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Alastair Sim

1900 - 1976

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alastair Sim has received more than 1,574,137 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alastair Sim is the 8,052nd most popular actor (down from 7,584th in 2019), the 5,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,145th in 2019) and the 943rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 1.6M

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  • 38.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alastair Sim ranks 8,052 out of 9,996Before him are John Ventimiglia, Nicholas Parsons, Beatrice Rosen, Todd Bridges, Michie Tomizawa, and Leslie Jordan. After him are Samara Weaving, Barbara Bedford, Martin Clunes, Öykü Karayel, Angela Sarafyan, and Kate Siegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Alastair Sim ranks 302Before him are Natalie Schafer, Albert Hackett, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Beatrix Loughran, Horatio Fitch, and Coral Buttsworth. After him are Helen Morgan, Alan Bush, Taffy Abel, and Mony Marc. Among people deceased in 1976, Alastair Sim ranks 236Before him are Alfredo Pitto, Károly Takács, Cathy Downs, David Jacobs, Lawrence Shields, and Donald Howard Menzel. After him are Barbara Nichols, Anissa Jones, and Vera C. Bushfield.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alastair Sim ranks 5,447 out of 7,765Before him are Stan Cullis (1916), Peter Mandelson (1953), Lara Pulver (1980), George Newnes (1851), Suki Waterhouse (1992), and Nicholas Parsons (1923). After him are Martin Clunes (1961), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Dorothy Mackaill (1903), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Carlo Rota (1961), and Nick Faldo (1957).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alastair Sim ranks 943Before him are Steve Valentine (1966), Joe Cole (1988), Billie Piper (1982), Lee Evans (1964), Lara Pulver (1980), and Nicholas Parsons (1923). After him are Martin Clunes (1961), Dorothy Mackaill (1903), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Carlo Rota (1961), Max Irons (1985), and Sarah Harding (1981).

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