Alfred Hitchcock(1899-1980)

[Cameo] Often has a quick cameo in his films. He eventually began making his appearances near the beginning because he knew viewers were watching for him and he did not want to divert their attention away from the plot. Some of his live cameo appearances include The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) (in the newspaper office); The Lady Vanishes (1938) (on the station platform); Young and Innocent (1937) (outside of the courthouse); The 39 Steps (1935) (on the street); Murder! (1930) (on the street); Blackmail (1929) (on the subway); and Easy Virtue (1928) (near the tennis court). Some of his non-live appearances include Lifeboat (1944) (in a newspaper ad); Dial M for Murder (1954) (in a class reunion photo); Rope (1948) (his caricature appears on a neon sign); and Family Plot (1976) (a silhouette against a frosted glass door).