91-477: Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock , airing on CBS and NBC , alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965, it was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour . Hitchcock himself directed only 18 episodes during its run. By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. In
182-477: A Golden Globe for best new star, he played a bisexual movie star who marries starlet Natalie Wood , and rejoined her along with Charles Bronson for Sydney Pollack 's This Property Is Condemned (1966) — again, as her lover, though this time in a film which achieved even greater success. The same year saw his first teaming (on equal footing) with Jane Fonda , in Arthur Penn 's The Chase . This film marked
273-552: A cameo appearance in Avengers: Endgame , filmed in 2017 prior to the completion of the former film. In his directing debut, Redford won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Director for the film Ordinary People . He was a 2002 Academy Honorary Award recipient at the 74th Academy Awards. In 2017, he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival . On February 22, 2019, Redford received
364-948: A leading man in films such as Barefoot in the Park (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), and The Candidate (1972). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the crime caper The Sting (1973). He continued to star in such films as The Way We Were (1973), All the President's Men (1976), and The Electric Horseman (1979). Redford made his directorial film debut with Ordinary People (1980), which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director . During this time, he starred in films such as Brubaker (1980), The Natural (1984), and Out of Africa (1985). He released his third film as
455-420: A prison warden attempting to reform the system. Soon after that, he starred in the baseball drama The Natural (1984). Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa (1985), with Redford in the male lead role opposite Meryl Streep , became a large box office success (combined 1985 and 1986 grosses placed it at No. 5 for 1986), won a Golden Globe for Best Picture, and won seven Oscars , including Best Picture. Streep
546-421: A record album of six ghost stories for children titled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Ghost Stories for Young People . The album opens with Charles Gounod 's theme music and is hosted by Hitchcock himself. He begins, "How do you do, boys and girls? I'm delighted to find that you believe in ghosts, too. After all, they believe in you, so it is only common courtesy to return the favor." Hitchcock introduces each of
637-621: A "bad" student, finding inspiration outside the classroom in art and sports. He hit tennis balls with Pancho Gonzales at the Los Angeles Tennis Club to help Gonzales warm up for matches. After graduating from high school in 1954, he attended the University of Colorado in Boulder for a year and a half, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity . While there, he worked at
728-498: A "monarchy in disguise" and stated "[i]t's time for Trump to go." Redford later co-authored another op-ed in which he criticized Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic while also citing the collective public response to the pandemic as a model for how to respond to climate change. He criticized the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement . In July 2020, Redford penned an op-ed in which he stated President Trump lacks
819-498: A "moral compass." In the same piece, he announced that he would be voting for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election . Redford was opposed to the TransCanada Corporation 's Keystone Pipeline . In 2013, he was identified by its CEO, Russ Girling , for leading the anti-pipeline protest movement. In April 2014, Redford, a Pitzer College Trustee, and Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley announced that
910-642: A cantankerous rancher who is forced to take in his estranged daughter-in-law (Jennifer Lopez)—whom he blames for his son's death—and the granddaughter he never knew he had when they fled an abusive relationship. The film, which sat on the shelf for many months while its distributor Miramax was restructured, was generally dismissed as clichéd and overly sentimental. Meanwhile, Redford returned to familiar territory when he reteamed with Meryl Streep 22 years after they starred in Out of Africa , for his personal project Lions for Lambs (2007), which also starred Tom Cruise . After
1001-501: A collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology . Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. Many popular old-time radio programs were anthology series. On some series, such as Inner Sanctum Mysteries , the only constant was the host, who introduced and concluded each dramatic presentation. One of
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#17328484964391092-508: A coming-of-age road film about a young medical student, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and his friend Alberto Granado. It also explored the political and social issues of South America that influenced Guevara and shaped his future. With five years spent on the film's making, Redford was credited by director Walter Salles for being instrumental in getting it made and released. Back in front of the camera, Redford received good notices for his role in director Lasse Hallström 's An Unfinished Life (2005) as
