In the movie Lifeboat, Hitchcock appears in a newspaper ad.
It appears this is one Hitchcock film in which he does not appear.
Lifeboat (1944) was Hitchcock's cameo appearance.
Contrary to popular belief, Hitchcock did direct some films in which he did not have an amusing cameo for himself. Lifeboat is one that I can definitely say Hitch did not appear in, well not in the flesh, but he does appear in an advertisement in a newspaper being read by William Bendix. Hopefully, a hardcore Hitchcock fan can list the others.Hitchcock makes no appearance in his 1936 film Sabotage.
Lifeboat - 1944
There are a lot. Too many to list here. Go to IMDB.com, type in 'Alfred Hitchcock' and the list will magically appear. . .
Alfred Hitchcock can be seen at Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and smoking a cigarette, near the end of the film.
Hitchcock did not appear in his early British movies. It wasn't until his third movie, The Lodger, that he began making cameo appearances. Out of the movies in which he did have cameos, he technically did not appear in Lifeboat, Rope, Dial M for Murder and Family Plot. In Lifeboat, his cameo appearance was in a newspaper advertisement. In Rope, a neon sign of Hitchcock appeared outside the window. In Dial M for Murder, he appeared in a photograph. And in Family Plot, he appeared as a silhouette standing on the other side of a glass door.
No, he appear only as a tourist, passing-by in the Train Station.
Lifeboat (1944)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
I believe it was 4 times
Hitchcock appears about an hour into the film, at the party in Alexander Sebastian's mansion. Hitchcock gets a glass of champagne from the bartender and quickly turns to the left and walks off screen.