Alastair Sim
Birthday: 9 October 1900, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Birth Name: Alastair George Bell Sim
Height: 183 cm
The son of Alexander Sim JP and Isabella McIntyre, Alastair Sim was educated in Edinburgh. Always interested in language (especially the spoken word) he became the Fulton Lecturer in Elocution at New ...Show More
As I passed imperceptibly from a beautiful child to a strong handsome lad, I wanted more than anythi Show more
As I passed imperceptibly from a beautiful child to a strong handsome lad, I wanted more than anything else in the world to be of all things, a hypnotist. I practised on gentle dogs... Hide
It was revealed to me many years ago with conclusive certainty that I was a fool and that I had alwa Show more
It was revealed to me many years ago with conclusive certainty that I was a fool and that I had always been a fool. Since then I have been as happy as any man has a right to be. Hide
I stand or fall in my profession by the public's judgement of my performances. No amount of publicit Show more
I stand or fall in my profession by the public's judgement of my performances. No amount of publicity can dampen a good one or gloss over a bad one. Hide
At first I was not sure if I liked films. The sequences are so disconnected and mechanical I thought Show more
At first I was not sure if I liked films. The sequences are so disconnected and mechanical I thought I should have difficulty "getting into the skin" of the characters. But I soon found that the care, precision and concentrated energy that attends the photographing of each scene conspires to pitch one into the right frame of mind. Hide
Alastair Sim's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (20)
Alastair Sim'S roles
Ebenezer Scrooge
Mr. S. Potter
Millicent Fritton