1183-641: A deal with Showtime to start a 24-hour cable television channel devoted to airing independent films. The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996. On August 9, 1958, Redford married Lola Van Wagenen in Las Vegas. A second reception was held at Lola's grandmother's home on September 12. They had four children: Scott Anthony Redford (September 1, 1959 – November 17, 1959), Shauna Jean Redford (b. November 15, 1960), David James Redford (May 5, 1962 – October 16, 2020), and Amy Hart Redford (b. October 22, 1970). Redford and Van Wagenen never publicly announced
1274-488: A director, A River Runs Through It , in 1992, which was a return to mainstream success for Redford as a director and brought a young Brad Pitt to greater prominence. In 1993, he played what became one of his most popular and recognized roles, starring in Indecent Proposal as a billionaire businessman who tests a couple's morals; the film became one of the year's biggest hits. He co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in
1365-663: A director, A River Runs Through It , in 1992. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for Quiz Show . In 1981 Redford cofounded the Sundance Resort and Film Institute . His later film roles include All Is Lost (2013), Truth (2015), Our Souls at Night (2017), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). Redford portrayed Alexander Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Redford
1456-435: A disgraced Army general sent to prison in the prison drama The Last Castle (2001), directed by Rod Lurie. In the same year, Redford reteamed with Brad Pitt for Spy Game , another success for the pair but with Redford switching this time from director to actor. During that time, he planned to direct and star in a sequel of The Candidate but the project never happened. Redford, a leading environmental activist, narrated
1547-402: A great deal of hype, the film opened to mixed reviews and disappointing box office. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Lions for Lambs is so square it’s like something out of the gray twilight glow of the golden age of television. Even the military plot, which clunks, seems to be taking place on stage." In 2010, Redford released The Conspirator , a period drama revolving around
1638-669: A man lost at sea. He received acclaim for his performance in the film, in which he is its only cast member and there is almost no dialogue. Redford was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor , his first time winning an acting honour from that group (he had been nominated in 1969 for Downhill Racer ). Ali Arikan wrote in RogerEbert.com , "Chandor plays to Redford's strengths: his battered visage, calm determination, and detachment from
1729-657: A minor role. The film's stars were Anthony Perkins , Jane Fonda (her debut), and Ray Walston . After his Broadway success, he was cast in larger feature roles in movies. In 1960, Redford was cast as Danny Tilford, a mentally disturbed young man trapped in the wreckage of his family garage, in "Breakdown", one of the last episodes of the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8 , starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries . Redford earned an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Voice of Charlie Pont (ABC, 1962). One of his last television appearances until 2019
1820-541: A new TV movie pilot based upon the series, combining four newly filmed stories with colorized footage of Hitchcock from the original series to introduce each segment. The movie was a huge ratings success. The Alfred Hitchcock Presents revival series debuted in the fall of 1985 and retained the same format as the pilot: newly filmed stories (a mixture of original works and updated remakes of original series episodes) with colorized introductions by Hitchcock. The new series lasted only one season before NBC cancelled it, but it
1911-554: A new type of anthology format in the U.S. Each season, rather than each episode, is a standalone story. Several actors have appeared in the various seasons, but playing different roles—in an echo of the Four Star Playhouse format. The success of American Horror Story has spawned other season-long anthologies such as American Crime Story and True Detective . Anthology film series are rare compared to their TV and radio counterparts. There have been several attempts within
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#17328484964392002-606: A restaurant/bar called The Sink, where a painting of his likeness now figures prominently among the bar's murals. While at Colorado, Redford began drinking heavily and, as a result, lost his half-scholarship and was kicked out of school. He went on to travel in Europe , living in France , Spain , and Italy . He later studied painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and took classes at
2093-506: A role as a lifelong bank robber feels like a fitting cap to a career effectively launched half a century ago with his role alongside Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ." In August 2018, Redford announced his retirement from acting after completion of the film, though the following month, Redford stated that he "regretted" announcing his retirement because "you never know". He briefly reprised his role as Alexander Pierce for
