Gerald Sim

Gerald Grant Sim (4 June 1925 – 11 December 2014) was an English television and film actor known for playing the Rector in To the Manor Born.

Early life Sim was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. He was the younger brother of the actress Sheila Sim and brother-in-law of the actor/director Richard Attenborough.

Career Sim made over a hundred film and television appearances, beginning with an uncredited role in the film Fame Is the Spur (1947). Film and TV roles include The L-Shaped Room (1962), Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), King Rat (1965), The Avengers (1966), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Frenzy (1972), Young Winston (1972), The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (episode 7, as the Vicar - 1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The New Avengers (1977), Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), Gandhi (1982), as Dr George Bagster Phillips in Jack the Ripper (1988), Chaplin (1992) and Patriot Games (1992).

He again played a vicar in an episode of Keeping Up Appearances.

Personal life and death Sim was married to the British actress Deidre Benner, from 1967 until her death in 1999. In his later years, Sim lived in Denville Hall, the same north London care home for entertainers as his sister and brother-in-law, who occupied the rooms on either side of him. Sim died on 11 December 2014, aged 89.

Filmography

Fame Is the Spur (1947) – Reporter (uncredited) Josephine and Men (1955) – Detective Sgt. Allen The Angry Silence (1960) – Masters Cone of Silence (1960) – Operations Room Worker (uncredited) Whistle Down the Wind (1961) – Detective Wilcox Flat Two (1962) Only Two Can Play (1962) – Cigarette Thief at Party (uncredited) The Painted Smile (1962) – Plain Clothes Policeman The Amorous Prawn (1962) – 1st Telephone Operator The L-Shaped Room (1962) – Doctor in Hospital The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) – Airfield Official (uncredited) I Could Go On Singing (1963) – Assistant Mgr. at the Palladium Heavens Above! (1963) – Self-Service Store Manager The Pumpkin Eater (1964) – Man at party Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) – Beedle King Rat (1965) – Jones The Murder Game (1965) – Larry Landstorm The Wrong Box (1966) – First Undertaker The Whisperers (1967) – Mr. Conrad Our Mother's House (1967) – Bank Clerk Nobody Runs Forever (1968) – Airport Official (uncredited) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) – Chaplain Strange Report (TV) (1969) – Chief Superintendent Cavanagh The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) – Julius Mischief (1969) – Jim The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) – Morrison The Last Grenade (1970) – Dr. Griffiths (uncredited) Doctor in Trouble (1970) – 1st Doctor Ryan's Daughter (1970) – Captain The Raging Moon (1971) – Rev. Carbett Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) – Prof. Robertson Frenzy (1972) – Mr. Usher – Solicitor in Pub Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) – Hackett Young Winston (1972) – Engineer Kadoyng (1972) – Prof. Balfour No Sex Please, We're British (1973) – Reverend Mower The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) – 1st Lord of the Navy A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Colonel Sims Gandhi (1982) – Magistrate Miss Marple (1985) – Coroner Cry Freedom (1987) – Police Doctor Number One Gun (1990) – Stockwell – MI5 Boss Patriot Games (1992) – Lord Justice Chaplin (1992) – Doctor Shadowlands (1993) – Superintendent Registrar