Alastair Sim

Oct 09, 1900 - Aug 19, 1976 (75 years old) in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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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Known For

Play for Today

Captain Boycott

Father McKeogh

The Terror

'Soapy' Marx

Stage Fright

Commodore Gill

Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge

This Man Is News

MacGregor

Climbing High

Max

This Man in Paris

Macgregor

The Anatomist

Dr. Knox

Cottage to Let

Charles Dimble

Credits

To See Such Fun 1977

★ NR
Rogue Male 1976

The Earl

★ 6.5
The Littlest Horse Thieves 1976

Lord Harrogate

★ 6.8
Royal Flash 1975

Mr. Greig

★ 5.8
The Prodigal Daughter 1975

Father Perfect

★ 3.3
The General's Day 1972

★ NR
The Ruling Class 1972

Bishop Lampton

★ 6.4
A Christmas Carol 1971

Scrooge (voice)

★ 7.1
Play for Today 1970

★ 6.3
Cold Comfort Farm 1968

Amos Starkadder

★ NR
Misleading Cases 1967

Mr Swallow

★ 7
The Millionairess 1960

Sagamore

★ 5.4
School for Scoundrels 1960

S. Potter

★ 6.9
Left Right and Centre 1959

Lord Wilcot

★ 6
The Doctor's Dilemma 1959

Cutler Walpole

★ 6.1
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 1957

Miss Amelia Fritton

★ 6.7
The Green Man 1956

Hawkins

★ 6.9
The Anatomist 1956

Dr. Knox

★ 6
Geordie 1955

The Laird

★ 6.8
Festival in Edinburgh 1955

Narrator

★ NR
Escapade 1955

Dr. Skillingworth

★ 5.2
The Belles of St. Trinian's 1954

Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton

★ 6.3
An Inspector Calls 1954

Inspector Poole

★ 7.1
Innocents in Paris 1953

Sir Norman Barker

★ 4.8
Folly to Be Wise 1952

Capt. William Paris

★ 6.7
Scrooge 1951

Ebenezer Scrooge

★ 7.4
Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951

Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Laughter in Paradise 1951

Deniston Russell

★ 6.4
The Happiest Days of Your Life 1950

Wetherby Pond

★ 6.5
Stage Fright 1950

Commodore Gill

★ 6.8
London Belongs to Me 1948

Mr. Squales

★ 7
Captain Boycott 1947

Father McKeogh

★ 6.7
Hue and Cry 1947

Felix H. Wilkinson

★ 6.4
Green for Danger 1946

Inspector Cockrill

★ 6.7
Waterloo Road 1945

Dr. Montgomery

★ 5.9
Let the People Sing 1942

Professor Ernst Kronak

★ 6.2
Cottage to Let 1941

Charles Dimble

★ 6.6
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It 1941

Sergeant Bingham

★ 7.3
Law and Disorder 1940

Samuel Blight

★ 5.5
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday 1939

Sergeant Bingham

★ 7.4
The Mysterious Mr. Davis 1939

Theodore F. Wilcox

★ 5
This Man in Paris 1939

Macgregor

★ NR
Inspector Hornleigh 1939

Sergeant Bingham

★ 7.4
Climbing High 1938

Max

★ 6.2
This Man Is News 1938

MacGregor

★ 4.8
Alf's Button Afloat 1938

The Genie of the Button

★ 7.3
The Terror 1938

'Soapy' Marx

★ 6.3
Sailing Along 1938

Sylvester

★ 7
The Squeaker 1937

Joshua Collie

★ 5.2
Gangway 1937

Detective Taggett

★ 7
Strange Experiment 1937

'Pop' Lawler

★ NR
A Romance in Flanders 1937

Colonel Wexton

★ NR
The Man in the Mirror 1936

Interpreter

★ 7
Keep Your Seats, Please 1936

A. S. Drayton

★ 6.4
Troubled Waters 1936

Mac MacTavish

★ NR
The Big Noise 1936

Finny

★ NR
Late Extra 1935

MacPherson

★ 5.6
The Private Secretary 1935

Mr. Nebulae

★ 5.5
A Fire Has Been Arranged 1935

Cutte

★ 5.8
The Riverside Murder 1935

Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay

★ 5.2