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He once said he felt too nervous around women, and resisted actresses Jane Fonda and Brigitte Bardot, who had tried to seduce him during his youth.

He was a very shy actor, especially in women's company.

According to an unauthorized biography by Charles Winecoff, he had affairs with photographer Christopher Makos, actor Tab Hunter, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, composer / lyricist Stephen Sondheim and dancer-choreographer Grover Dale prior to marrying Berenson.

He had his first intimate heterosexual experience at the age of 39 while working on the 1972 film The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean with an actress who also appeared in the film.

Perkins declined to identify the actress, but " other sources " have identified her as Victoria Principal ; Principal confirmed this in a People magazine article about Perkins.