Alastair Sim

Personal Info

Birthday

October 9, 1900

Day of Death

1976-08-19

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Аластер Сим

Alastair Sim

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who appeared in a string of classic British films. He is best remembered in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film Scrooge, and for his portrayal of Miss Fritton, the headmistress in two St. Trinian's films. He was famously described by comedian Ronnie Corbett as a "sad-faced actor, with the voice of a fastidious ghoul", in Corbett's autobiography High Hopes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alastair Sim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scrooge

Waterloo Road

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Stage Fright

Misleading Cases

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Hue and Cry

The Doctor's Dilemma

Filmography

1976
Rogue Male
as The Earl
The Littlest Horse Thieves
as Lord Harrogate
1975
Royal Flash
as Mr. Greig
The Prodigal Daughter
as Father Perfect
1972
The Ruling Class
as Bishop Lampton
1971
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge (voice)
1960
The Millionairess
as Sagamore
School for Scoundrels
as Mr S. Potter
1959
Left Right and Centre
as Lord Wilcot
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Cutler Walpole
1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Miss Amelia Fritton
1956
The Green Man
as Hawkins
The Anatomist
as Dr. Knox
1955
Geordie
as The Laird
Festival in Edinburgh
as Narrator
Escapade
as Dr. Skillingworth
1954
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton
An Inspector Calls
as Inspector Poole
1953
Innocents in Paris
as Sir Norman Barker
1952
Folly to Be Wise
as Capt. William Paris
1951
Scrooge
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)
Laughter in Paradise
as Deniston Russell
1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Wetherby Pond
Stage Fright
as Commodore Gill
1948
London Belongs to Me
as Mr. Squales
1947
Captain Boycott
as Father McKeogh
Hue and Cry
as Felix H. Wilkinson
1946
Green for Danger
as Inspector Cockrill
1945
Waterloo Road
as Dr. Montgomery
1942
Let the People Sing
as Professor Ernst Kronak
1941
Cottage to Let
as Charles Dimble
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
as Sergeant Bingham
1940
Law and Disorder
as Samuel Blight
1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
as Sergeant Bingham
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
as Theodore F. Wilcox
This Man in Paris
as Macgregor
Inspector Hornleigh
as Sergeant Bingham
1938
Climbing High
as Max
This Man Is News
as MacGregor
Alf's Button Afloat
as The Genie of the Button
The Terror
as 'Soapy' Marx
Sailing Along
as Sylvester
1937
The Squeaker
as Joshua Collie
Gangway
as Detective Taggett
Strange Experiment
as 'Pop' Lawler
A Romance in Flanders
as Colonel Wexton
1936
The Man in the Mirror
as Interpreter
Keep Your Seats, Please
as A. S. Drayton
Troubled Waters
as Mac MacTavish
The Big Noise
as Finny
1935
Late Extra
as MacPherson
The Private Secretary
as Mr. Nebulae
A Fire Has Been Arranged
as Cutte
The Riverside Murder
as Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay