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Alastair Sim on stage and screen. Sim as the Laird in Geordie, 1955. The Scottish actor Alastair Sim (1900–1976) performed in many media of light entertainment, including theatre, film and television. [1] His career spanned from 1930 until his death.
Early stage and screen career Sim followed Othello with productions ranging from a musical revue to a medieval costume drama by Clifford Bax , in whose The Venetian he made his Broadway debut in October 1931.
Dec 17, 2021 · The New York Times responded: “Tall, bald and pouch‐eyed, with a velvet voice, a droll wit and the face of a cunning bloodhound, Alastair Sim was one of the masters of British stage and screen...
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Alastair Sim was a memorable character player of faded Anglo-Scottish gentility, whimsically put-upon countenance, and sepulchral, sometimes minatory, laugh. He was on stage first in 1930 (a bit part in Robeson 's Othello ), and in films from 1935.
Alastair Sim was an enigmatic character both on and off the screen. His idiosyncratic style of acting in films such as The Belles of St Trinian's endeared him to a cinema-going audience desperate to escape the day-to-day dreariness of an invasive, bureaucratic post-war Britain.
May 3, 2012 · Alastair Sim was an enigmatic character off the screen, and Mark Simpson will explore Sim’s life outside films – including his ‘adoption’ of George Cole, his extensive work on stage (including his theatrical collaborations with playwright James Bridie), his championship of ‘youth’ – and his stalwart refusal to sign autographs.
