Master of suspense, the rotound producer and director, Alfred Hitchcock was born on 13th August 1899 in London, England to a strict Catholic family. He had two older siblings - William and Eileen. His father died when he was fifteen.
He started showing his artistic skills when he first joined the film industry, drawing sets. He got his hands on directing in 1923, in the movie "The Number 13", but the production stopped. He then replaced the director of "Always Tell Your Wife" when the director fell in. He also began to talk to Alma Reville after know her for awhile.
Hitchcock then directed The Lodger" in 1927 and on 2nd December the same year, he married Alma and a daughter was born in 7th July 1928. They named their little baby girl, Patricia.
The Hitchcocks moved to America after the success of some of his British movies, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934 - starred Leslie Banks, Edna Best and marking the debut of the great Peter Lorre in his English speaking movie, though not much dialogue for him), "The 39 Steps" (1935 - Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll), "Secret Agent" (1936 - John
Gieguld, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, Robert Young) , "Sabotage" (1936 - Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka), "The Lady Vanishes" (1938 - Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas) and "Jamaica Inn" (1939 - Charles Laughton, Maureen O' Hara) and when David O' Selznick, an American producer then, asked him to direct the classic Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" (1940) starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. He then went on to direct more classics - "Foreign Correspondent" (1940 - Joel McCrea, Lariane Day, Herbert Marshall. George Sanders), his comedy, "Mr & Mrs Smith" (1941 - Robert Montogomery, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson), "Suspicion" (1941 - Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant), "Saboteur" (1942 - Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane), "Shadow Of A Doubt" (1943 - Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten) , "Lifeboat" (1944 - Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak) and "Spellbound" (1945 - Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman).
From there, he produced and directed (and even made cameo appearences in his movies) many, many wonderful suspenseful classics...
He was awarded with a American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award in February 1979 and was also knighted later that year. Alfred Hitchcock died in his sleep on 29th April 1980 due to renal failure.
Although he has long gone, his brilliant major contribution to the filmdom remains...
Other famous films directed by Alfred Hitchcock:
Notorious (1946) - Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
The Paradine Case (1947) - Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton
Rope (1948) - James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
Under Carpicorn (1949) - Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Stage Fright (1950) - Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding, Richard Todd
Strangers On A Train (1951) - Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
I Confess (1953) - Anne Baxter, Montogomery Clift, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne
Dial M For Murder (1954) - Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Rear Window (1954) - James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
To Catch A Thief (1954) - Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, John Williams, Jessie Royce Landis
The Trouble With Harry (1955) - Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie
The Wrong Man (1956) - Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Vertigo (1958) - James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
North By Northwest (1959) - Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Psycho (1960) - Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
The Birds (1963) - Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Marnie (1964) - Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Diane Baker
Torn Curtain (1966) - Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lili Kedrova
Topaz (1969) - Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Karin Dor
Frenzy (1972) - John Finch, Barry Foster, Anna Massey
Family Plot (1976) - Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Gieguld, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, Robert Young) , "Sabotage" (1936 - Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka), "The Lady Vanishes" (1938 - Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas) and "Jamaica Inn" (1939 - Charles Laughton, Maureen O' Hara) and when David O' Selznick, an American producer then, asked him to direct the classic Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" (1940) starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. He then went on to direct more classics - "Foreign Correspondent" (1940 - Joel McCrea, Lariane Day, Herbert Marshall. George Sanders), his comedy, "Mr & Mrs Smith" (1941 - Robert Montogomery, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson), "Suspicion" (1941 - Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant), "Saboteur" (1942 - Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane), "Shadow Of A Doubt" (1943 - Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten) , "Lifeboat" (1944 - Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak) and "Spellbound" (1945 - Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman).
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