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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 |
|---|
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2011 |
| Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies | Self | 2008 |
| The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | Self | 2007 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton | 2007 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Lethal Weapon | Ebeneezer Scrooge | 1987 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Rogue Male | The Earl | 1976 |
| The Littlest Horse Thieves | Lord Harrogate | 1976 |
| Royal Flash | Mr. Greig | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2011 |
| Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies | Self | 2008 |
| The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom | Self | 2007 |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton | 2007 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Lethal Weapon | Ebeneezer Scrooge | 1987 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Rogue Male | The Earl | 1976 |
| The Littlest Horse Thieves | Lord Harrogate | 1976 |
| Royal Flash | Mr. Greig | 1975 |
| The Prodigal Daughter | Father Perfect | 1975 |
| The Ruling Class | Bishop Lampton | 1972 |
| A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge / Scrooge (voice) | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Play for Today | General Adam Suffolk | 1970 |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Amos Starkadder | 1968 |
| Misleading Cases | Mr Swallow | 1967 |
| The Millionairess | Sagamore | 1960 |
| School for Scoundrels | Mr. S. Potter / Mr S. Potter | 1960 |
| Left Right and Centre | Centre - Lord Wilcot / Lord Wilcot | 1959 |
| The Doctor's Dilemma | Cutler Walpole | 1958 |
| Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Miss Amelia Fritton | 1957 |
| The Green Man | Hawkins | 1956 |
| The Anatomist | Dr. Knox | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Dr. Knox | 1955 |
| 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 / Rev. William Paris | 1952 |
| A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 1951 |
| Bikini Baby | Hawtrey Murington - Optimum Films | 1951 |
| Laughter in Paradise | Deniston Russell / Capt. Denison 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 / Inspector Cockrill | 1946 |
| Journey Together | Guest | 1945 |
| Waterloo Road | Dr. Montgomery | 1945 |
| Let the People Sing | Professor Ernst Kronak / Prof. Ernst Kronak | 1942 |
| Bombsight Stolen | Charles Dimble | 1941 |
| Mail Train | Sergeant Bingham | 1941 |
| Law and Disorder | Samuel Blight | 1940 |
| The Mysterious Mr. Davis | Theodore Wilcox - The Lunatic / Theodore F. Wilcox | 1939 |
| Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday | Sergeant Bingham | 1939 |
| Inspector Hornleigh | Sergeant Bingham | 1939 |
| Shadows of the Underworld | Macgregor / Lochlan 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 |
| Lost on the Western Front | Colonel Wexton | 1938 |
| Sailing Along | Sylvester | 1938 |
| Melody and Romance | Professor Williams | 1937 |
| Murder on Diamond Row | Joshua Collie | 1937 |
| Gangway | Detective Taggett | 1937 |
| Clothes and the Woman | Francois | 1937 |
| Keep Your Seats, Please! | A. S. Drayton | 1937 |
| Strange Experiment | 'Pop' Lawler | 1937 |
| The Man in the Mirror | Interpreter | 1936 |
| Wrath of Jealousy | Angus Graham | 1936 |
| Troubled Waters | Mac MacTavish | 1936 |
| The Private Secretary | Mr. Nebulae | 1935 |
| A Fire Has Been Arranged | Cutte | 1935 |
| The Case of Gabriel Perry | Bit Role | 1935 |
| The Riverside Murder | Police Sgt. 'Mac' McKay / Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay | 1935 |
| Late Extra | MacPherson | 1935 |
