Alec Craig

Born: 1884-03-30

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Younger Craig Craig (30 March 1884 – 25 June 1945), was a Scottish character actor, particularly known for his roles in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and National Velvet (1944). He was particularly known for portraying stereotypically tight-fisted Scotsmen. Alec Craig was born on 30 March 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the son of James Chapman Craig and his wife Isabella, Craig died of tuberculosis on 25 June 1945, aged 61, in Glendale, California, US. He is buried there at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.


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Suspicion

as Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-14

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad...

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To Be or Not to Be

as Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)
Released: 1942-03-05

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's...

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Cat People

as Zookeeper (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-05

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy...

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National Velvet

as Timothy 'Tim'
Released: 1945-01-26

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside...

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The Woman in the Window

as Garage Man (uncredited)
Released: 1944-10-25

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

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The Sea Hawk

as Chartmaker
Released: 1940-08-10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Speaker (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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The Blue Bird

as Groom
Released: 1940-01-15

An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a...

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Mrs. Miniver

as Joe (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-03

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...

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The House of Fear

as Angus (uncredited)
Released: 1945-03-16

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They...

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That Hamilton Woman

as Ship's Minister (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-03

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Tripped Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1941-08-12

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil...

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Lassie Come Home

as Buckles
Released: 1943-12-01

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Billings (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...

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Gaslight

as Turnkey (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-04

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as McCoy
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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The Spider Woman

as Radlik
Released: 1943-12-24

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...

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Out of the Fog

as uncredited
Released: 1941-06-14

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...

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Jane Eyre

as Footman
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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All That Money Can Buy

as Eli Higgins (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-17

Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr....

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Werner (uncredited)
Released: 1945-02-28

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and...

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Action in the North Atlantic

as McGonigle (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-12

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are...

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The Ghost Ship

as Blind Beggar
Released: 1943-12-16

Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a...

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Super-Sleuth

as Eddie - Doorman
Released: 1937-07-16

A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve...

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Stranger on the Third Floor

as Briggs' Defense Attorney
Released: 1940-08-16

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...

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Kitty

as McNab (uncredited)
Released: 1945-10-16

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork...

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Vivacious Lady

as Joseph
Released: 1938-05-13

College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a...

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Jungle Woman

as Caretaker
Released: 1944-06-01

Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a...

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Dangerous Passage

as Dawson - Steward
Released: 1944-12-18

Joe Beck leaves Central America so that he can return to Texas and collect a large inheritance,...

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as McGregor - Scottish Postman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-06

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Trum Cogdall
Released: 1940-02-22

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...

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The Man Who Found Himself

as Hobo
Released: 1937-04-02

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...

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The Undying Monster

as Will the Groundsman (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-27

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like...

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The Earl of Chicago

as Fingal's Son (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-05

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...

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Winterset

as Hobo
Released: 1936-12-03

A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly...

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The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Telephone Repair Man (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-24

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

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Bachelor Mother

as Store Watchman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-30

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of...

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Appointment in Berlin

as Smitty - News Vendor (uncredited)
Released: 1943-07-15

The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war...

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Mary of Scotland

as Donal
Released: 1936-07-28

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her...

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Phantom Raiders

as Andy MacMillan
Released: 1940-06-07

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...

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The Old Homestead

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-05

A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.

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Meet the Missus

as President of Barber College
Released: 1937-06-04

A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the...

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Calling Dr. Death

as Bill, the Watchman
Released: 1943-12-17

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been...

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Three Strangers

as Man on Park Bench
Released: 1946-01-28

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy...

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Roxie Hart

as Bar Client #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1942-02-20

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...

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Northern Pursuit

as Angus McBain
Released: 1943-11-07

Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later...

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Wildcat

as Joseph D. Campbell
Released: 1942-09-03

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the...

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Wrecking Crew

as Charlie
Released: 1942-11-07

Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a...

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Orchestra Wives

as Henry Fink
Released: 1942-09-04

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her...

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Golden Gloves

as MacDonald - Editor
Released: 1940-08-02

An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.

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The Brighton Strangler

as Vacuuming Bellboy (Uncredited)
Released: 1945-05-10

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe...

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The Little Minister

as Villager Saying 'Reverend Is Single'
Released: 1934-12-28

The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village...

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Born to Gamble

as Prospector at Card Game (uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-09

A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.

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If I Were King

as Spy
Released: 1938-09-28

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...

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A Date with the Falcon

as Waldo Sampsom / Herman Sampson (uncredited)
Released: 1942-01-16

In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The...

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They Made Her a Spy

as Canby
Released: 1939-04-14

When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and...

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Tom Brown's School Days

as Old Thomas
Released: 1940-06-26

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's...

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The Woman I Love

as Doctor
Released: 1937-04-15

In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.

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China Passage

as Harvey Dinwiddle
Released: 1937-03-12

Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to...

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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Marriage License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-27

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

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Wise Girl

as Dermont O'Neil
Released: 1937-12-31

Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with...

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And One Was Beautiful

as Michael
Released: 1940-04-05

A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.

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Double Danger

as Bald Theron Servant
Released: 1938-01-28

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer...

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Crashing Hollywood

as Movie Studio Receptionist
Released: 1938-01-07

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

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Border Cafe

as Whitney Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-04

The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his...

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Mystery of the Riverboat

as Chief Engineer [Chs. 1-4, 7]
Released: 1944-10-24

A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble...

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

as Santa Claus
Released: 1942-12-09

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought...

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The Night Before the Divorce

as Jitters Noonan
Released: 1942-03-06

Marital comedy with a dash of murder.

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Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Worker for George
Released: 1935-03-01

The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.

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Rulers of the Sea

as Foreman
Released: 1939-11-08

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...

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Tennessee Johnson

as Sam Andrews
Released: 1942-12-01

The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The...

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Coney Island

as Billy
Released: 1943-06-18

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job...

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Shining Victory

as Jeweler
Released: 1941-05-30

In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia...

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Let Us Live

as Bookkeeper Juror (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-29

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...

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A Dispatch from Reuters

as Editor Grant of the Morning Advertiser (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-19

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news...

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The Mad Martindales

as Coachman
Released: 1942-05-15

A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's...

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She's Got Everything

as Justice of the Peace
Released: 1937-12-31

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's...

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That Girl from Paris

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-31

Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping...

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This Above All

as Bus Conductor
Released: 1942-05-12

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF...

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Three Girls About Town

as Samuel, potential casket customer
Released: 1941-10-23

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next...

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Northwest Rangers

as Mac McKenzie - Ship's Mate
Released: 1942-10-28

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other...

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Condemned Women

as Counterman on Ship
Released: 1938-03-18

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

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Ride on Vaquero

as Waiter Limey
Released: 1941-04-18

The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released...

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Lord Jeff

as Gardener
Released: 1938-06-17

Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat...

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Bounds
Released: 1939-12-22

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...

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Hideaway

as Jerry Nolan
Released: 1937-08-13

A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a...

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