This playful gesture became one of Hitchcock's trademark signatures, with fans making a sport of trying to spot his cameos.
The actor who was supposed to play the bit part of a telephone operator failed to show up, so Hitchcock filled in for him. For the films in which he appeared, he would be seen for a brief moment in a non-speaking part as an extra, such as boarding a bus, crossing in front of a building, standing in an apartment across the courtyard, or even appearing in a newspaper photograph (as seen in the film Lifeboat, which otherwise provided no other opportunity for him to appear).ĭuring the filming of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, Hitchcock later said his cameo came about at the last minute.
In one of his trademark cameos, Hitchcock boards the train in Metcalf after Farley Granger's character exits in Strangers on a Train (1951).Įnglish film director Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in 40 of his 53 surviving major films (his second film, The Mountain Eagle, is lost). ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This article possibly contains original research.
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