Alec Craig

Alexander Younger Craig "Alec" 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.^[1]

Alec Craig was born on 30 March 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the son of James Chapman Craig and his wife Isabella.^[2]

Craig died of tuberculosis on 25 June 1945 in Glendale, California, US.^[2][3] He is buried there at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.^[4]

Partial filmography

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• Mary of Scotland (1936)
• Winterset (1936)
• China Passage (1937)
• Wise Girl (1937)
• The Woman I Love (1937)
• That Girl from Paris (1937)
• Vivacious Lady (1938)
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
• Rulers of the Sea (1939)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• Golden Gloves (1940)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
• Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
• Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
• Suspicion (1941) (uncredited)
• Barnacle Bill (1941)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
• Shining Victory (1941)
• That Hamilton Woman (1941)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
• Wrecking Crew (1942)
• Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
• Tennessee Johnson (1942)
• A Date with the Falcon (1942)
• Lassie Come Home (1943)
• Northern Pursuit (1943)
• Appointment in Berlin (1943)
• Johnny Come Lately (1943)
• The Ghost Ship (1943)
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943) (uncredited)
• Forever and a Day (1944)
• National Velvet (1944)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Dangerous Passage (1944)
• Jungle Woman (1944)
• The Spider Woman (1944)
• Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
• Career Girl (1944)
• The Brighton Strangler (1945)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)

Personal life

He married his wife Margaret L. (born 8 July 1888 in Dunfermline) in Edinburgh on 24 September 1919. They arrived in the US on 2 November 1919. They had a son James C Craig (born 4 December 1922, Berkeley, California). He became a naturalized US citizen on 14 July 1939.^[5]

References

1. "Alec Craig". New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
2. "Alec Craig". IMdB. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
3. "Cast Member : Alec Craig". Threestooges.net. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
4. "Alec Craig". Find A Grave. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
5. "Alexander Younger Craig " Petition for Naturalization (1939)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.