Born on this day – Alastair Sim:

Alastair Sim

Actor

Writer

Director

October 8, 1900 – August 19, 1976

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (1951 / 1971); A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); Alastair Sim: A Qualified Fool (1983); Alf's Button Afloat (1938); An Inspector Calls (1954); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Best of British (1987 / 1999); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Captain Boycott (1947); Climbing High (1938); Clothes and the Woman (1937); Cold Comfort Farm (1968); Dr. Angelus (1948); Dulcimer Street (1948); Escapade (1955); Festival in Edinburgh (1955); Fiddling Fuel (1943); Film '75 (1975); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Gangway (1937); Green for Danger (1946); Her Father's Daughter (1941); Heroes of Comedy (1995–1997); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hue and Cry (1947); In Town Tonight (1954–1956); Innocents in Paris (1953); Inspector Hornleigh (1939); Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); ITV Play of the Week (1956); Journey Together (1945); Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979 (1980); Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936); Late Extra (1935); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Law and Disorder (1940); Left Right and Centre (1959); Let the People Sing (1942); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lost on the Western Front (1937); Melody and Romance (1937); Misleading Cases (1967–1971); Mr. Gillie (1950); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Play for Today (1972); Right of Way (1968); Rogue Male (1976); Royal Flash (1975); Sailing Along (1938); School for Scoundrels (1960); Scrooge by Another Name: Distributing 'A Christmas Carol' (2011); Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1989); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Speaking Personally (1951–1959); Stage Fright (1950); Strange Experiment (1937); Telescope (1968); The Anatomist (1949 / 1956); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Noise (1936); The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctor's Dilemma (1958); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Millionairess (1960); The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940); The Night Before Christmas (1957); The Private Secretary (1935); The Prodigal Daughter (1975); The Riverside Murder (1935); The Ruling Class (1972); The Terror (1938); The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007); The X-Files (1998); Theatre Night (1960); This Is Scotland (1957); This Man Is News (1938); Those British Faces (1993); To See Such Fun (1977); Troubled Waters (1936); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); WatchMojo (2016); Waterloo Road (1945); Wrath of Jealousy (1936).