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Alfred Hitchcock
Age: 80 (passed away Apr. 29th, 1980)
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Born: Dec. 31st, 1969
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Alfred Hitchcock's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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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:
- He allegedly refused the British honour of C.B.E. (Commander of the order of the British Empire) in 1962.
- Was a close friend of 'Albert R. Broccoli' (qv), well known as the producer of the James Bond - 007 franchise. Hitchcock's _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv) was the influence for the helicopter scene in _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv)
- Although some of the movie going public knew him, his fame really took off after 1955. That's when _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv) started. When the show was broadcast in homes week after week it gave him a much bigger exposure in the public eye. He also became quite rich from the show when it was syndicated in the US and overseas.
- Grandfather of 'Mary Stone (II)' (qv), 'Tere Carrubba' (qv) and 'Katie Fiala' (qv).
- When he won his Lifetime Achievement award in 1979, he joked with friends that he must be about to die soon. He died a year later.
- Directed 8 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: 'Laurence Olivier' (qv), 'Joan Fontaine (I)' (qv), 'Judith Anderson (I)' (qv), 'Albert Bassermann' (qv), 'Michael Chekhov' (qv), 'Claude Rains' (qv), 'Ethel Barrymore' (qv) and 'Janet Leigh' (qv). Fontaine won an Oscar for _Suspicion (1941)_ (qv).
- Born only one day before his wife, 'Alma Reville' (qv)
- On August 2nd, 1968, he visited Finland to look filming locations for his next film, "The Short Night". Of course, the film was never made. In the airport, he was interviewed by Finnish reporters. He was asked why his films were so popular. His answer was: "Everybody likes to be scared".
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