Alec Craig
Alec Craig (born March 30, 1884 in Dunfermline as Alexander Younger Craig , † June 25, 1945 in Glendale , California , USA ) was a Scottish actor.
life and career
Born in Scotland, Alec Craig made his film debut in 1934 with a small role in the Hollywood film The Little Minister alongside Katharine Hepburn and John Beal . In the eleven years that followed, up to his death, he played in a total of over 120 film productions. The short, almost bald character actor with a wrinkled face was often cast in small but distinctive roles as a grumpy or stingy Scot. He played, among other things, an incompetent defense lawyer in Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), one of the first film noirs , and appeared as a zookeeper in the classic film Cat People (1942). He starred in popular adventure films such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and The Lord of the Seven Seas (1940), and he also appeared in two productions of the Sherlock Holmes film series with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce .
Alec Craig died in 1945 at the age of 61 after a lengthy illness and was buried in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale. He had been married to his wife Margaret since 1919 and had a son. His last film, the Peter Lorre thriller Three Strangers , didn't appear until more than seven months after his death.
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: The Little Minister
- 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
- 1936: winter set
- 1936: The Little Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
- 1936: Mary of Scotland (Mary of Scotland)
- 1938: Vivacious Lady
- 1938: If I'd king (If I Were King)
- 1939: The Foundling Mother (Bachelor Mother)
- 1939: I Was a Nazi Spy (Confessions of a Nazi Spy)
- 1939: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- 1940: The Lord of the Seven Seas (The Sea Hawk)
- 1940: Stranger on the Third Floor
- 1940: Tom Brown's School Days
- 1940: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- 1940: The Blue Bird
- 1941: Shore in the Fog (Out of the Fog)
- 1941: Doctor and Demon (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- 1941: Lord Nelson's Last Love (That Hamilton Woman)
- 1941: suspected (Suspicion)
- 1941: The Devil and Daniel Webster (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
- 1941: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
- 1942: Roxie Hart
- 1942: Cat People (Cat People)
- 1942: To be or not (To Be or Not to Be)
- 1942: Tennessee Johnson
- 1942: Mrs. Miniver
- 1942: This Above All
- 1942: Years found (Random Harvest)
- 1942: Orchestra Wives
- 1943: For ever and a day (Forever and a Day)
- 1943: Action in the North Atlantic (Action in the North Atlantic)
- 1943: Coney Island
- 1943: Holy Matrimony
- 1943: Homesickness (Lassie Come Home)
- 1943: Bloody Snow (Northern Persuit)
- 1943: The Spider Woman (The Spider Woman)
- 1943: The Ghost Ship
- 1943: The Orphan of Lowood (Jane Eyre)
- 1944: The White Cliffs of Dover
- 1944: Lady Alquist's house (Gaslight)
- 1944: Little Girl, Big Heart (National Velvet)
- 1944: Dangerous Encounters (The Woman in the Window)
- 1945: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
- 1945: Liebesbriefe (Loveletters)
- 1945: A Lady with a Past (Kitty)
- 1945: The house of horror (The House of Fear)
- 1946: Three strangers (Three Strangers)
Web links
- Alec Craig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alec Craig | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Alec Craig (1884-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved January 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Craig, Alec |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Craig, Alexander Younger (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunfermline |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Glendale , California , USA |