Alastair Sim
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
To See Such Fun
1977
Rogue Male
1976
as The Earl
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
as Lord Harrogate
The Prodigal Daughter
1975
as Father Perfect
Royal Flash
1975
as Mr. Greig
The Ruling Class
1972
as Bishop Lampton
The General's Day
1972
A Christmas Carol
1971
as Scrooge (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
Play for Today
1970
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
as Amos Starkadder
Misleading Cases
1967
as Mr Swallow
The Millionairess
1960
as Sagamore
School for Scoundrels
1960
as S. Potter
Left Right and Centre
1959
as Lord Wilcot
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Cutler Walpole
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957
as Miss Amelia Fritton
The Green Man
1956
as Hawkins
The Anatomist
1956
as Dr. Knox
Geordie
1955
as The Laird
Escapade
1955
as Dr. Skillingworth
Festival in Edinburgh
1955
as Narrator
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton
An Inspector Calls
1954
as Inspector Poole
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Sir Norman Barker
Folly to Be Wise
1952
as Capt. William Paris
Scrooge
1951
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Deniston Russell
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)
Stage Fright
1950
as Commodore Gill
The Happiest Days of Your Life
1950
as Wetherby Pond
London Belongs to Me
1948
as Mr. Squales
Hue and Cry
1947
as Felix H. Wilkinson
Captain Boycott
1947
as Father McKeogh
Green for Danger
1946
as Inspector Cockrill
Waterloo Road
1945
as Dr. Montgomery
Let the People Sing
1942
as Professor Ernst Kronak
Cottage to Let
1941
as Charles Dimble
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Sergeant Bingham
Law and Disorder
1940
as Samuel Blight
This Man in Paris
1939
as Macgregor
Inspector Hornleigh
1939
as Sergeant Bingham
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939
as Sergeant Bingham
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1939
as Theodore F. Wilcox
The Terror
1938
as 'Soapy' Marx
Sailing Along
1938
as Sylvester
Alf's Button Afloat
1938
as The Genie of the Button
This Man Is News
1938
as MacGregor
Climbing High
1938
as Max
A Romance in Flanders
1937
as Colonel Wexton
The Squeaker
1937
as Joshua Collie
Gangway
1937
as Detective Taggett
Strange Experiment
1937
as 'Pop' Lawler
Keep Your Seats, Please
1936
as A. S. Drayton
Troubled Waters
1936
as Mac MacTavish
The Man in the Mirror
1936
as Interpreter
The Big Noise
1936
as Finny
A Fire Has Been Arranged
1935
as Cutte
The Riverside Murder
1935
as Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay
Late Extra
1935
as MacPherson
The Private Secretary
1935
as Mr. Nebulae