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| George C Scott as Ebeneezer Scrooge (from tvtropes.com) |
Did you know A Christmas Carol was not Dickens’ only Christmas-themed work? In fact he wrote two other Christmas stories: The Chimes (1844) and The Cricket on the Hearth (1845). The notions of extolling Christmas charity were huge themes for the Victorians of his time.
A few of the more notable actors who have played Ebeneezer Scrooge:
- Lionel Barrymore
- John Barrymore
- Orson Welles
- John Carradine
- Basil Rathbone
- Jim Backus (as Mister Magoo)
- Albert Finney
- Rich Little (impersonating W. C. Fields)
- Walter Matthau
- Henry Winkler
- Mel Blanc
- George C Scott (one of my favorite portrayals)
- Bill Murray (as Frank Cross in “Scrooged”)
- Michael Caine (alongside a supporting cast of Muppets, another of my favorite portrayals)
- James Earl Jones
- Cicely Tyson (as Ebenita Scrooge, a rare female portrayal)
- Tim Curry
- Patrick Stewart
- Jim Carrey (as a big, green grinch)
