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Alastair Sim: The Real Belle of St Trinian's by Mark Simpson (Hardcover, 2008)

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It goes on to explain why his popularity suddenly waned as the cinemagoers taste for the risque evolved during the latter part of the 1950s. It is the only biography of Alastair Sim, and includes a bibliography and film section.

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Michael Elphick was a young electrician working at the Chichester Theatre when he was discovered by Laurence Olivier, who arranged for him to join the Central School of Drama. It was here where he met Bruce Robinson, who would later cast him in one of the most popular British films of all time a Withnail and I. Elphicka s illustrious career also included major supporting roles in films such as Quadrophenia, The Elephant Man, Gorky Park and Dennis Pottera s Blue Remembered Hills. On television, there was Private Schultz and Boon, which gave his acolyte and friend, Neil Morrissey, his first starring role. One of his charactersa owned houses in Coronation Street whilst another wooed Peggy Mitchell in Eastenders. However, Elphicka s private life was every bit as varied as his acting career. Racked by alcoholism and devastated by the early death of his partner, Julia, Elphick died at the age of 55. And yet, his friends and family will always remember his hugely humorous personality, and everyone he met was left with a a Mike Elphick storya ...