Research in progress, Aug 3, 2025
Experiencing Hitchcock: How to Enjoy More Fully the Movies of the Legendary Director, while Studying Basic Film Theories
Chapter: Casting, Actors, Stars
Actors that Hitchcock helped making into Stars
Actors established, he relied on for their fame
British Actors (A-Z)
Men
Robert Donat
Jon Finch
John Gielgud
Charles Laughton
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Michael Redgrave (made him a star)
Women
Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Rutherford
Dame May Whitty
Ivor Novello
Character Actors:
Leo Carroll
Edmund Gwenn
Michael Wielding
Hollywood Actors
Men
Montgomery Clift
Sean Connery
Cary Grant
Robert Cummings
Henry Fonda
John Gavin
Farley Granger
Joel McCrea
Robert Montgomery
Paul Newman
Gregory Peck
Jimmy Stewart
Rod Taylor
Character Actors
Martin Balsam
Albert Basserman
Joseph Cotten
Bruce Dern
Herbert Marshall
Anthony Perkins
George Sanders
Women
Julie Andrews
Tallulah Bankhed
Ingrid Bergman
Doris Day
Marlene Dietrich
Joan Fontaine
Tippi Hedren (made a star)
Grace Kelly
Carol Lombard
Janet Leigh
Eva Marie Saint
Vera Miles
Kim Novak
Jane Wyman
Teresa Wright
Characters Actors:
Barbara Bel Geddis
Jessie Royce Landis
Mildred Natwick
Jessica Tandis
Thelma Ritter