2184-424: A segment called "The Man from Hollywood". The 1962 episode " The Sorcerer's Apprentice " was not aired by NBC because the sponsor felt that the ending was too gruesome. The plot has a magician's helper performing a " sawing a woman in half " trick. Not knowing that the performance is meant to be an illusion, the helper actually cuts an unconscious woman in half. The episode was included in the syndication package for
2275-504: A separation or divorce, but in 1982, entertainment columnist Shirley Eder reported that the pair "have been very much apart for a number of years." In 1991, Parade magazine stated, "it is unclear whether the divorce has been finalized." Many websites say they were divorced in 1985. Scott Redford died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 months and is buried at Provo City Cemetery in Provo, Utah . Shauna Redford
2366-646: A solid resemblance to Rather but not quite enough to make you forget whom you’re watching, plays the veteran newsman with easy gravitas, inner strength and a gentle paternal twinkle, with little display of the anger and volatility for which he was often known over the course of his storied career." In 2016, he took the supporting role of Mr. Meacham in the Disney remake Pete's Dragon . The next year, Redford starred in The Discovery and Our Souls at Night , both released on Netflix streaming in 2017. The latter film, which
2457-709: A son named Charles, the first in line to have been given the name. Regarding Redford's maternal lineage, the Harts were Irish from Galway and the Greens were Scots-Irish who settled in the United States in the 18th century. Redford's family lived in Van Nuys while his father worked in El Segundo . Robert attended Van Nuys High School , where he was classmates with baseball pitcher Don Drysdale . He has described himself as having been
2548-426: A strong cast that featured Paul Scofield , John Turturro , Rob Morrow , and Ralph Fiennes . David Ansen of Newsweek wrote, "Robert Redford may have become a more complacent movie star in the last decade, but he has become a more daring and accomplished filmmaker. "Quiz Show" is his best movie since "Ordinary People". Redford continued as a major star throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He released his third film as
2639-512: A weekly program from the second season until the end of its run in 1956. Ida Lupino was brought on board as the de facto fourth star, though unlike Powell, Boyer, and Niven, she owned no stock in the company. American television networks would sometimes run summer anthology series which consisted of unsold television pilots . Beginning in 1971, the long-run Masterpiece Theatre drama anthology series brought British productions to American television. In 2011, American Horror Story debuted
2730-456: A well-crafted, though not commercially successful, screen version of John Nichols 's acclaimed novel of the Southwest. The Milagro Beanfield War is the story of the people of Milagro, New Mexico (based on the real town of Truchas in northern New Mexico), overcoming big developers who set about to ruin their community and force them out with tax increases. Other directorial projects have included
2821-594: Is a painter and married to journalist Eric Schlosser . James Redford was a writer and producer, while Amy Redford is an actress, director, and producer. Redford has seven grandchildren. On July 11, 2009, Redford married his longtime girlfriend, Sibylle Szaggars, at the Louis C. Jacob Hotel in Hamburg , Germany. She had moved in with Redford in 1996 and shared his home in Sundance, Utah . In May 2011, Robert Redford: The Biography
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2912-885: Is a written series, radio , television , film , or video game series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode , season , segment, or short . These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as Four Star Playhouse , employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as Studio One , began on radio and then expanded to television. The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία ( anthología , "flower-gathering"), from ἀνθολογέω ( anthologéō , "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος ( ánthos , "flower") + λέγω ( légō , "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος ( στέφανος ( stéphanos , "garland")) to describe
3003-786: Is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades such as an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award , and two Golden Globe Awards , as well as the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary César in 2019. He
3094-456: Is no longer awarded. In 1976, Robert Redford published The Outlaw Trail: A Journey Through Time . Redford states, "The Outlaw Trail. It was a name that fascinated me - a geographical anchor in Western folklore. Whether real or imagined, it was a name that, for me, held a kind of magic, a freedom, a mystery. I wanted to see it in much the same way as the outlaws did, by horse and by foot, and document
3185-521: Is the first quote on the back cover of Donald Trump 's book Crippled America (2015), saying of Trump's candidacy, "I'm glad he's in there, being the way he is, and saying what he says and the ways he says it, I think shakes things up and I think that is very needed." A representative later clarified that Redford's statement, taken from a longer conversation with Larry King, was not intended to endorse Trump for president. In 2019, Redford penned an op-ed in which he referred to Trump's administration as
