He is the absolute spitting image of him
District 9 - 8/10
Inglourious Basterds - 10/10 (twice)
Moon - 9/10
It was Miles Malleson. But he can look like Hitch
See http://www.britmovie.co.uk/people/Miles-Malleson
Steve
Did they deliberately cast an actor who resembled Hitchcock?
shareI don't see any reason why they should have done.
Miles had appeared in Powell movies since 1933 so they would have known each other quite well. Miles was best known for playing vicars, like in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) or other respectable characters. So it was a bit of a joke to see him buying some "views"
Steve
Powell did Hitchcok a one-upsmanship trick. He appeared as the psycho's father, and his was the psycho as a child. What ever happened to Columba Powell, Powell's son? He's interviewed in the documentary but you never find out anything about HIM!!!
"He who swaps his liberty for the promise of 'security' deserves neither." Ben Franklin
Powell often appeared in his own films. Not as a "director cameo" like Hitch, but just to fill in when they had a brief role that needed to be done and they didn't have an actor to spare to do it.
He was an actor in quite a few of the early films he worked on and later in some of the ones he directed. Check his credits as an Actor
The documentary tells you quite a bit about Columba. The film didn't scar him for life
Steve
I have a number of films with that actor in them. Now you come to mention it, Miles Malleson does look very much like Hitchcock. Also look out for the butler as a Hitchcock lookalike actor in Hitchcock's 'Jamaica Inn.'
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