Gerald Sim (1924) is a British character actor. A character actor is an actor who predominantly performs supporting parts, often in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ...

The brother of actress Sheila Sim and brother-in-law of actor/director Richard Attenborough, Sim had nearly 100 film and television appearances. Film roles include The L-Shaped Room (1962), King Rat (1965), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Frenzy (1972), Young Winston (1972), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Gandhi (1982), Chaplin] (1992), and Patriot Games (1992). He is retired from acting. Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Baroness Attenborough (born 5 June 1922), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, is a British film and theatre actor, and the wife of actor Richard Attenborough. ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born August 29, 1923) is a prolific English film and stage actor, and Academy Award, BAFTA and three-time Golden Globe winning director and producer. ... The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 film, directed by Bryan Forbes, which tells the story of a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London apartment building, befriending a young man in the building. ... King Rat may mean: King Rat (1962 novel), a James Clavell novel set in WWII King Rat (1965 film), a move based on the novel King Rat (1998 novel), an urban fantasy by China Miéville The King Rat, head of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a Music Hall... Oh! What A Lovely War began life in 1963 as a stage musical by Joan Littlewood and her London Theatre Workshop based on a book by the historian Alan Clark. ... Ryans Daughter is David Leans 1970 film which tells the story of an Irish girl who has an affair with a British soldier during World War I, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours. ... Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 film made by Hammer Film Productions. ... Frenzy (1972) is a crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the second last feature film of his extensive career. ... Young Winston is a 1972 film based on the early years of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. ... A Bridge Too Far, a book by Cornelius Ryan published in 1974, tells the story of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem in the occupied Netherlands during World War II. The name for the book comes from a comment made by British... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી), called... Chaplin is a 1992 biographical film which tells the life story of Charles Chaplin. ... A movie based on the novel Patriot Games was released on June 5, 1992, directed by Phillip Noyce. ...