3276-768: Is the president and co-founder of Sundance Productions, with Laura Michalchyshyn. Most recently, Sundance Productions produced Chicagoland (CNN) , Cathedrals of Culture ( Berlin Film Festival ), The March (PBS) and Emmy nominee All The President's Men Revisited ( Discovery ), Isabella Rossellini 's Green Porno Live! , and To Russia With Love on Epix . Since founding the nonprofit Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, in 1981, Redford has been deeply involved with independent film . Through its various workshop programs and popular film festival, Sundance has provided support for independent filmmakers. In 1995, Redford signed
3367-412: Is well known for its title sequence . The camera fades in on a simple line-drawing caricature of Hitchcock's rotund profile (which Hitchcock drew), to the theme music of Charles Gounod 's " Funeral March of a Marionette " (suggested by Hitchcock's long-time musical collaborator Bernard Herrmann ). Hitchcock appears in silhouette from the right edge of the screen, and then walks to center screen to eclipse
3458-682: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Class of 1959) in New York City. Redford's career, like that of many major stars who emerged in the 1950s, began in New York City, where the actor found work both on stage and in television. His Broadway debut was in a small role in Tall Story (1959), followed by parts in The Highest Tree (1959) and Sunday in New York (1961). His biggest Broadway success
3549-497: The Golden Age of Television of the 1950s with series such as The United States Steel Hour and The Philco Television Playhouse . Dick Powell came up with an idea for an anthology series, Four Star Playhouse , with a rotation of established stars every week, four stars in all. The stars would own the studio and the program, as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had done successfully with Desilu studio. Powell had intended for
3640-588: The Honorary César at the 44th César Awards in Paris. Redford attended the University of Colorado in the 1950s and received an honorary degree in 1988. In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal. In 1995, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College . Redford received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Brown University at
3731-665: The Sundance Film Festival , which became the country's largest festival for independent films. In 2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length films from 34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees in Salt Lake City , and Park City, Utah . Robert Redford also founded the Sundance Institute ; Sundance Cinemas ; Sundance Catalog; and the Sundance Channel ; all in and around Park City, 30 miles (48 km) north of
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3822-523: The Theatre Royal, Bath in March 2025, featuring music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak , book by Jay Dyer and directed by John Doyle . American rapper Eminem used the theme song in his song "Alfred's Theme" from his album Music to Be Murdered By – Side B (2020), which itself is one of two albums inspired by Hitchcock's 1958 spoken-word record of the same name. Anthology series An anthology series
3913-446: The 21st century, Time magazine named Alfred Hitchcock Presents as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with Monty Python's Flying Circus , Star Trek: The Next Generation and Upstairs, Downstairs . In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
4004-639: The 240th Commencement exercises on May 25, 2008, with the actor also speaking at the ceremonies. He was a 2010 recipient of the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. On May 24, 2015, Redford delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree from Colby College in Maine. In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton . On October 14, 2010, Redford
4095-517: The IMAX documentary Sacred Planet (2004), a sweeping journey across the globe to some of its most exotic and endangered places. In The Clearing (2004), a thriller co-starring Helen Mirren, Redford was a successful businessman whose kidnapping unearths the secrets and inadequacies that led to his achieving the American Dream. Redford stepped back into producing with The Motorcycle Diaries (2004),
4186-448: The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor . The film is one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Academy Awards , including Best Director for Redford himself, and Best Picture . Critic Roger Ebert declared the film as a "is an intelligent, perceptive, and deeply moving film." Later that year he appeared in the prison drama Brubaker (1980), playing
4277-627: The Republican nomination for Utah's 3rd congressional district in 1990. Redford also supported Gary Herbert , another Republican and a friend, in Herbert's successful 2004 campaign to be elected Utah's Lieutenant Governor . Herbert later became Governor of Utah . As an avid environmentalist, Redford is a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council . He endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. Redford
