Alec Craig | |
|---|---|
Criag in Career Girl (1944) | |
| Born | Alexander Younger Craig 30 March 1884 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Died | 25 June 1945 (aged 61) Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1934–1945 |
| Spouse | Margaret L. Craig
(m. 1919) |
| Children | 1 |
Alexander Younger Craig (30 March 1884 – 25 June 1945) was a Scottish-born American 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]
He married his wife Margaret L. (born 8 July 1888 in Dunfermline) in Edinburgh on 24 September 1919. They arrived in the United States on 2 November 1919. They had a son James C Craig (born 4 December 1922, Berkeley, California). He became a naturalized American citizen on 14 July 1939.[3]
Craig died of tuberculosis on 25 June 1945, aged 61, in Glendale, California.[2][4] He is buried there at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.[5]
