Allister George Bell Sim

Profession: Actor and Stage Director

Local connection
Lived on Asmuns Place, Midholm Close, Middleway, and 1 Temple Fortune Hill

Acting roles
Remembered for his cinema roles as Scrooge and the Headmistress in "St Trinians"
Played Captain Hook on stage in J M Barrie's "Peter Pan"

Appointment
Rector of Edinburgh University in 1948

Honours
CBE 1953