4368-491: The Sundance Kid, he won a British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) for that role and his parts in Downhill Racer (1969) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969). The latter two films and the subsequent Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970), and The Hot Rock (1972) were not commercially successful. Redford had long harbored ambitions to work on both sides of the camera. As early as 1969, Redford had served as
4459-542: The Sundance ski area. Redford also owned a Park City restaurant, Zoom, that closed in May 2017. Robert Redford is the co-owner of Wildwood Enterprises, Inc ., with Bill Holderman, producer, with the following film credits: Lions for Lambs ; Quiz Show ; A River Runs Through It ; Ordinary People ; The Horse Whisperer ; The Legend of Bagger Vance ; Slums of Beverly Hills ; The Motorcycle Diaries ; and The Conspirator . Redford
4550-804: The Triskelion. Redford was a co-producer and, with Emma Thompson and Nick Nolte , acted in the film A Walk in the Woods (2015), based on Bill Bryson 's book of the same name. Redford had optioned the film rights for the book from Bryson after reading it more than a decade earlier, with the intent of costarring in it with Paul Newman but had shelved the project after his death. The same year, he played news anchor Dan Rather in James Vanderbilt 's Truth alongside Cate Blanchett . The film received mixed reviews with Justin Chang of Variety noting, "Redford, who bears
4641-595: The actor's offscreen concerns for political causes. The film landed eight Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director ( Alan J. Pakula ), while winning for the Best Screenplay (Goldman). It won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Picture and Best Director. In 1977, Redford appeared in a segment of the war film A Bridge Too Far (1977). Then he took a two-year hiatus from movies, before starring as past-his-prime rodeo star in
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#17328484964394732-456: The adventure with text and photographs." All the President's Men (1976), in which Redford and Hoffman play Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein , was a landmark film for Redford. Not only was he the executive producer and co-star, but the film's serious subject matter — the Watergate scandal — and its attempt to create a realistic portrayal of journalism also reflected
4823-495: The adventure-romance The Electric Horseman (1979). This film reunited him with Jane Fonda , finishing at No. 9 in the box office for 1980. His first film as director was the drama film Ordinary People (1980), a drama about the slow disintegration of an upper-middle class family after the death of a son. Redford was credited with obtaining a powerful dramatic performance from Mary Tyler Moore , as well as superb work from Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton , who also won
4914-600: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . Redford appeared in the 2011 documentary Buck by Cindy Meehl , where he discussed his experiences with title subject Buck Brannaman during the production of The Horse Whisperer . In 2012, Redford directed The Company You Keep , in which he starred as a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run after a journalist discovers his identity. The film starred himself, Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie . In 2013, Redford starred in All Is Lost , directed by J.C. Chandor , about
5005-436: The caricature. The caricature drawing and Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" have become indelibly associated with Hitchcock in popular culture. After the title sequence, Hitchcock almost always greets his audience with, "Good evening," before drolly introducing the story from an empty studio or from the set of the current episode; his usually comical monologues were written by James B. Allardice . At least two versions of
5096-610: The earliest such programs was The Collier Hour , broadcast on the NBC Blue Network from 1927 to 1932. As radio's first major dramatic anthology, it adapted stories and serials from Collier's Weekly in a calculated move to increase subscriptions and compete with The Saturday Evening Post . Airing on the Wednesday prior to each week's distribution of the magazine, the program soon moved to Sundays in order to avoid spoilers with dramatizations of stories simultaneously appearing in
5187-430: The east side of Mount Timpanogos northeast of Provo , Utah, called "Timp Haven". He renamed it " Sundance " after his Sundance Kid character. Redford's ex-wife Lola was from Utah and they had built a home in the area in 1963. Portions of the movie Jeremiah Johnson (1972), a film which is both one of Redford's favorites and one that has heavily influenced him, was shot near the ski area. Redford went on to create
5278-552: The executive producer for Downhill Racer . The political satire The Candidate (1972) was a moderate box office and critical success. Starting in 1973, Redford experienced an almost-unparalleled four-year run of box office success. The western Jeremiah Johnson ' s (1972) box office earnings from early 1973 until its second re-release in 1975 would have placed it as the No. 2 highest-grossing film of 1973. The romantic period drama with Barbra Streisand , The Way We Were (1973),
5369-400: The exemplary quality, skill and innovation of their work, but also in their public commitment to social responsibility, to increasing awareness of global issues and events, and to inspiring and empowering young people." With the financial proceeds of his acting success, starting with his salaries from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Downhill Racer , Redford bought a ski area on
