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Alec Craig

Acting

Born March 30, 1884 · Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Died June 25, 1945

Also known as Alexander Younger Craig

Biography

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.

Filmography37 titles

To Be or Not to Be

1942as Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as Speaker (uncredited)

Gaslight

1944as Turnkey (uncredited)

The Woman in the Window

1944as Garage Man (uncredited)

Tom Brown's School Days

1940as Old Thomas

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935as McCoy

National Velvet

1944as Timothy 'Tim'

The Sea Hawk

1940as Chartmaker

Bachelor Mother

1939as Store Watchman (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943as McGonigle (uncredited)

Mrs. Miniver

1942as Joe (uncredited)

Suspicion

1941as Hogarth Club Desk Clerk (uncredited)

That Hamilton Woman

1941as Ship's Minister (uncredited)

The Spider Woman

1943as Radlik

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941as Eli Higgins (uncredited)

Vivacious Lady

1938as Joseph

The House of Fear

1945as Angus (uncredited)

Jane Eyre

1943as Footman

Cat People

1942as Zookeeper (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940as Trum Cogdall

This Above All

1942as Bus Conductor

Lassie Come Home

1943as Buckles

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939as Marriage License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941as Tripped Waiter (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940as Briggs' Defense Attorney

Three Strangers

1946as Man on Park Bench (uncredited)

The Ghost Ship

1943as Blind Beggar

Out of the Fog

1941

Northern Pursuit

1943as Angus McBain

Mary of Scotland

1936as Donal

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939as McGregor - Scottish Postman (uncredited)

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939as Telephone Repair Man (uncredited)

Winterset

1936as Hobo

The Blue Bird

1940as Groom (uncredited)

Wildcat

1942as Joseph D. Campbell

Born to Gamble

1935as Prospector at Card Game (uncredited)

Dangerous Passage

1944as Dawson - Steward