Alastair Sim

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Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty, but quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol, released in 1951 as Scrooge in Great Britain and as A Christmas Carol in the United States.

Birth Name

Alastair George Bell Sim

Born

Tuesday, 09 October 1900

Died

Thursday, 19 August 1976

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Rogue Male	The Earl	1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves	Lord Harrogate	1976
Royal Flash	Mr. Greig	1975
The Ruling Class	Bishop Bertie Lampton	1972
A Christmas Carol	Scrooge	1971
Play for Today	General Adam Suffolk	1970
Cold Comfort Farm	Amos Starkadder	1968
The Millionairess	Julius Sagamore	1960
School For Scoundrels	Mr. S. Potter	1960
Left Right and Centre	Centre - Lord Wilcot	1959

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Rogue Male	The Earl	1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves	Lord Harrogate	1976
Royal Flash	Mr. Greig	1975
The Ruling Class	Bishop Bertie Lampton	1972
A Christmas Carol	Scrooge	1971
Play for Today	General Adam Suffolk	1970
Cold Comfort Farm	Amos Starkadder	1968
The Millionairess	Julius Sagamore	1960
School For Scoundrels	Mr. S. Potter	1960
Left Right and Centre	Centre - Lord Wilcot	1959
The Doctor's Dilemma	Cutler Walpole	1959
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's	Miss Amelia Fritton	1957
The Green Man	Hawkins	1956
Wee Geordie	The Laird	1955
Escapade	Dr. Skillingworth	1955
The Belles of St. Trinian's	Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton	1954
An Inspector Calls	Inspector Poole	1954
Innocents in Paris	Sir Norman Barker	1953
Folly to be Wise	Capt. William Paris	1953
A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge	1951
Bikini Baby	Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)	1951
Laughter in Paradise	Captain James Deniston Russell	1951
Stage Fright	Commodore Gill	1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life	Wetherby Pond	1950
Dulcimer Street	Mr. Squales	1948
Captain Boycott	Father McKeogh	1947
Hue and Cry	Felix H. Wilkinson	1947
Green for Danger	The Police: Inspector Cockrill	1946
Waterloo Road	Dr. Montgomery	1945
Let the People Sing	Professor Ernst Kronak	1942
Bombsight Stolen	Charles Dimble	1941
Mail Train	Sergeant Bingham	1941
Law and Disorder	Samuel Blight	1940
The Mysterious Mr. Davis	The Lunatic	1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday	Sergeant Bingham	1939
Inspector Hornleigh	Sergeant Bingham	1939
Shadows of the Underworld	Macgregor	1939
Climbing High	Max	1938
This Man Is News	Macgregor	1938
Alf's Button Afloat	The Genie of the Button	1938
The Terror	'Soapy' Marx	1938
Sailing Along	Sylvester	1938
Murder on Diamond Row	Joshua Collie	1937
Gangway	Detective Taggett	1937
Clothes and the Woman	Francois	1937
Strange Experiment	'Pop' Lawler	1937
The Man in the Mirror	Interpreter (as Alistair Sim)	1936
Keep Your Seats, Please!	A. S. Drayton	1936
Troubled Waters	Mac MacTavish	1936
Wrath of Jealousy	Angus Graham	1936
The Private Secretary	Mr. Nebulae	1935
The Riverside Murder	Police Sgt. 'Mac' McKay	1935
A Fire Has Been Arranged	Cutte	1935
Late Extra	MacPherson	1935