Alastair Sim
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Stage Fright
as Commodore Gill 1950
An Inspector Calls
as Inspector Poole 1954
Green for Danger
as Inspector Cockrill 1946
The Ruling Class
as Bishop Lampton 1972
School for Scoundrels
as S. Potter 1960
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton 1954
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge (voice) 1971
Hue and Cry
as Felix H. Wilkinson 1947
The Happiest Days of Your Life
as Wetherby Pond 1950
The Millionairess
as Sagamore 1960
The Green Man
as Hawkins 1956
Laughter in Paradise
as Deniston Russell 1951
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Miss Amelia Fritton 1957
Royal Flash
as Mr. Greig 1975
Cottage to Let
as Charles Dimble 1941
Rogue Male
as The Earl 1976