a young woman on the run after stealing money from her employer, checks into the motel one night. Norman is smitten with her, and sh… See more

    First appearancePsycho (1959 novel)
    Last appearancePsycho: Sanitarium (novel)
    Created byRobert Bloch
    Portrayed byAnthony Perkins (Psycho, II, III, IV) · Kurt Paul (Bates Motel film) · Vince Vaughn (1998 film) · Freddie Highmore (TV series)
    Novel sequels

    In Bloch's 1982 sequel to his first novel, Psycho II, Norman escapes from the psychiatric hospital by killing one of two visiting nuns and donning her habit. He steals their van and kills then rapes the corpse of th… See more

    Film sequels

    In 1983's Psycho II, the first sequel to the original film, Norman is released from the institution twenty-two years after his arrest, seemingly cured. Sam Loomis has passed away at this point. Norman meets Mary Samuels (… See more

    Television

    In the 1987 television spin-off movie and series pilot Bates Motel, Norman is never released from the institution after his first incarceration. He befriends Alex West (Bud Cort), a fellow inmate who had murdered his stepfath… See more

    Characterization

    The character Norman Bates in Psycho was loosely based on two people. First was the real-life murderer Ed Gein, about whom Bloch later wrote a fictionalized account, "The Shambles of Ed Gein", in 1962. (The story can b… See more

    Portrayals

    Norman Bates was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock's seminal 1960 film adaptation of Bloch's novel and its three sequels. Perkins hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1976 in which he performed … See more

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