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| 1 | He appeared in nine films with George Cole: Bombsight Stolen (1941), The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), Bikini Baby (1951), A Christmas Carol (1951), Folly to Be Wise (1952), An Inspector Calls (1954), The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954), The Green Man (1956) and Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957). |
| 2 | In 1950 he headed the British Cinema Exhibitors Poll. |
| 3 | He worked with Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950), playing "Commodore Gill". |
| 4 | He shares the distinction, along with Seymour Hicks and Basil Rathbone, of portraying "Ebenezer Scrooge" in more than one production of the classic Charles Dickens novel. |
| 5 | Near the end of his life he maintained a correspondence with Ray Bradbury. |
| 6 | Between 1941 and 1968, he played "Captain Hook" in at least six different stage productions of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" (the non-musical version), but he never starred in a film of the play. |
| 7 | Foster father and acting instructor of George Cole. |
| 8 | Played the lead in Pinero's "The Magistrate", opposite Patricia Routledge at the 1969 Chichester festival in what is often cited as his best stage performance. |
| 9 | His performance in Dulcimer Street (1948) so impressed Alec Guinness that he based his performance in The Ladykillers (1955) on it. So much so that Alastair is often thought to have done it. |
| 10 | By 1950, he topped the cinemagoers popularity poll. |
| 11 | When he was made Rector of Edinburgh University, he beat Harold Macmillan (the future Prime Minister) by 2078 votes to 802. |
| 12 | He met his wife Naomi Plaskitt when they both appeared in a stage production of "The Land of Hearts Desire" by William Butler Yeats. He was 27, she was 12. They married when Naomi was 18. |
| 13 | He appeared in 61 films and 46 West End productions. |
| 14 | He was made the rector of Edinburgh University in 1948. |
| 15 | He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Coronation Honours List of 1953. He was also offered a knighthood but turned it down because it would have impinged too much on his private life. |
| 16 | He never signed autographs. |
| 17 | He and Naomi had one daughter, Merlith McKendrick. |
| 18 | He was awarded an honorary LLD by Edinburgh University at the end of his term as Rector. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Rogue Male | 1976 | TV Movie | The Earl |
| The Littlest Horse Thieves | 1976 | | Lord Harrogate |
| Royal Flash | 1975 | | Mr. Greig |
| The Prodigal Daughter | 1975 | TV Movie | Father Perfect |
| Play for Today | 1972 | TV Series | General Adam Suffolk |
| The Ruling Class | 1972 | | Bishop Lampton |
| A Christmas Carol | 1971 | TV Short | Ebenezer Scrooge (voice) |
| Misleading Cases | 1967-1971 | TV Series | Stipendary Magistrate Mr. Swallow Stipendary Magistrate Mr Swallow |
| Cold Comfort Farm | 1968 | TV Mini-Series | Amos Starkadder |
| The Millionairess | 1960 | | Julius Sagamore |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | 1960 | TV Mini-Series | Mr. Gillie |
| School for Scoundrels | 1960 | | Mr. S. Potter |
| Left Right and Centre | 1959 | | Centre - Lord Wilcot |
| The Doctor's Dilemma | 1958 | | Cutler Walpole |
| Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | 1957 | | Miss Amelia Fritton |
| The Green Man | 1956 | | Hawkins |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1956 | TV Series | Dr. Knox |
| The Anatomist | 1956 | TV Movie | Dr. Knox |
| Wee Geordie | 1955 | | The Laird |
| Escapade | 1955 | | Dr. Skillingworth |
| The Belles of St. Trinian's | 1954 | | Millicent Fritton Clarence Fritton |
| An Inspector Calls | 1954 | | Inspector Poole |
| Innocents in Paris | 1953 | | Sir Norman Barker |
| Folly to Be Wise | 1952 | | Rev. Capt. William Paris |
| A Christmas Carol | 1951 | | Ebenezer Scrooge |
| Bikini Baby | 1951 | | Hawtrey Murington (Optimum Films) (uncredited) |
| Laughter in Paradise | 1951 | | Deniston Russell |
| Mr. Gillie | 1950 | TV Movie | Mr. Gillie |
| The Happiest Days of Your Life | 1950 | | Wetherby Pond |
| Stage Fright | 1950 | | Commodore Gill (as Alistair Sim) |
| The Anatomist | 1949 | TV Movie | Dr. Knox |
| Dulcimer Street | 1948 | | Mr. Squales |
| Dr. Angelus | 1948 | TV Movie | Dr. Angelus |
| Captain Boycott | 1947 | | Father McKeogh |
| Green for Danger | 1947 | | Inspector Cockrill |
| Hue and Cry | 1947 | | Felix H. Wilkinson |
| Waterloo Road | 1945 | | Dr. Montgomery |
| Let the People Sing | 1942 | | Professor Ernst Kronak |
| Bombsight Stolen | 1941 | | Charles Dimble |
| Mail Train | 1941 | | Sergeant Bingham |
| Her Father's Daughter | 1941 | Short | Mr. McForrest |
| Law and Disorder | 1940 | | Samuel Blight |
| Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday | 1939 | | Sergeant Bingham |
| Shadows of the Underworld | 1939 | | Macgregor |
| Inspector Hornleigh | 1939 | | Sergeant Bingham |
| The Mysterious Mr. Davis | 1939 | | Theodore F. Wilcox - the Lunatic |
| Climbing High | 1938 | | Max |
| This Man Is News | 1938 | | Macgregor |
| Alf's Button Afloat | 1938 | | The Genie of the Button |
| The Terror | 1938 | | 'Soapy' Marx |
| Sailing Along | 1938 | | Sylvester |
| A Romance in Flanders | 1937 | | Colonel Wexton |
| Melody and Romance | 1937 | | Professor Williams |
| Murder on Diamond Row | 1937 | | Joshua Collie |
| Gangway | 1937 | | Detective Taggett |
| Clothes and the Woman | 1937 | | Francois |
| Strange Experiment | 1937 | | 'Pop' Lawler |
| The Big Noise | 1936/II | | Finny |
| The Man in the Mirror | 1936 | | Mannering, Interpreter (as Alistair Sim) |
| Keep Your Seats, Please! | 1936 | | A. S. Drayton |
| Wrath of Jealousy | 1936 | | Angus Graham |
| Troubled Waters | 1936 | | Mac MacTavish |
| Late Extra | 1935 | | MacPherson |
| A Fire Has Been Arranged | 1935 | | Cutte |
| The Private Secretary | 1935 | | Mr. Nebulae |
| The Case of Gabriel Perry | 1935 | | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| The Riverside Murder | 1935 | | Police Sergeant 'Mac' McKay |
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