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Alfred Hitchcock

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Age
80 (passed away Apr. 29th, 1980)
Birthday
Aug. 13th, 1899
Born in
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Height
5' 7"

Alfred Hitchcock's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
 

Main Movie Roles

1984 - Terror in the Aisles
1976 - Family Plot
1972 - Frenzy
1969 - Topaz
1966 - Torn Curtain
1964 - Marnie
1963 - The Birds
1960 - Psycho
1959 - North by Northwest
1958 - Vertigo
1956 - The Wrong Man
1956 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
1955 - To Catch a Thief
1955 - The Trouble with Harry
1954 - Rear Window
1954 - Dial M For Murder
1953 - I Confess
1951 - Strangers on a Train
1950 - Stage Fright
1949 - Under Capricorn
1948 - Rope
1947 - The Paradine Case
1946 - Notorious
1945 - Spellbound
1943 - Shadow of a Doubt
1942 - Saboteur
1941 - Suspicion
1941 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1940 - Rebecca
1940 - Foreign Correspondent
1938 - The Lady Vanishes
1937 - Young and Innocent
1935 - The 39 Steps
1930 - Murder!
1929 - Blackmail
1928 - Easy Virtue

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Alfred Hitchcock was the son of East End greengrocer William Hitchcock and his wife Emma. Raised as a strict Catholic and attending Saint Ignatius College, a school run by Jesuits, Hitch had very much of a regular upbringing. His first job outside of the family business was in 1915 as an estimator for the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. His interest in movies began at around this time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals.

In 1920, Hitch learned that Lasky were to open a studio in London and managed to secure a job as a title designer. He designed the titles for all the movies made at the studio for the next two years. In 1923, he got his first chance at directing when the director of Always Tell Your Wife (1923) fell ill and Hitch completed the movie. Impressed by his work, studio chiefs gave him his first directing assignment on Number 13 (1922); however, before it could be finished, the studio closed its British operation. Hitch was then hired by Michael Balcon to work as an assistant director for the company later to be known as Gainsborough Pictures. In reality, Hitch did more than this -- working as a writer, title designer and art director. After several films for the company, Hitch was given the chance to direct a British/German co-production called The Pleasure Garden (1925). Hitchcock's career as a director finally began. Hitchcock went on to become the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema with a significant body of work produced over 50 years.


TRIVIA:
  • Is the "voice" of the "Jaws" ride at Universal Studios.
  • As a longstanding friend of 'Sidney Bernstein' (qv) (the pair had formed production company Transatlantic Pictures together in the 1940s) Hitch was the first celebrity visitor to the set of long-running UK soap _"Coronation Street" (1960)_ (qv) in the early '60s, during a visit to the Manchester studios of Granada Television which Bernstein co-founded with his brother Cecil.
  • Education: St. Ignatius College, London, School of Engineering and Navigation (Studied mechanics, electricity, acoustics and navigation); University of London (Studied art).
  • 'Alma Reville' (qv) and Hitch had one daughter, 'Patricia Hitchcock' (qv), who appeared in several of his movies: _Stage Fright (1950)_ (qv), _Strangers on a Train (1951)_ (qv) and _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)
  • He would work closely with screenwriters, giving them a series of scenes that he wanted in the films, thus closely controlling what he considered the most important aspect of the filmmaking process. Although the screenwriter would write the actual dialogue and blocking, many of the scripts for his films were rigidly based on his ideas.
  • Appears on a 44˘ USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 11 August 2009, in the Early TV Memories issue honoring _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv).
  • Told 'François Truffaut' (qv) that although he had made two films prior to _The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)_ (qv), he considered that to be his first real film.
  • He delivered the shortest acceptance speech in Oscar history: while accepting the 'Irving Thalberg' (qv) Memorial Award at the 1967 Oscars, he simply said "Thank you."

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