The 12 Best Villains in Alfred Hitchcock Films

Suave masterminds, charming psychopaths and quietly menacing schemers populate the Master of Suspense's incomparable rogues' gallery. Cast your vote!

1

Norman Bates

Anthony Perkins's soft-spoken motel keeper in Psycho, hiding a murderous split identity.

1000pts

2

Uncle Charlie

Joseph Cotten's charming relative in Shadow of a Doubt who is secretly the Merry Widow Murderer.

943pts

3

Professor Jordan

Godfrey Tearle's genteel spy ringleader in The 39 Steps, marked by a missing fingertip.

800pts

4

Mrs. Danvers

Judith Anderson's coldly devoted housekeeper in Rebecca, obsessed with her late mistress.

692pts

5

Tony Wendice

Ray Milland's calculating husband in Dial M for Murder who plots his wife's death.

600pts

6

Phillip Vandamm

James Mason's suave spymaster pursuing Cary Grant in North by Northwest.

600pts

7

Bruno Antony

Robert Walker's charismatic psychopath in Strangers on a Train who proposes swapping murders.

360pts

8

Brandon Shaw

John Dall's arrogant intellectual in Rope who murders for the thrill of the perfect crime.

360pts

9

Gavin Elster

Tom Helmore's manipulative old friend in Vertigo who orchestrates an elaborate deception.

360pts

10

Lars Thorwald

Raymond Burr's hulking salesman in Rear Window suspected of killing his wife.

360pts

11

Alex Sebastian

Claude Rains's conflicted Nazi conspirator in Notorious, married to Ingrid Bergman's spy.

360pts

12

Bob Rusk

Barry Foster's affable necktie strangler in Frenzy, one of Hitchcock's most chilling killers.

360pts