Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 72

Have you noticed the remarkable resemblance between esteemed cosmologist Joe Silk and renowned character actor Alastair Sim? If it weren’t for Prof. Silk’s unusual taste in headgear, it would be difficult to tell them apart….

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4 Responses to “Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 72”

Matt Says:
December 7, 2011 at 6:21 pm

I think Avram Grant makes up a scarily similar trio

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Anton Garrett Says:
December 9, 2011 at 10:42 am

It’s a great resemblance, albeit not the most representative pic of Sim. Here he looks a bit like the Mad Hatter, or the conductor-cum-shop-steward in the 1970s comedy On The Buses, played by Bob Grant.

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- telescoper Says:
  December 9, 2011 at 11:07 am
  
  It is from the end of A Christmas Carol, in his Scrooge role…
  
  Alastair Sim was a wonderful actor, I think. One of the very best.
  
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