Monday, November 5, 2007

Living Hitchcock Actors: Who's Left?


Alfred Hitchcock's cast of actors is dwindling. Who among the living Hitchcock actors is most associated with him? My answer: Tippi Hedren, who tops my list of the Top Ten Living Hitchcock Actors. I've compiled the top 100, separating the bottom 90 alphabetically. Why the list? Just for fun and for Hitchcock fans who want to know that these actors are still with us. If the rumors are true Namoi Watts will play the lead in the 2009 remake of The Birds!


TOP TEN:

1. Tippi Hedren (b. 1930) (The Birds, Marnie)
2. Kim Novak (b. 1933) (Vertigo)
3. Joan Fontaine (b. 1917) (Rebecca, Suspicion)
4. Farley Granger (b. 1925) (Rope, Strangers on a Train)
5. Eva Marie Saint (b. 1924) (North By Northwest)
6. Nova Pilbeam (b. 1919) (The Man Who Knew Too Much [1934], Young and Innocent)
7. Doris Day (b. 1924) (The Man Who Knew Too Much [1956])
8. Rod Taylor (b. 1930) (The Birds)
9. Pat Hitchcock (b. 1928) (Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train, Psycho)
10. John Forsythe (b. 1918) (The Trouble With Harry, Topaz The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: “I Saw the Whole Thing”)

THE REST (Alphabetical):

1. Kathryn Adams (b. 1920) (Saboteur)
2. Mary Anderson (b. 1920) (Lifeboat)
3. Julie Andrews (b. 1935) (Torn Curtain)
4. Brigitte Auber (b. 1928) (To Catch A Thief)
5. Diane Baker (b. 1938) (Marnie)
6. Laurinda Barrett (b. 1931) (The Wrong Man)
7. Charles Bates (b. 1934) (Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound)
8. Kimberly Beck (b. 1956) (Marnie)
9. Henry Beckman (b. 1921) (The Wrong Man, Marnie)
10. Martin Benson (b. 1918) (Under Capricorn)
11. Karen Black (b. 1939) (Family Plot)
12. Morgan Brittany (b. 1951) (The Birds)
13. Faith Brook (b. 1922) (Suspicion)
14. Frank Cady (b. 1915) (Rear Window)
15. Veronica Cartwright (b. 1950) (The Birds)
16. Lonny Chapman (b. 1920) (The Birds)
17. Sean Connery (b. 1930) (Marnie)
18. Charles Cooper (The Wrong Man)
19. Carolyn Conwell (b. 1930) (Torn Curtain)
20. Bernard Cribbins (b. 1928) (Frenzy)
21. Roger Dann (I Confess)
22. Laraine Day (b. 1917) (Foreign Correspondent)
23. Bruce Dern (b. 1936) (Marnie, Family Plot)
24. William Devane (b. 1937) (Family Plot)
25. Douglas Dick (b. 1920) (Rope)
26. Karin Dor (b. 1938) (Topaz)
27. M’el Dowd (b. 1940) (The Wrong Man)
28. Robert Ellenstein (b. 1923) (North By Northwest)
29. Hansjorg Felmy (b. 1931) (Torn Curtain)
30. Jon Finch (b. 1941) (Frenzy)
31. Gisela Fischer (Torn Curtain)
32. Rhonda Fleming (b. 1923) (Spellbound)
33. Bonnie Franklin (b. 1944) (The Wrong Man)
34. Sally Fraser (North By Northwest)
35. Jimmy Gardner (b. 1924) (Frenzy)
36. John Gavin (b. 1931) (Psycho)
37. Kathryn Grant (Rear Window)
38. Rand Harper (Rear Window)
39. Barbara Harris (b. 1935) (Family Plot)
40. Mariette Hartley (b. 1940) (Marnie)
41. John Heldabrand (The Wrong Man)
42. Katherine Helmond (b. 1928) (Family Plot)
43. Teddy Infuhr (b. 1936) (Spellbound)
44. Elizabeth Inglis (The 39 Steps)
45. Paul Jasmin (voice, Psycho)
46. Louis Jourdan (b. 1919) (The Paradine Case)
47. Martin Landau (b. 1931) (North By Northwest)
48. Harry Landers (b. 1921) (Rear Window)
49. Louis Latham (b. 1922) (Marnie)
50. Ed Lauter (b. 1940) (Family Plot)
51. Joan Leslie (b. 1925) (Foreign Correspondent)
52. Barbara Leigh-Hunt (b. 1935) (Frenzy)
53. Norman Lloyd (b. 1914) (Saboteur, Spellbound)
54. Alec McCowen (b. 1925) (Frenzy)
55. Hector MacGregor (Stage Fright)
56. Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) (The Trouble With Harry)
57. Patrick MacNee (b. 1922) (Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “Arthur”)
58. Karl Malden (b. 1912) (I Confess)
59. Joe Mantell (b. 1920) (The Birds)
60. Jean Marsh (b. 1934) (Frenzy)
61. Anna Massey (b. 1937) (Frenzy)
62. Jerry Mathers (b. 1948) (The Trouble With Harry)
63. Vera Miles (b. 1929) (The Wrong Man, Psycho)
64. Martin Milner (b. 1931) (Dial M For Murder)
65. Patricia Morrow (b. 1944) (The Wrong Man)
66. Bill(y) Mumy (b. 1954) (Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “Bang! You’re Dead”)
67. Kate Murtagh (Family Plot)
68. Paul Newman (b. 1925) (Torn Curtain)
69. Maureen O’Hara (b. 1920) (Jamaica Inn)
70. Christopher Olsen (b. 1946) (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
71. Adele Pearce (aka Pamela Blake) (b. 1918) (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
72. Gilles Pelletier (I Confess)
73. Nehemiah Persoff (b. 1919) (The Wrong Man)
74. Michel Piccoli (b. 1925) (Topaz)
75. Suzanne Pleshette (b. 1937) (The Birds)
76. Robert Quarry (b. 1925) (Shadow of a Doubt)
77. Marge Redmond (b. 1930) (Family Plot)
78. Frances Reid (b. 1913) (voice; The Wrong Man)
79. Melody Thomas Scott (b. 1956) (Marnie)
80. John Stephenson (b. 1923) (Topaz)
81. Michel Subor (b. 1935) (Topaz)
82. Clive Swift (b. 1936) (Frenzy)
83. Richard Todd (b. 1919) (Stage Fright)
84. Philip Truex (b. 1911) (The Trouble With Harry)
85. Charles Tyner (b. 1925) (Family Plot)
86. Peggy Webber (The Wrong Man)
87. Billie Whitelaw (b. 1932) (Frenzy)
88. Elizabeth Wilson (b. 1921) (The Birds)
89. Googie Withers (b. 1917) (The Lady Vanishes)
90. Edna May Wonacott (b. 1932) (Shadow of a Doubt)

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