The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
The Ark (Doctor Who) Distributors/World International, but it is not clear whether this is the same person. The Monoids were played by actors, each holding a ping-pong ball in his mouth to represent the alien's single eye. The upper portion of the actor's face was hidden by a wig. Roy Spencer later played Frank Harris in "Fury from the Deep" (1968). Terence Bayler later played Major Barrington in "The War Games" (1969). Australian actor Bill Hunter played one of the Guardians however remained uncredited. Richard Beale, who provided the disemboded voice of the invisible Refusian, later played Bat Masterson in "The Gunfighters" (1966). Michael