Living Hitchcock Actors: Who's Left?

Who among the living Hitchcock actors most conjures up the Master and his movies? My answer is still: Tippi Hedren, who tops my list of the Top Ten Most Significant Living Hitchcock Actors (plus 83 others). Why the list? Just for fun and for Hitchcock fans who want to know that these actors are still with us.












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

Alfred Hitchcock's cast of actors is dwindling, however. Although since last year's list of living Hitchcock players in my blog entry of 1/31/08, just two actors have passed (plus I discovered one other actor that had died years ago-- Roger Dann (1911-2000)). The two who died this year are: Henry Beckman (1921-2008) (The Wrong Man, Marnie) and Paul Newman (1925-2008) (Torn Curtain).

Also, I was at an event during the year and a woman was identifieed in the audience as an actress who had appeared in a couple Hitchcock movies. Her name is Gladys Holland and I've added her this year.