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Alastair Sim

Actor

Alastair Sim

Born October 9, 1900 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UKDied August 19, 197655 films

Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) 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.

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Scrooge posterFirst watchScrooge19517.4as Ebenezer ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Stage Fright poster6.8Stage Fright1950An Inspector Calls poster7.2An Inspector Calls1954Green for Danger poster6.7Green for Danger1946School for Scoundrels poster6.9School for Scoundrels1960The Ruling Class poster6.4The Ruling Class1972A Christmas Carol poster7.2A Christmas Carol1971The Belles of St Trinian's poster6.4The Belles of St Trinian's1954Hue and Cry poster6.5Hue and Cry1947

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. 1976Rogue MaleThe Earl
  2. 1976The Littlest Horse ThievesLord Harrogate
  3. 1975Royal FlashMr. Greig
  4. 1975The Prodigal DaughterFather Perfect
  5. 1972The General's Day
  6. 1972The Ruling ClassBishop Lampton
  7. 1971A Christmas CarolScrooge (voice)
  8. 1960The MillionairessSagamore
  9. 1960School for ScoundrelsS. Potter
  10. 1959Left Right and CentreLord Wilcot
  11. 1959The Doctor's DilemmaCutler Walpole
  12. 1957Blue Murder at St. Trinian'sMiss Amelia Fritton
  13. 1956The Green ManHawkins
  14. 1956The AnatomistDr. Knox
  15. 1955GeordieThe Laird
  16. 1955EscapadeDr. Skillingworth
  17. 1954The Belles of St Trinian'sMillicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton
  18. 1954An Inspector CallsInspector Poole
  19. 1953Innocents in ParisSir Norman Barker
  20. 1952Folly to Be WiseCapt. William Paris
  21. 1951ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge
  22. 1951Lady Godiva Rides AgainHawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)
  23. 1951Laughter in ParadiseDeniston Russell
  24. 1950The Happiest Days of Your LifeWetherby Pond
  25. 1950Stage FrightCommodore Gill
  26. 1948London Belongs to MeMr. Squales
  27. 1947Captain BoycottFather McKeogh
  28. 1947Hue and CryFelix H. Wilkinson
  29. 1946Green for DangerInspector Cockrill
  30. 1945Waterloo RoadDr. Montgomery
  31. 1942Let the People SingProfessor Ernst Kronak
  32. 1941Cottage to LetCharles Dimble
  33. 1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes to ItSergeant Bingham
  34. 1940Law and DisorderSamuel Blight
  35. 1939Inspector Hornleigh on HolidaySergeant Bingham
  36. 1939The Mysterious Mr. DavisTheodore F. Wilcox
  37. 1939This Man in ParisMacgregor
  38. 1939Inspector HornleighSergeant Bingham
  39. 1938Climbing HighMax
  40. 1938This Man Is NewsMacGregor
  41. 1938Alf's Button AfloatThe Genie of the Button
  42. 1938The Terror'Soapy' Marx
  43. 1938Sailing AlongSylvester
  44. 1937The SqueakerJoshua Collie
  45. 1937GangwayDetective Taggett
  46. 1937Strange Experiment'Pop' Lawler
  47. 1937A Romance in FlandersColonel Wexton
  48. 1936The Man in the MirrorInterpreter
  49. 1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseA. S. Drayton
  50. 1936Troubled WatersMac MacTavish
  51. 1936The Big NoiseFinny
  52. 1935Late ExtraMacPherson
  53. 1935The Private SecretaryMr. Nebulae
  54. 1935A Fire Has Been ArrangedCutte
  55. 1935The Riverside MurderPolice Sergeant 'Mac' McKay