| Nominated for a Best Male Personality Emmy in 1957. |
| Wife Alma Reville was a film editor and writer who collaborated on many of his films. |
| Developed a lifelong fear of police as a young child when his father sent him to the police station. The police chief locked him in a cell for a few minutes saying, "This is what we do to naughty boys |
| Made a cameo appearance in almost all of his movies starting with 1927's The Lodger. |
| Often stated that his favorite of his own films was 1943's Shadow of a Doubt. |
| Directed England's first sound film, 1929's Blackmail. |