Was Alfred hitchcock an antisemite

Answer 1

While I cannot answer this question with any sense of authority, I think it is worth pointing out that in his 1930 adaptation of Sean O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock includes a reprehensible stereotypical Jew character that did not appear at all in the source material. In the play, the main character "Captain" John Boyle owes money to a tailor named Nugent, who comes to collect his suits until he receives payment. In the movie, he inexplicably becomes a Jew named "Mr. Kelly" whose particularly large nose Hitchcock pays a lot of attention to. He also gets an obnoxious eastern European accent ("V"s for" W"s).

Like I said, worth noting. Not necessarily indicative of his actual character.

Answer 2

I quote from an interview with The Monitor:

"The vulgarians, the moneychangers of the industry immediately to cash in by photographing stage plays....."

Jews were seen as the moneylenders of the world. For instance, Charles Dicken's Scrooge, the Jew moneylender. Metro, Goldwyn and Mayer, the big movie company that controlled the cinema industry. In the interview he says it with such disdain and subtly so typical of English understatement.