Alastair Sim

Actor Oct 9 (died age 75) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1935–1977 (42 year career)

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedi…

Known For

Film

Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge

Film

Stage Fright

Commodore Gill

Film

An Inspector Calls

Inspector Poole

Film

Green for Danger

Inspector Cockrill

Film

School for Scoundrels

S. Potter

Film

A Christmas Carol

Scrooge (voice)

Film

The Ruling Class

Bishop Lampton

Film

The Belles of St Trinian's

Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (57)

To See Such Fun

1977

Rogue Male

1976

as The Earl

6.4

The Littlest Horse Thieves

1976

as Lord Harrogate

6.8

The Prodigal Daughter

as Father Perfect

Royal Flash

as Mr. Greig

The General's Day

The Ruling Class

as Bishop Lampton

A Christmas Carol

as Scrooge (voice)

School for Scoundrels

as S. Potter

The Millionairess

as Sagamore

Left Right and Centre

as Lord Wilcot

The Doctor's Dilemma

as Cutler Walpole

Blue Murder at St Trinian's

1957

as Miss Amelia Fritton

The Anatomist

as Dr. Knox

The Green Man

as Hawkins

Festival in Edinburgh

1955

as Narrator

Escapade

as Dr. Skillingworth

Geordie

as The Laird

An Inspector Calls

as Inspector Poole

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

as Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton

Innocents in Paris

as Sir Norman Barker

Folly to Be Wise

as Capt. William Paris

Scrooge

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Laughter in Paradise

as Deniston Russell

Lady Godiva Rides Again

1951

as Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)

5.8

Stage Fright

1950

as Commodore Gill

6.8

The Happiest Days of Your Life

as Wetherby Pond

London Belongs to Me

as Mr. Squales

Hue and Cry

as Felix H. Wilkinson

Captain Boycott

as Father McKeogh

Green for Danger

as Inspector Cockrill

Waterloo Road

as Dr. Montgomery

Let the People Sing

as Professor Ernst Kronak

6.2

Cottage to Let

1941

as Charles Dimble

6.8

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

as Sergeant Bingham

Law and Disorder

as Samuel Blight

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

1939

as Sergeant Bingham

7.9

This Man in Paris

1939

as Macgregor

The Mysterious Mr. Davis

1939

as Theodore F. Wilcox

Inspector Hornleigh

as Sergeant Bingham

Alf's Button Afloat

as The Genie of the Button

Climbing High

as Max

The Terror

as 'Soapy' Marx

This Man Is News

as MacGregor

Sailing Along

as Sylvester

Gangway

as Detective Taggett

The Squeaker

as Joshua Collie

Strange Experiment

as 'Pop' Lawler

A Romance in Flanders

1937

as Colonel Wexton

Keep Your Seats, Please

1936

as A. S. Drayton

6.4

The Big Noise

1936

as Finny

The Man in the Mirror

1936

as Interpreter

7.0

Troubled Waters

1936

as Mac MacTavish

The Riverside Murder

1935

as Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay

5.2

The Private Secretary

as Mr. Nebulae

Late Extra

as MacPherson

A Fire Has Been Arranged

1935

as Cutte

5.8

Television (3)

Play for Today

Cold Comfort Farm

as Amos Starkadder

Misleading Cases

as Mr Swallow