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.
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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)
The Birds (1963)
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Man Boarding Train Carrying Double Bass (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Banquet Member (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)
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
Spellbound (1945)
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
I Confess (1953)
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Passerby (uncredited)
Suspicion (1941)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
The 39 Steps (1935)
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Marnie (1964)
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Torn Curtain (1966)
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Family Plot (1976)
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950)
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as archive footage
Sabotage (1937)
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Murder! (1930)
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Blackmail (1929)
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
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
The Ring (1927)
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
as Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Universal Story (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Self (archive photos)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Shepperton Babylon (2005)
as Himself (Archive)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Virtue (1928)
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self (archive)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
A Talk with Hitchcock (1964)
as Self
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with 'Marnie' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film? (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Himself (Archival Footage)
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Found the Money (1960)
as self (host)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
as Himself
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies (2026)
as Self
Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
as Self - Host
Documenting John Grierson (2014)
Actor
Hitch x 4 (2018)
as Himself
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcocked! (2006)
as Self (archive)
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
Actor
All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall: Part I (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T. (1969)
as Self
The Fall: Part II (—)
as Self (archive footage)
The Children of Alda Nuova (1962)
as self - host
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Illustrated Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? (2018)
as Himself
Hitchcock on Grierson (—)
as Self
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
as Himself
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
Actor
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock (1963)
as Self
Tippi Hedren's Screen Test for "The Birds" (1961)
as Self (voice)