Alec Craig

Highest Rated: 100% National Velvet (1944)

Lowest Rated: 43% Johnny Come Lately (Johnny Vagabond) (1943)

Birthday: Mar 30, 1884

Birthplace: Not Available

In films from 1935, Scottish character actor Alec Craig perpetuated the stereotype of the penny-pinching Highlander for nearly 15 years. Craig's wizened countenance and bald head popped up in quite a few mysteries and melodramas, beginning with his appearance as the inept defense attorney in the embryonic "film noir" Stranger on the Third Floor. He essayed small but memorable roles in a handful of Val Lewton productions, notably the zookeeper in Cat People (1942). Later, he was a general hanger-on in Universal's horror films and Sherlock Holmes entries. Craig's showiest assignment was his dual role in RKO's A Date with the Falcon. The legions of fans of Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be know Alec Craig best as the Scottish farmer who, upon being confronted by Hitler look-alike Tom Dugan, mutters to his fellow farmer James Finlayson "First it was Hess...now it's him."

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Three Strangers	Man on Park Bench (uncredited)	—	1946
No Score Yet	Love Letters	Dodd	—	1945
94%	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Werner	—	1945
No Score Yet	Tonight and Every Night	Englishman	—	1945
No Score Yet	Sherlock Holmes in the House of Fear	Angus	—	1945
No Score Yet	Dangerous Passage	Dawson	—	1944
100%	National Velvet	Tim	—	1944
No Score Yet	And Now Tomorrow	Actor	—	1944
88%	The Woman in the Window	Garageman	—	1944
88%	Gaslight	Turnkey	—	1944
80%	The White Cliffs of Dover	Billings	—	1944
100%	Jane Eyre	Footman	—	1944
No Score Yet	Sherlock Holmes in the Spider Woman	Radlik	—	1944
No Score Yet	Jungle Woman	Morgue Attendant	—	1944
80%	The Ghost Ship	Blind Beggar	—	1943
No Score Yet	Calling Dr. Death	Watchman	—	1943
94%	Lassie Come Home	Snickers	—	1943
43%	Johnny Come Lately (Johnny Vagabond)	Court Bailiff	—	1943
No Score Yet	Holy Matrimony	Aylmer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Appointment in Berlin	Smitty	—	1943
No Score Yet	Action in the North Atlantic	McGonigle	—	1943
No Score Yet	Forever and a Day	Butler	—	1943
No Score Yet	Northern Pursuit	Angus McBain	—	1943
90%	Random Harvest	Actor	—	1942
91%	Cat People	Zookeeper	—	1942
No Score Yet	Tennessee Johnson	Andrews	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Undying Monster (The Hammond Mystery)	Will	—	1942
No Score Yet	Orchestra Wives	Henry Fink	—	1942
No Score Yet	Wildcat	Joseph D. Campbell	—	1942
95%	Mrs. Miniver	Joe	—	1942
No Score Yet	Her Cardboard Lover	Actor	—	1942
No Score Yet	This Above All	Conductor	—	1942
96%	To Be or Not to Be	Scottish Farmer	—	1942
82%	Roxie Hart	Idler	—	1942
No Score Yet	Wrecking Crew	Charlie	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe	Printer	—	1942
97%	Suspicion	Hogart Club Bit	—	1941
100%	The Devil and Daniel Webster	Eli Higgins	—	1941
No Score Yet	Three Girls About Town	Samuel	—	1941
100%	That Hamilton Woman	Gendarme	—	1941
67%	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Thomas the Clerk	—	1941
No Score Yet	Shining Victory	Jeweler	—	1941
86%	Stranger on the Third Floor	Defense attorney	—	1940
No Score Yet	Tom Brown's School Days	Old Thomas	—	1940
93%	The Sea Hawk	Chartmaker	—	1940
No Score Yet	Three Cheers for the Irish	Callagan	—	1940
83%	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Trem Cogdall	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Earl of Chicago	Son	—	1940
67%	Zanzibar	Actor	—	1940
No Score Yet	Rulers of the Sea	Foreman MacNeil	—	1939
96%	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Speaker	—	1939
No Score Yet	Let Us Live	Bookkeeper Juror	—	1939
No Score Yet	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Postman	—	1939
No Score Yet	They Made Her a Spy	Canby	—	1939
No Score Yet	Charlie McCarthy, Detective	Actor	—	1939
No Score Yet	If I Were King	Actor	—	1938
100%	Vivacious Lady	Joseph the Chauffeur	—	1938
No Score Yet	Crashing Hollywood	Movie Studio Receptionist	—	1938
No Score Yet	Wise Girl	Dermont O'Neal, Antique Dealer	—	1937
No Score Yet	She's Got Everything	Justice of the Peace	—	1937
No Score Yet	Super-Sleuth	Eddie	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Woman I Love	Doctor	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Man Who Found Himself	Actor	—	1937
No Score Yet	That Girl from Paris	Justice of the Peace	—	1936
No Score Yet	Winterset	Hobo	—	1936
No Score Yet	Mary of Scotland	Donal	—	1936
93%	Mutiny on the Bounty	McCoy	—	1935

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