Publicity photograph of British actor, Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

(1900–76)

British actor (died aged 75) | Hue and Cry (1947), An Inspector Calls (1954), Scrooge (1951)

Lugubrious Scottish actor of stage and screen; his diction and gestures were inimitable

Latest Alastair Sim Pictures

Photograph from Scrooge (1951) featuring Alastair Sim (as Ebenezer Scrooge) (2)
  • 28th November, 2025
Alastair Sim
Scrooge (1951) photo | Alastair Sim (2)
Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) looks askance at Bob Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) in a scene from Scrooge (1951)
  • 9th November, 2015
Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim looks askance at Mervyn Johns in Scrooge (1951)
Green for Danger Blu-ray from Network and the British Film [2019]. Alastair Sim and Sally Gray
  • 29th August, 2019
Alastair Sim
Green for Danger Blu-ray – Network – The British Film
Green for Danger DVD from Network and the British Film [2019]. Alastair Sim and Sally Gray
  • 29th August, 2019
Alastair Sim
Green for Danger DVD – Network – The British Film [2019]

Select Alastair Sim Filmography

The Riverside Murder (1935) opening credits (1)
The Riverside Murder (1935)
Police Sergeant ‘Mac’ McKay
A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) opening credits (2)
A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935)
Cutte
The Man in the Mirror (1936) opening credits (2)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
Mannering, Interpreter
Melody and Romance (1937) opening credits
Melody and Romance (1937)
Professor Williams
Melody and Romance (1937) opening credits
Gangway (1937)
Detective Taggett
Climbing High (1938) opening credits (3)
Climbing High (1938)
Max
Climbing High (1938) opening credits (3)
The Terror (1938)
‘Soapy’ Marx
Climbing High (1938) opening credits (3)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
Sergeant Bingham
The Mysterious Mr Davis (1939) opening credits (1)
The Mysterious Mr Davis (1939)
The Lunatic
Law and Disorder (1940) opening credits
Law and Disorder (1940)
Samuel Blight
Cottage to Let (1941) opening credits
Cottage to Let (1941)
Charles Dimble
Let the People Sing (1942) opening credits
Let the People Sing (1942)
Professor Ernst Kronak
Waterloo Road (1945) opening credits (4)
Waterloo Road (1945)
Dr Montgomery
Captain Boycott (1947) opening credits
Captain Boycott (1947)
Father McKeogh
Hue and Cry opening credits (1947)
Hue and Cry (1947)
Felix H Wilkinson
Green for Danger (1947) opening credits (2)
Green for Danger (1947)
Inspector Cockrill
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) opening credits
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Wetherby Pond
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) opening credits
Stage Fright (1950)
Commodore Gill
Laughter in Paradise (1951) opening credits
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Deniston Russell
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Ebenezer Scrooge
Folly to Be Wise (1952) opening credits (4)
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
Rev William Paris
Folly to Be Wise (1952) opening credits (4)
Innocents in Paris (1953)
Sir Norman Barker
An Inspector Calls (1954) opening credits
An Inspector Calls (1954)
Inspector Poole
The Belles of St. Trinian’s (1954) opening credits (6)
The Belles of St Trinian’s (1954)
Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton
Geordie (1955) opening credits
Geordie (1955)
The Laird
The Green Man (1956) opening credits (2)
The Green Man (1956)
Hawkins
Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957) opening credits (4)
Blue Murder at St Trinian’s (1957)
Miss Amelia Fritton
Left Right and Centre (1959) opening credits (5)
Left Right and Centre (1959)
Centre – Lord Wilcot
School for Scoundrels (1960) opening credits
School for Scoundrels (1960)
Mr S Potter
School for Scoundrels (1960) opening credits
The Millionairess (1960)
Julius Sagamore
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