Alfred Hitchcock
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Cast
4.50
2 films
Crew
4.50
4 films
Combined
4.50
6 films
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
The Birds (1963)
as Pet Store Customer (uncredited)
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🍿 4.0
Frenzy (1972)
as Spectator at Opening Rally (uncredited)
1 watch
🍿 5.0
North by Northwest (1959)
as Man Who Misses Bus (uncredited)
Vertigo (1958)
as Man Walking Past Elster's Office (uncredited)
Psycho (1960)
as Man Outside Office (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Man Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Marnie (1964)
as Man Leaving Hotel Room (uncredited)
Rear Window (1954)
as Clock-Winder in Songwriter's Apartment (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Banquet Member (uncredited)
Rope (1948)
as Man Walking in Street (uncredited)
Spellbound (1945)
as Man Leaving Elevator (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)
Notorious (1946)
as Man Drinking Champagne at Party (uncredited)
I Confess (1953)
as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Man on Train Playing Cards (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as Man Sitting Next to John Robie on Bus (uncredited)
Torn Curtain (1966)
as Man in Hotel Lobby with Baby (uncredited)
Suspicion (1941)
as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Man with Cello Case (archive footage)
The 39 Steps (1935)
as Man Walking Past Bus (uncredited)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Passerby (uncredited)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Prologue Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950)
as Man Staring at Eve on Street (uncredited)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
as Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Man in Front of New York Drugstore (uncredited)
Family Plot (1976)
as Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
as Man Passing David on Street (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
as Man in Raincoat Passing Bus (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Young and Innocent (1937)
as Photographer Outside Courthouse (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man with Newspaper on Street (uncredited)
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
as Self
Sabotage (1936)
as Man Walking Past the Cinema as the Light Is Renewed
Blackmail (1929)
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Man at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self (archive)
The Fall: Part I (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Plotting 'Family Plot' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo (1997)
Actor
Murder! (1930)
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Cavalcanti (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall: Part II (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trouble with 'Marnie' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Monsieur Truffaut Meets Mr. Hitchcock (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ring (1927)
as Man-Dipping Attraction Worker (uncredited)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Unseen Home Movies (2026)
as Self
When Hitchcock met O'Casey (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
All About 'The Birds' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Virtue (1928)
as Man with Stick Near Tennis Court (uncredited)
Hitchcock at the N.F.T. (1969)
as Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
as Self (archive)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Early Years (2004)
as Self (audio archival footage)
Shepperton Babylon (2005)
as Himself (Archive)
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
A Talk with Hitchcock (1964)
as Self
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Tales of the Uncanny (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitchcock's Pro-Nazi Film? (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
Night Will Fall (2014)
as Self (archive photos)
Her Name Was Grace Kelly (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Memory of the Camps (1985)
as Self (uncredited archive footage)
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
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
The Man Who Found the Money (1960)
as self (host)
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Psycho' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Mais qui a tué Alfred Hitchcock? (2018)
as Himself
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
as Self (uncredited)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood (1967)
Actor
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Illustrated Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
The Children of Alda Nuova (1962)
as self - host
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Masters Of Cinema - Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
as Self
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid (1955)
as Self - Host
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
'The Trouble with Harry' Isn't Over (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
What Is Cinema? (2013)
as Self
Hitchcock on Grierson (—)
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcocked! (2006)
as Self (archive)
Documenting John Grierson (2014)
Actor
Hitch x 4 (2018)
as Himself
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
as Himself
Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
as Himself
The Universal Story (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock in the News (2008)
as Self (archive footage)