Alastair Sim
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.645 |
| Birthday | 1900-10-09 |
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Аластер Сим, |
1950
Stage Fright
6.789/324
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
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Stage Fright
1960
The Millionairess
5.4/35
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in l...
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The Millionairess
1954
The Belles of St. Trinian's
6.2/50
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when th...
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The Belles of St. Trinian's
1972
The Ruling Class
6.5/79
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman;...
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The Ruling Class
1951
Scrooge
7.427/314
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...
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Scrooge
1937
A Romance in Flanders
0/0
During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wou...
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A Romance in Flanders
1946
Green for Danger
6.8/85
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
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Green for Danger
1955
Geordie
6.8/10
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength....
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Geordie
1960
School for Scoundrels
6.9/59
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen...
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School for Scoundrels
1947
Hue and Cry
6.2/43
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer...
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Hue and Cry
1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
6.4/22
With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However,...
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1945
Waterloo Road
6/16
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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Waterloo Road
1954
An Inspector Calls
7.2/100
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circums...
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An Inspector Calls
1951
Laughter in Paradise
6.7/29
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something whic...
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Laughter in Paradise
1941
Cottage to Let
6.5/18
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfe...
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Cottage to Let
1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
6.3/32
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The s...
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
1956
The Green Man
7/33
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing...
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The Green Man
1976
Rogue Male
6.4/19
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo...
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Rogue Male
1975
The Prodigal Daughter
4/2
An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young priests, but temptation and jealousy soon sew disco...
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The Prodigal Daughter
1959
Left Right and Centre
5.7/12
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stel...
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Left Right and Centre
1948
London Belongs to Me
6.7/13
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mot...
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London Belongs to Me
1953
Innocents in Paris
5.1/14
Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.
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Innocents in Paris
1937
The Squeaker
5.2/5
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires...
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The Squeaker
1939
This Man in Paris
0/0
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
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This Man in Paris
1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
6.1/8
Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.
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The Doctor's Dilemma
1939
Inspector Hornleigh
7.3/5
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon...
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Inspector Hornleigh
1955
Escapade
5.2/8
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
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Escapade
1938
The Terror
5.7/6
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, hav...
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The Terror
1952
Folly to Be Wise
6.7/10
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately...
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Folly to Be Wise
1935
A Fire Has Been Arranged
5.8/4
A pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison...
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A Fire Has Been Arranged
1938
Sailing Along
7/3
A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.
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Sailing Along
1935
The Riverside Murder
5/9
This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the d...
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The Riverside Murder
1936
Keep Your Seats, Please
6/9
Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Hel...
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Keep Your Seats, Please
1938
Alf's Button Afloat
7.3/3
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and that when he cleans it a genie appears.
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Alf's Button Afloat
1941
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
6.9/9
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an...
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1942
Let the People Sing
6.2/6
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
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Let the People Sing
1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
7.4/4
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1947
Captain Boycott
6.5/7
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boyco...
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Captain Boycott
1938
This Man Is News
4.7/3
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
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This Man Is News
1938
Climbing High
6.75/2
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering...
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Climbing High
1935
Late Extra
5.5/4
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
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Late Extra
1936
Troubled Waters
0/0
James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Mer...
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Troubled Waters
1937
Gangway
7/1
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
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Gangway
1955
Festival in Edinburgh
0/0
A look at some of the events that took place as part of the 1954 Edinburgh Festival.
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Festival in Edinburgh
1939
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
5/3
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
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The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves
6.9/11
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three child...
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The Littlest Horse Thieves
1971
A Christmas Carol
7.2/49
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1936
The Man in the Mirror
7/1
A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and begins to do all the wild and crazy things that he...
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The Man in the Mirror
1956
The Anatomist
6/1
To acquire a fresh supply of cadavers for use in his medical school experiments, Dr. Knox turns two of his inept students into graverobbers.
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The Anatomist
1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
5.9/8
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. Th...
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
1937
Strange Experiment
0/0
Doctors perform brain surgery to reform a hardened criminal
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Strange Experiment
1972
The General's Day
0/0
When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.
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The General's Day
1936
The Big Noise
0/0
A clerk in an oil company is promoted ostensibly to take the blame when it looks like the bosses' dodgy dealings will be found out by the authorities.
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The Big Noise
1975
Royal Flash
6/25
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair...
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Royal Flash
1935
The Private Secretary
5.5/2
A timid and dim-witted clergyman is duped into helping a playboy avoid his creditors, inherit his uncle's fortune and get the girl.
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The Private Secretary
1940
Law and Disorder
0/0
On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by...
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Law and Disorder
1977
To See Such Fun
0/0
Compilation of classic British comedy moments
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