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Alfred HitchcockAdd to My CelebsAge 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
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Main Movie Roles1984 - Terror in the Aisles1976 - 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
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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