How tall is Tony Curtis?

Tony Curtis's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 53% of men in the United States.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 53% of men in the United States born in 1925 (average 174.5 cm).

Curtis next to his co-stars

Janet Leigh is 9 cm shorter than Tony Curtis (166 cm), The Vikings co-star.

Frank Sinatra is 5 cm shorter than Tony Curtis (170 cm), Paris When It Sizzles co-star.

Jack Lemmon is the same height than Tony Curtis (175 cm), Some Like It Hot co-star.

About Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was an American actor, born Bernard Schwartz on 3 June 1925 in Manhattan. He died on 29 September 2010. His career spanned six decades, and he reached the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films.

Curtis first won recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success in 1957, alongside Burt Lancaster. The next year he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Defiant Ones, with Sidney Poitier. The comedies Some Like It Hot and Operation Petticoat followed in 1959. His most significant dramatic part later came in The Boston Strangler in 1968. He also starred in the television series The Persuaders!, playing Danny Wilde.

Curtis stood at a listed 175 cm (5'9"), the same listed height as Jack Lemmon, his co-star in Some Like It Hot. Janet Leigh, who appeared with him in The Vikings, is listed at 166 cm (5'5"), 9 cm shorter. Frank Sinatra, from Paris When It Sizzles, is listed at 170 cm (5'7"), 5 cm shorter than Curtis.

Frequently asked

How tall is Tony Curtis in feet and inches? Tony Curtis was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

How tall is Tony Curtis compared to Janet Leigh? Janet Leigh is 9 cm shorter than Tony Curtis: 166 cm (5'5") vs 175 cm (5'9").

How tall is Tony Curtis compared to Frank Sinatra? Frank Sinatra is 5 cm shorter than Tony Curtis: 170 cm (5'7") vs 175 cm (5'9").

How tall is Tony Curtis compared to Jack Lemmon? Jack Lemmon is the same height than Tony Curtis: 175 cm (5'9") vs 175 cm (5'9").

Is Tony Curtis tall for men in the United States? At 175 cm he was taller than about 53% of men in the United States born in 1925, whose average height is 174.5 cm.

Sources

• Tony Curtis on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Tony Curtis on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• Tony Curtis on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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