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
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)
Rebecca (1940)
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Frenzy (1972)
as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
The Birds (1963)
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Man Boarding Train Carrying a Double Bass (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Rope (1948)
as Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Banquet Member (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
as Man in Marrakesh Marketplace (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Notorious (1946)
as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
Marnie (1964)
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Suspicion (1941)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
I Confess (1953)
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
Family Plot (1976)
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Passer-by (uncredited)
Torn Curtain (1966)
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Himself (Archival Footage)
The 39 Steps (1935)
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Spellbound (1945)
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
as Man Passing David Smith on Street (uncredited)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Self (archive photos)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950)
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
Blackmail (1929)
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Sabotage (1937)
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Murder! (1930)
as Man on Street (uncredited)
The Ring (1927)
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as archive footage
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Virtue (1928)
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
The Universal Story (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
as Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self (archive)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
A Talk with Hitchcock (1964)
as Self
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcocked! (2006)
as Self (archive)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Shepperton Babylon (2005)
as Himself (Archive)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Found the Money (1960)
as self (host)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film? (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Children of Alda Nuova (1962)
as self - host
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with 'Marnie' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitch x 4 (2018)
as Himself
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Suspense Story: Nat'l Press Club Hears Hitchcock (1963)
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
Actor
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Illustrated Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
Actor
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
as Himself
Hitchcock in the News (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock on Grierson (—)
as Self
Hitchcock at the N.F.T. (1969)
as Self
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Documenting John Grierson (2014)
Actor
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
as Himself
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
as Self - Host
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? (2018)
as Himself