Alfred Hitchcock's
CameoS
Most
fans are of the impression that Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in all
of his movies. That was not the case - quite. His first appearance
came in his third film, The Lodger, in which he appeared twice. The cameo
roles started quite by accident in a way. It began, basically, because in
the early days the budgets could ill afford to hire extras. Later it
became a "superstition" and eventually a gag. As time passed by
Hitchcock made
sure he appeared near the start of the film so as not to be a distraction to the
story. His final cameo came in his final film,
Family Plot.
Presented here are the 39 cameos of Director Alfred Hitchcock.
Family
Plot
1976
In silhouette through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths, 41 minutes
into the movie.
Frenzy
1972
In the center of a crowd, wearing a bowler hat, 3 minutes into the film; he
is the only one not applauding the speaker.
Topaz
1969
Being pushed in a wheelchair in an airport, half an hour in. Hitchcock
gets up from the chair, shakes hands with a man, and walks off to the right.
Torn
Curtain
1966
8 minutes into the film, sitting in the Hotel d'Angleterre lobby with a blond baby.
(He apparently took a liking to blonds quite early on)!
Marnie
1964
Entering from the left of the hotel corridor after Tippi Hedren passes by, 5 minutes in.
The
Birds
1963
Leaving the pet shop with two white terriers as Tippi Hedren enters, 2 minutes
in.
Psycho
1960
4 minutes in, through Janet Leigh's window as she returns to her office. He
is wearing a cowboy hat.
North
By Northwest
1959
Missing a bus during the opening credits, 2 minutes in.
Vertigo
1958
In a gray suit walking in the street, 11 minutes in.
The
Wrong Man
1956
Narrating the film's prologue.
The
Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Watching acrobats in the Moroccan marketplace (his back to the camera) just
before the murder, 25 minutes in.
The
Trouble With Harry
1955
Walking past the parked limousine of an old man who is looking at paintings, 20 minutes into the film.
To
Catch A Thief
1955
10 minutes in, sitting to the left of Cary Grant on a bus.
Rear
Window
1954
Winding the clock in the songwriter's apartment, a half hour into the movie.
Dial M
for Murder
1954
On the left side of the class-reunion photo, 13 minutes into the film.
I
Confess
1953
Crossing the top of a staircase after the opening credits, 1 minute in.
Strangers
on A Train
1951
Boarding a train with a double bass fiddle as Farley Granger gets off in his
hometown, 10 minutes in.
Stage
Fright
1950
Turning to look at Jane Wyman in her disguise as Marlene Dietrich's maid, 38
minutes in.
Under
Capricorn
1949
In the town square during a parade, wearing a blue coat and brown hat, in the
first 5 minutes, AND 10 minutes later, he is one of three men on the steps of
Government House.
Rope
1948
His trademark can be seen briefly on a neon sign in the view from the apartment
window, 55 minutes into the movie.
The
Paradine Case
1947
Leaving the train and Cumberland Station, carrying a cello, 36 minutes in.
Notorious
1946
At a big party in Claude Rains' mansion, drinking champagne and then quickly
departing, an hour after the film begins.
Spellbound
1945
Coming out of an elevator at the Empire Hotel, carrying a violin case and
smoking a cigarette, 40 minutes in.
Lifeboat
1944
In the "before" and "after" pictures in the newspaper ad for
Reduco Obesity Slayer, being read on the boat by William Bendix, 25 minutes in.
Shadow
of A Doubt
1943
On the train to Santa Rosa, playing cards, 17 minutes in.
Saboteur
1942
Standing in front of Cut Rate Drugs in New York as the saboteur's car stops, an
hour in.
Suspicion
1941
Mailing a letter at the village postbox, 45 minutes in.
Mr.
and Mrs. Smith
1941
41 minutes through, passing Robert Montgomery in front of his building.
Foreign
Correspondent
1940
11 minutes in, after Joel McCrea leaves his hotel, wearing a coat and hat
and reading a newspaper.
Rebecca
1940
Walking near the phone booth in the final part of the film (123 minutes in), just after George
Sanders makes a call.
The
Lady Vanishes
1938
Very near the end of the movie (90 minutes in), in Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and
smoking a cigarette.
Young
and Innocent
1938
Outside the courthouse, holding a camera, 15 minutes in.
The 39
Steps
1935
Tossing some litter while Robert Donat and Lucie Mannheim run from the theater,
7 minutes into the movie.
Murder
1930
Walking past the house where the murder was committed, an hour into the
movie.
Blackmail
1929
Being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book in the subway, 11 minutes in.
Easy
Virtue
1927
Walking past a tennis court, carrying a walking stick, 15 minutes in.
The
Lodger
1926-1927
At a desk in a newsroom (3 minutes in) AND later in the crowd watching an
arrest (92 minutes in).
TELEVISION
Dip in the Pool
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1958
As a cover picture on a magazine a passenger is reading. This is the only cameo
Hitch made in a television show (Except for his opening and closing remarks, of course)!
Dip In The Pool was one of only twenty television shows Hitchcock
personally directed...
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