5460-524: The horror genre to have a franchise with an anthology format, such as with the Halloween franchise where the third film, Halloween III: Season of the Witch , was meant to be the beginning of a series of anthology horror films, but due to negative reception that plan was shelved. Anthology video games have been very rare since the 1980s. Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936)
5551-538: The last episode of the show. The broadcast history was as follows: Alfred Hitchcock Presents , 25 minutes long, aired weekly at 9:30 on CBS on Sunday nights from 1955 to 1960, and then at 8:30 on NBC on Tuesday nights from 1960 to 1962. It was followed by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour , which lasted for three seasons, September 1962 to June 1965, adding another 93 episodes to the 268 already produced for Alfred Hitchcock Presents . Two episodes that were directed by Hitchcock were nominated for Emmy Awards . The first episode
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#17328484964395642-495: The magazine. Radio anthology series provided for science fiction , horror , suspense, and mystery genres (all produced in the US, unless noted): The final episode of Suspense was broadcast on September 30, 1962, a date that has traditionally been seen as marking the end of the old-time radio era. However, genre series produced since 1962 include: In the history of television, live anthology dramas were especially popular during
5733-500: The most famous episodes remains writer Roald Dahl 's " Man from the South " (1960) starring Steve McQueen and Peter Lorre , in which a man bets his finger that he can start his lighter 10 times in a row. This episode was ranked #41 on TV Guide ' s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. The episode was later referenced and remade in the film Four Rooms , with Quentin Tarantino directing
5824-566: The music achieved its widest audience. A series of literary anthologies with the running title Alfred Hitchcock Presents were issued to capitalize on the success of the television series. One volume, devoted to stories that censors would not allow to be adapted for broadcast, was entitled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV —though eventually several of the stories collected therein were adapted. In 1958, Imperial Records released Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Music to Be Murdered By . In 1962, Golden Records released
5915-777: The newsroom romance Up Close & Personal (1996), and with Kristin Scott Thomas and a young Scarlett Johansson in The Horse Whisperer (1998), which he also directed. Redford also continued work in films with political contexts, such as Havana (1990), playing Jack Weil, a professional gambler in 1959 Cuba during the Revolution, as well as Sneakers (1992), in which he co-starred with River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier . Redford also directed Matt Damon and Will Smith in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). He appeared as
6006-483: The niche he was seeking in George Roy Hill 's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), scripted by William Goldman , in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman . The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. While Redford did not receive an Academy Award or Golden Globe nomination for playing
6097-602: The only time Redford would star with Marlon Brando . Fonda and Redford were paired again in the popular big-screen version of Barefoot in the Park (1967) and were again co-stars many years later in Pollack's The Electric Horseman (1979), followed 38 years later with a Netflix feature, Our Souls at Night . After this initial success, Redford became concerned about his blond male stereotype image and refused roles in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate . Redford found
6188-408: The opening were shot for every episode. A version intended for the American audience would often spoof a recent popular commercial or poke fun at the sponsor, leading into the commercial. Hitchcock closed the show in much the same way as it opened, but mainly to tie up loose ends rather than joke. Frequently, a leading character in the story would have seemingly gotten away with a criminal activity. In
6279-441: The period drama A River Runs Through It (1992), based on Norman Maclean 's novella starring Craig Sheffer , Brad Pitt , and Tom Skerritt . Redford received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director . In 1994 he directed the exposé Quiz Show about the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s. In the latter film, Redford worked from a screenplay by Paul Attanasio with noted cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and
6370-456: The postscript, Hitchcock would briefly detail, usually unconvincingly, how fate (or the authorities) eventually brought the character to justice. Hitchcock told TV Guide that his reassurances that the criminal had been apprehended were "a necessary gesture to morality." Alfred Hitchcock Presents finished at number 6 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1956–57 season, number 12 in 1957–58, number 24 in 1958–59, and number 25 in 1959–60. The series
