Alfred Hitchcock
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in cinema history. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, cameo appearances in most of his films, and hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins. However, despite five nominations, he never won the Best Director award. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. The British–German silent film The Pleasure Garden (1925) was his directorial debut. His first successful film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, and Blackmail (1929) was the first British "talkie". His thrillers The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century. By 1939, he had international recognition and producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood. A string of successful films followed, including Rebecca(1940), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Suspicion (1941), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Notorious (1946). Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Hitchcock nominated as Best Director. He also received Oscar nominations for Lifeboat (1944), Spellbound (1945), Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960). Hitchcock's other notable films include Rope (1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955), The Trouble with Harry (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964) and Frenzy (1972), all of which were also financially successful and are highly regarded by film historians. Hitchcock made several films with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including four with Cary Grant, four with James Stewart, three with Ingrid Bergman and three consecutively with Grace Kelly. Hitchcock became an American citizen in 1955. In 2012, Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring Stewart, displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) as the British Film Institute's greatest film ever made based on its worldwide poll of hundreds of film critics. As of 2021, nine of his films had been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, including his favourite, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1971, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1979, and was knighted in December of that year, four months before his death on 29 April 1980.
Known for
Credits
Frenzy (1972)
as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
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Psycho (1960)
as Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Rear Window (1954)
as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
Vertigo (1958)
as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
North by Northwest (1959)
as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Banquet Member (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Birds (1963)
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Rope (1948)
as Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Notorious (1946)
as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
I Confess (1953)
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
Suspicion (1941)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Topaz (1969)
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Passer-by (uncredited)
Marnie (1964)
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Family Plot (1976)
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as archive footage
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
The 39 Steps (1935)
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Spellbound (1945)
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Torn Curtain (1966)
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Shepperton Babylon (2005)
as Himself (Archive)
Saboteur (1942)
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950)
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Self (archive photos)
Sabotage (1937)
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Murder! (1930)
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Blackmail (1929)
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Ring (1927)
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
Actor
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Himself (Archival Footage)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T. (1969)
as Self
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Universal Story (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Virtue (1928)
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The Illustrated Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
What Is Cinema? (2013)
as Self
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? (2018)
as Himself
The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self (archive)
The Trouble with 'Marnie' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
A Talk with Hitchcock (1964)
as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
as Self - Host
The Man Who Found the Money (1960)
as self (host)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film? (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcocked! (2006)
as Self (archive)
Hitchcock in the News (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock on Grierson (—)
as Self
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Documenting John Grierson (2014)
Actor
Hitch x 4 (2018)
as Himself
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Children of Alda Nuova (1962)
as self - host
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
Actor
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies (2026)
as Self
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
as Himself
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
as Himself
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock (1963)
as Self
The Fall: Part I (—)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall: Part II (—)
as Self (archive footage)