Alastair Sim
Birthday: 1900-10-09
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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 Wikipedia article Alastair Sim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Stage Fright
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the h...
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The Millionairess
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She...
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The Belles of St. Trinian's
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hoc...
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The Ruling Class
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the...
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Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is v...
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A Romance in Flanders
During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a ...
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Green for Danger
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was t...
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Geordie
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building cours...
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School for Scoundrels
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant...
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Hue and Cry
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a c...
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find them...
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Waterloo Road
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft...
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An Inspector Calls
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known ...
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Laughter in Paradise
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can...
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Cottage to Let
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hosp...
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to b...
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The Green Man
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a profession...
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Rogue Male
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot miss...
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The Prodigal Daughter
An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young p...
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Left Right and Centre
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservativ...
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London Belongs to Me
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 ...
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Innocents in Paris
Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend....
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The Squeaker
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief w...
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This Man in Paris
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters....
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The Doctor's Dilemma
Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them...
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Inspector Hornleigh
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspe...
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Escapade
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petitio...
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The Terror
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstw...
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Folly to Be Wise
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on ...
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A Fire Has Been Arranged
A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country befo...
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Sailing Along
A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to ...
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The Riverside Murder
Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues...
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Keep Your Seats, Please
Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his...
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Alf's Button Afloat
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and th...
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (G...
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Let the People Sing
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a vill...
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to inv...
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Captain Boycott
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken te...
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This Man Is News
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the poli...
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Climbing High
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model ...
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Troubled Waters
James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, '...
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Gangway
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster....
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Festival in Edinburgh
A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival....
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The Littlest Horse Thieves
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit pon...
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A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e...
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The Man in the Mirror
A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and b...
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The Anatomist
To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two ...
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain proc...
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The General's Day
When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle....
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The Big Noise
A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' do...
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Royal Flash
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19t...
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The Private Secretary
A timid and dim-witted clergyman is duped into helping a playboy avoid his creditors, inherit his un...
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Law and Disorder
On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of fo...
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