6461-437: The program to feature himself, Charles Boyer , Joel McCrea , and Rosalind Russell . When Russell and McCrea backed out, David Niven came on board as the third star. The fourth star was initially a guest star. CBS liked the idea, and Four Star Playhouse made its debut in fall of 1952. It ran on alternate weeks only during the first season, alternating with Amos 'n' Andy . It was successful enough to be renewed and became
6552-455: The richest prizes in the arts, given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life." The University of Southern California (USC) School of Dramatic Arts announced the first annual Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists in 2009. According to the school's website, the award was created "to honor those who have distinguished themselves not only in
6643-835: The series and is now considered to be in the public domain. Universal Studios released the first five seasons of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on DVD in Region 1. Season 6 was released on November 12, 2013 via Amazon.com's CreateSpace program. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release on DVD-R, available exclusively through Amazon.com. In Region 2, Universal Pictures UK has released the first three seasons on DVD, and Fabulous Films has released all seven seasons on DVD, including all three seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour . In Region 4, Madman Entertainment has released all seven seasons on DVD in Australia. They have also released all three seasons of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour . In 1985, NBC aired
6734-1217: The series has continued to be popular in television syndication for decades, including in the UK, where it is currently being shown on Sky Arts . Actors appearing in the most episodes include Patricia Hitchcock (Hitchcock's daughter), Dick York , Robert Horton , James Gleason , John Williams , Robert H. Harris , Russell Collins , Barbara Baxley , Ray Teal , Percy Helton , Phyllis Thaxter , Carmen Mathews , Mildred Dunnock , Alan Napier , Robert Vaughn and Vincent Price . Such notables as Clint Eastwood , Robert Redford , Inger Stevens , Cedric Hardwicke , Steve McQueen , Audrey Meadows , Bruce Dern , Robert Duvall , Walter Matthau , Robert Loggia , George Segal , Laurence Harvey , Claude Rains , Joan Fontaine , Thelma Ritter , Dennis Morgan , Joseph Cotten , Burt Reynolds , Vera Miles , Tom Ewell , Peter Lorre , Bette Davis , Dean Stockwell , Jessica Tandy , John Gavin , Charles Bronson , Michael Rennie , Phyllis Thaxter , Roger Moore , John Cassavetes , Peter Falk , Teresa Wright , Leslie Nielsen , Ricardo Montalbán , Harry Dean Stanton , and Barbara Bel Geddes , among many others, appeared on
6825-508: The series. The directors who directed the most episodes included Robert Stevens (44 episodes), Paul Henreid (28 episodes), Herschel Daugherty (24 episodes), Norman Lloyd (19 episodes), Alfred Hitchcock (17 episodes), Arthur Hiller (17 episodes), James Neilson (12 episodes), Justice Addiss (10 episodes), and John Brahm (10 episodes). Other notable directors included Robert Altman , Ida Lupino , Stuart Rosenberg , Robert Stevenson , David Swift and William Friedkin , who directed
6916-574: The spy thriller Three Days of the Condor (1975), alongside Faye Dunaway , which finished at Nos. 16 and 17 in box office grosses for 1975, respectively. In 1976 he co-starred with Dustin Hoffman in the No. 2 highest-grossing film for the year, the critically acclaimed All the President's Men . In 1975, 1977 and 1978, Redford won the Golden Globe for Favorite World Film Star, a popularity-based award that
7007-432: The stories, all the while recounting a droll story of his own failed attempts to deal with a leaky faucet (which at the conclusion of the album leads to Hitchcock "drowning" in his flooded home). The ghost stories are read by actor John Allen with minimal sound effects and music. Allen wrote four of the stories: On 1 August 2024, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation of the series would have its world premiere at
7098-581: The vagaries of a "normal" existence. In return, Redford gives the performance of the latter half of his career in a role that is not just physically, but also psychologically demanding". In April 2014, Redford played the main antagonist of the Marvel Studios superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Alexander Pierce , the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and leader of the Hydra cell operating
7189-580: Was " The Case of Mr. Pelham " in 1955 that starred Tom Ewell while the second was " Lamb to the Slaughter " in 1958 that starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J. Stone . In 2009 TV Guide ' s list of "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" ranked "Lamb to the Slaughter" at #59. The third season opener "The Glass Eye" (1957) won an Emmy Award for director Robert Stevens . An episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour titled "An Unlocked Window" (1965) earned an Edgar Award for writer James Bridges in 1966. Among
7280-612: Was also produced by Redford, reunited him with co-star Jane Fonda for the fourth time and garnered positive reviews. Redford played bank robber Forrest Tucker in the David Lowery directed drama film The Old Man & the Gun , which was released in September 2018, and for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Alissa Wikinson wrote in Vox , "In The Old Man & the Gun, both Redford and Lowery are returning to their roots. For Redford,
