 Alastair Sim

Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976.Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella "A Christmas Carol", released in 1951 as "Scrooge" in Great Britain and as "A Christmas Carol" in the United States.