Boy. View Boy. That night, Scrooge reluctantly allows his employee Bob Cratchit to have Christmas off with pay but orders him back all the earlier the day after. As A Christmas Carol begins, Cratchit is hard at work in Scrooge's accounting office on Christmas Eve. Captain James Hawdon. Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's clerk, is a poor man with a large family to support. View Captain James Hawdon. Vinette's character, Mary Cratchit, is usually a minor character in most tellings of A Christmas Carol. Played by … Ebenezer Scrooge watched the Bob Cratchit family in the candlelight of their home. Played by Benjamin Campbell. Scrooge dismisses Bob and withholds a week's pay to compensate for his ruined hat, also demanding a shilling to make up the difference. Played by Ben Starr. He also plays the judge in the 1947 classic, Miracle on 34th Street. The A Christmas Carol quotes below are all either spoken by Bob Cratchit or refer to Bob Cratchit. David Collings-Wikipedia. The family comprises Bob Cratchit, his wife, and their six children: Martha, Belinda, Peter, two smaller Cratchits (an unnamed girl and boy), and the lame but ever-cheerful Tiny Tim. He obeys Scrooge's rules and is timid about asking to go home to his family early on Christmas Eve. Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s assistant, and his disabled son Tiny Tim are played by the same actors as last year: Brian Rock and Lukas Barnett, respectively. View Bob Cratchit. It is a familiar scene to anyone who knows the classic Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol, or any of its numerous film adaptations. Scrooge confronts Bob Crachit. Bob was a character who was overworked and underpaid by Scrooge and his business partner, Jacob Marley, while he worked for them. Bob Cratchit is Scrooge's clerk and works in unpleasant conditions without complaint. Collin Ramsey played "Bob Cratchit" (above and below) Will Graves played "Ebenezer Scrooge" in a scene with Collin Ramsey. In the original story, she's not even named — only mentioned as the wife of Bob Cratchit. Played by Robert Wilfort. Later Bob accidentally knocks off Scrooge's hat with a snowball. The family is anticipating the arrival of their father, Bob Cratchit, likely carrying Tiny Tim on his shoulder. Cratchit family, fictional characters, an impoverished hardworking and warmhearted family in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens. Bob Cratchit is played by Gene Lockhart, who has a bit of a Christmas movie pedigree. In Stave 1, he is underpaid, and overworked, and bears Scrooge only goodwill, especially at Christmas time. Collings played the character of Bob Cratchit in the classic 1970 film musical, Scrooge, starring alongside Albert Finney, Dame Edith Evans, Sir Alec Guinness, Kenneth More, Anton Rogers and others. Compeyson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ). Scrooge's nephew Fred is played by Barry MacKay, who was best known for similar light comedic roles in British films from the 1930s. Bob Cratchit works as Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk.