Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock had intended to film "Marnie" first, and in March 1962 it was announced that Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco since 1956, would come out of retirement to star in it. When Kelly asked Hitchcock to postpone "Marnie" until 1963 or 1964, he recruited Evan Hunter, author of "The Blackboard Jungle" (1954), to develop a screenplay based on a Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds" (1952), which Hitchcock had republished in his "My Favorites in Suspense" (1959). He hired Tippi Hedren to play the lead role. It was her first role; she had been a model in New
Don Taylor (American actor and director) television series including "Cannon", Rod Serling's "Night Gallery", "Mod Squad", "It Takes a Thief", "The Big Valley", "The Flying Nun", "Vacation Playhouse", "The Tammy Grimes Show", "The Wild Wild West", "Burke's Law", "The Rogues", "The Farmer's Daughter", "The Lloyd Bridges Show", "The Dick Powell Theatre", "Dr. Kildare", "Checkmate", "87th Precinct", "Zane Grey Theater", "The Rifleman", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Honky Tonk", and others. Don Taylor (American actor and director) Donald Richie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir "The Naked City",