7371-602: Was appointed chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by President Nicolas Sarkozy . On November 22, 2016, President Barack Obama honored Redford with a Presidential Medal of Freedom . In December 2005, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for his contributions to American culture. The honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts: whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television. In 2008, Redford received The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize , one of
7462-692: Was as the stuffy newlywed husband of Elizabeth Ashley in the original 1963 cast of Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park . Starting in 1960, Redford appeared as a guest star on numerous television drama programs, including Naked City , Maverick , The Untouchables , The Americans , Whispering Smith , Perry Mason , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Route 66 , Dr. Kildare , Playhouse 90 , Tate , The Twilight Zone , The Virginian , and Captain Brassbound's Conversion , among others. Redford made his screen debut in Tall Story (1960) in
7553-714: Was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California , to Martha Woodruff Redford ( née Hart; 1914–1955) and Charles Robert Redford Sr. (1914–1991), an accountant. He has a paternal half-brother, William. Redford is of English , Scottish , and Irish ancestry. His patrilineal great-great-grandfather, a Protestant Englishman named Elisha Redford, married Mary Ann McCreery, of Irish Catholic descent, in Manchester, Lancashire, England . They emigrated to New York City in 1849, immediately settling in Stonington, Connecticut . They had
7644-556: Was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. Appearing onstage in the late 1950s, Redford's television career began in 1960, with appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1961 and The Twilight Zone in 1962. His greatest Broadway success was as the stuffy newlywed husband in Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park (1963). Redford made his film debut in War Hunt (1962). He gained success as
7735-400: Was nominated for Best Actress but Redford did not receive a nomination. The movie proved to be Redford's biggest success of the decade and Redford and Pollack's most successful of their seven movies together. Redford's next film, Legal Eagles (1986) alongside Debra Winger , was only a minor success at the box office. Redford did not direct again until The Milagro Beanfield War (1988),
7826-421: Was on October 7, 1963, on Breaking Point , an ABC medical drama about psychiatry. In 1962 Redford got his second film role in War Hunt , and was soon after cast alongside screen legend Alec Guinness in the war comedy Situation Hopeless ... But Not Serious , in which he played a US soldier falsely imprisoned by a German civilian even after the war has ended. In Inside Daisy Clover (1965), which won him
7917-487: Was originally 25 minutes per episode, but it was expanded to 50 minutes in 1962 and retitled The Alfred Hitchcock Hour . Hitchcock directed 17 of the 267 filmed episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents — four during the first season and one or two per season thereafter. He directed only the fourth of the 93 50-minute episodes, entitled "I Saw the Whole Thing" with John Forsythe . The last new episode aired on June 26, 1965, but
8008-590: Was published by Alfred A. Knopf , written by Michael Feeney Callan over fifteen years with Redford's input and drawn from his personal papers and diaries. Redford supports environmentalism, Native American rights, LGBT rights, and the arts. He also supported advocacy groups , such as the Political Action Committee of the Directors Guild of America . Redford has supported Republicans , including Brent Cornell Morris in his unsuccessful campaign for
8099-474: Was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1973. The crime caper reunion with Paul Newman, The Sting (1973), became the top-grossing film of 1974 and one of the top 20 highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation, plus landed Redford the lone nomination of his career for the Academy Award for Best Actor . The following year he starred in the romantic drama The Great Gatsby (1974) starring Mia Farrow , Sam Waterston , and Bruce Dern . The film
8190-530: Was the No. 8 highest-grossing film of 1974. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) placed as the No. 10 highest-grossing film for 1974 as it was re-released due to the popularity of The Sting. In 1974 Redford became the first performer since Bing Crosby in 1946 to have three films in a year's top ten grossing titles. Each year between 1974 and 1976, movie exhibitors voted Redford Hollywood's top box-office star. In 1975, Redford's hit movies included 1920s aviation drama, The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), and
8281-453: Was then produced for three more years by the USA Network . Alfred Hitchcock Presents used Charles Gounod 's " Funeral March of a Marionette " (1872) as its theme song. Hitchcock heard it first in F. W. Murnau 's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans . When he was choosing music for his TV show, he remembered the effect Gounod's piece had on him. It was through Hitchcock's program that
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