Christmas Battle Royale: Battle of the Scrooges

[CleverNickName]

He's the anti-Santa. The most famous Christmastime villain. And he's everywhere...from a silent film more than a century old, to a computer-generated fever dream, Ebeneezer Scrooge has been reborn and remade and reshaped so many times that it's hard to keep track. And now, it is time to sort them out.

There can be only one Ebeneezer Scrooge--the best* one. And we're gonna find out which one is the best:

Daniel Smith, "Scrooge, or Marley's Ghost" (1901 silent film)

Alestair Sim, "A Christmas Carol" (1951)

Scrooge McDuck, "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983)

George C. Scott, "A Christmas Carol" (1984)

Bill Murray (as Frank Cross), "Scrooged" (1988)

Michael Caine, "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1992)

Sir Patrick Stewart, "A Christmas Carol" (1999)

Jim Carrey (voice), "A Christmas Carol" (2009)

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*according to you. "Best" can mean the best acting, the best costume, the best version, or the best adaptation. It could also mean the best-looking, the best memories you have associated with it, or the best year that it was released, whatever. "Best" means what you decide it should mean.

 

[aco175]

Scrooge McDuck embraced that role. You could say he was made for it. He went on to have several other lucrative projects after this. Who are these other has-beens.

o.k., so what if George C Scott told the Oscar people he did not want one for Patton and returned it the day after he did win, Don't get me started on that guy who played Leodegrance in Excalibur, he will not amount to much.

 

[TiQuinn]

My vote is Albert Finney from the musical Scrooge (1970).

 

[Staffan]

 

[Kaodi]

How is the definitive Scrooge, Alastair Sim in 1951's Scrooge/A Christmas Carol, not even on this list?!

 

[CleverNickName]

 

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He treated the Muppets as if they were all members of the royal shakespeare company, whereas Tim Curry in his role as Long john silver in Muppet treasure island acted like he was a muppet.

 

[CleverNickName]

How is the definitive Scrooge, Alastair Sim in 1951's Scrooge/A Christmas Carol, not even on this list?!

Woops, sorry about that. The poll has been updated.

 

[Reynard]

"Scrooged" is my annual Christmas Eve movie, and it never fails to satisfy, even after dozens of viewings.

 

[overgeeked]

Top three are McDuck, Murray, snd Caine. That’s hard. I’ve watched Scrooged way more often than the other two, so it’s Murray for me.