ALFREDHITCHCOCK

Profile on TV

• Author of quotation

• Bird man responsible for The Birds

• Born 8/13/1899, he directed the answers to the starred clues

• Celebrity born 8/13/1899 with five famous titles in this puzzle

• Creator of much suspense

• Dial M for Murder director

• Director from Florida upset and embarrassed by difficulty with rooster (6,9)

• Director of the puzzle

• Famous American film director

• Film director born in 1899

• Frenzy director

• Knighted director

• Link between 17-A, 58-A, 10-D, and 44-D

• Man with a familiar profile

• Memorable '50s TV host

• Oscar-nominated director--1940, 1944, 1945, 1954 and 1960--who didn't win

• Speaker of the quip