List of Hitchcock Cameo Appearances - Cameo Appearances in Hitchcock Films

Cameo Appearances in Hitchcock Films

This is a list of Hitchcock's cameo appearances in films that he directed.

Title Year H:M Description
The Birds 1963 0:02 Leaving the pet shop with two of his own Sealyham terriers, Geoffrey and Stanley, as Tippi Hedren enters.
Blackmail 1929 0:10:25 Being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book on the London Underground. This cameo is 19 seconds long.
Dial M for Murder 1954 0:13:13 On the left side in the class-reunion photo.
Easy Virtue 1928 0:21:15 Walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick.
Family Plot 1976 0:40 In silhouette through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
Foreign Correspondent 1940 0:12:44 After Joel McCrea leaves his hotel, wearing a coat and hat and reading a newspaper.
Frenzy 1972 0:03 In the center of a crowd, wearing a bowler hat; he is the only one not applauding the speaker; and a minute later, right after the victim washes ashore, standing next to a gray-haired man with a gray beard.
I Confess 1953 0:01:33 Crossing the top of a staircase.
The Lady Vanishes 1938 1:32:31 In Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and smoking a cigarette.
Lifeboat 1944 0:25 In the "before" and "after" pictures in the newspaper ad for "Reduco Obesity Slayer".
The Lodger 1927 0:03 At a desk in the newsroom.
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934 0:33 Possible cameo walking across the road in a dark trench coat as a bus passes by (unconfirmed).
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 0:25 Watching acrobats in the Moroccan marketplace (back to the camera).
Marnie 1964 0:05 Entering from the left of the hotel corridor after Tippi Hedren passes by.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1941 0:42:57 Passing Robert Montgomery in front of his building.
Murder! 1930 1:00 Walking past the house where the murder was committed.
North by Northwest 1959 0:02:09 Missing a bus, just after his credit passes off screen during the title sequence.
Notorious 1946 1:04:44 At the big party in Claude Rains's mansion, drinking champagne and then quickly departing.
The Paradine Case 1947 0:38 Leaving the train at Cumberland Station, carrying a cello case.
Psycho 1960 0:06:35 Through Janet Leigh's window as she returns to her office, wearing a cowboy hat.
Rear Window 1954 0:26:10 Winding the clock in the songwriter's apartment (Some argue that Hitchcock breaks the fourth wall in this cameo, possibly turning to look at the audience in a "What are you looking at?" sort of manner, but is actually turning to speak (lips move) to Ross Bagdasarian, who clearly turns his head in response).
Rebecca 1940 2:06 Walking near the phone booth just after George Sanders makes a call.
Rope 1948 0:55 His trademark silhouette can be seen on a red neon sign advertising "Reduco" in the view from the apartment window.
Sabotage 1936 0:09:00 Hitchcock walks on the sidewalk from the center to the (viewer's) left, looking up right after the lights go back on and before the lady shuts the kiosk window.
Saboteur 1942 1:04 Standing in front of "Cut Rate Drugs" as the saboteur's car stops.
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 0:17 On the train to Santa Rosa, playing cards, back to the camera.
Spellbound 1945 0:43:15 Coming out of an elevator at the Empire Hotel, carrying a violin case and smoking a cigarette.
Stage Fright 1950 0:39:49 Turning to look back at Jane Wyman in her disguise as Marlene Dietrich's maid.
Strangers on a Train 1951 0:10:34 Boarding a train with a double bass as Farley Granger gets off in his hometown.
Suspicion 1941 0:46:54 Mailing a letter at the village postbox (long shot).
0:04 Walking a horse across the screen at the hunt meet.
The 39 Steps 1935 0:06:56 The man tossing a white cigarette box while the bus pulls up for Robert Donat and Lucie Mannheim to leave the theatre.
To Catch a Thief 1955 0:10 Sitting to the left of Cary Grant on the bus.
Topaz 1969 00:32:27 Being pushed in a wheelchair in the airport. Hitchcock gets up from the chair, shakes hands with a man, and walks off to the right.
Torn Curtain 1966 0:08 Sitting in the Hotel d'Angleterre lobby with a baby on his knee. He shifts the child from one knee to the other.
The Trouble with Harry 1955 0:22:14 Looking outside of the window - the man walking past the parked limousine of an old man who is looking at paintings.
Under Capricorn 1949 0:03 In the town square during a parade, wearing a blue coat and brown hat.
0:13 One of three men on the steps of Government House.
Vertigo 1958 0:11:40 In a grey suit walking in the street with a trumpet case.
The Wrong Man 1956 0:00:18 Seen in silhouette narrating the film's prologue. Donald Spoto's biography says that Hitchcock chose to make an explicit appearance in this film (rather than a cameo) to emphasize that, unlike his other movies, The Wrong Man was a true story about an actual person.
Young and Innocent 1937 0:16 Outside the courthouse, holding a camera.

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