He was born Alfred Joseph Hitchcock. His father was a green grocer called William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914); his mother was Emma Jane Whelan (1863 - 1942), and he had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and Eileen Hitchcock(born 1892). He grew up in a very strict Roman Catholic family. He attended St...See full bio »
Also lent his name and character to a series of adolescent books called "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" (circa 1950s-1960s). The premise was that main character Jupiter Jones won the use of Mr. Hitchcock's limousine. Hitch also often wrote forewards to this series of books.
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The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
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Trivia:
During production of
Alfred Hitchcock Presents he was said to have hid from producer Joan Harrison every time there was a problem with production. His favorite hiding place was behind the couch in his office.
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,4,136,19,200,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_ZAon IMDb,5,1,14,200,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_ZA25:59,164,1,14,40,verdenab,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4: Episode 36 -- A man suspects that the husband of a philandering woman wishes to kill her")
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