Themes - the Hitchcock cameo

From Alfred Hitchcock Wiki

The following is a complete list of Hitchcock's known cameo appearances in his films, including a few that might be Hitchcock (these are marked as "unconfirmed"). The times shown are approximate.

Contrary to reports on Wikipedia, Hitchcock does not make a cameo in "Secret Agent" (more info).

The Lodger (1927)
sitting at the newsroom desk, with his back to the camera (5 minutes)
(unconfirmed) in the crowd chasing Ivor Novello (92 minutes)

Easy Virtue (1928)
leaving the tennis court through a side gate (21 minutes)

Blackmail (1929)
trying to read a book on the Underground (11 minutes)

Murder! (1930)
walking past the scene of the crime (60 minutes)

Number Seventeen (1932)
(unconfirmed) cameo on the bus

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
(unconfirmed) cameo walking across the road as bus passes by (31 minutes) - more details

The 39 Steps (1935)
walking past Hannay and Miss Smith, tossing litter away (7 minutes)

Young and Innocent (1937)
taking a photograph outside the courtroom (16 minutes)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)
at Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and smoking a cigar (89 minutes)

Rebecca (1940)
waiting behind George Sanders to use the phone (123 minutes)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)
walking past the hotel, reading a newspaper (12 minutes)

Mr and Mrs Smith (1941)
walking past the hotel (43 minutes)

Suspicion (1941)
posting a letter at the village post office (47 minutes)

Saboteur (1942)
standing in front of Cut Rate Drugs (65 minutes)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
playing cards on the train to Santa Rosa (16 minutes)

Lifeboat (1944)
starring in the newspaper advert for "Reduco" (25 minutes)

Spellbound (1945)
walking out of the lift at the Empire Hotel (43 minutes)

Notorious (1946)
drinking champagne at the party (65 minutes)

The Paradine Case (1947)
struggling with a cello at Cumberlan Station (36 minutes)

Rope (1948)
(unconfirmed) Walking down the street after the opening credits finish (2 minutes).
Hitchcock's silhouette as a flashing red neon sign in the background (56 minutes)

Under Capricorn (1949)
in the town square, wearing a hat and coat (15 minutes)

Stage Fright (1950)
walking past Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) and giving her a funny look (38 minutes)

Strangers on a Train (1951)
struggling to get his cello case on board the train (11 minutes)

I Confess (1953)
walking past in a long shot as part of the opening (2 minutes)

Rear Window (1954)
winding a clock in the musician's apartment (?? minutes)

Dial M for Murder (1954)
staring out from the class re-union photograph (13 minutes)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)
walking past the artist's stall (22 minutes)

To Catch a Thief (1955)
sitting next to ary Grant on the bus (10 minutes)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
watching the acrobats (26 minutes)

The Wrong Man (1956)
introducing the film (1 minute)

Vertigo (1958)
walking past the shipyard entrance, carrying a bugle case (11 minutes)

North by Northwest (1959)
running for the bus, but the bus door closes in his face (2 minutes)
(unconfirmed) dressed in drag as an woman on the train (45 minutes) - see Hitchcock's Secret Cameo