Alec Christie is a British actor.
 He started acting at the age of ten appearing on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre as young Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations.
 At the age of twelve he was cast as Tolly in the BBC adaptation of Lucy M. Boston's The Children of Green Knowe.
 He went on to appear alongside Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour and Tim Healy in the situation comedy A Kind of Living.
The Empire Award for Best British Actress was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor a British actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.
 The Empire Award for Best British Actress was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 with Kate Winslet receiving the award for her role in "Heavenly Creatures" and last presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005.
 It was one of three Best British awards retired that year (the others being Best British Actor and Best British Director).
 Winners were voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine.
The dark plum Vera Wang dress of Keira Knightley refers to the evening gown worn by British actor Keira Knightley at the 78th Academy Awards on March 5, 2006.
 The full-length taffeta dress was created by designer Vera Wang and had a single shoulder strap and fishtail skirt.
 It was accessorised with a Bulgari necklace.
John F. Hamilton (7 November 1893 – 11 July 1967) was an American-born actor who worked for many years in the theatre but only occasionally on film.
 He was known as John F. Hamilton to distinguish him from the much more prolific American film actor John Hamilton and from a British actor of youthful roles who worked in England and Europe in the 1930s
The Moomins (Polish: "Opowiadania Muminków", German: "Die Mumins") is a stop motion animated children's television series based on the Tove Jansson's Moomin series of books which was produced by Se-ma-for and Jupiter Film between 1977 and 1982 for Polish, Austrian and German television.
 The series was later sold to other countries including the UK.
 The British version was adapted by Anne Wood at FilmFair and broadcast in the UK.
 Series 1 was first shown on Monday 24 January 1983 at 4:15 pm and series 2 on Monday 21 January 1985 at 4.15pm on Children's ITV, and series 2 was repeated in 1986.
 The series was last repeated in its entirety in 1988.
 It was narrated by British actor Richard Murdoch.
The 10th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine "Empire", honored the best films of 2004 and took place on 13 March 2005 at the Guildhall in London, England.
 During the ceremony, "Empire" presented Empire Awards in 10 categories as well as four honorary awards.
 The honorary Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema award was first introduced this year.
 To celebrate the 10th year anniversary of the award ceremonies a special honorary award was presented, the Icon of the Decade award.
 The awards for Best British Actor, Best British Actress and Best British Director as well as the honorary Independent Spirit award were presented for the last time.
 This was the first year the Lifetime Achievement Award was not presented.
 The ceremony was televised in the United Kingdom by Channel 5 on March 15.
 English television presenter and radio presenter Johnny Vaughan hosted the show for the first time.
 The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the third consecutive year.
Michael Trubshawe (7 December 1905 – 21 March 1985) was a British actor and former officer in the Highland Light Infantry Regiment of the British Army.
 Trubshawe was very close friends with fellow British actor David Niven, serving together at Malta and Dover, and was best man for both of Niven's weddings, and is constantly referred to in Niven's memoirs "The Moon's a Balloon", where Niven refers to finding out he would be working with him in "The Guns of Navarone" as 'A lovely bonus for me.'
The Empire Award for Best British Actor was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine "Empire" to honor a British actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry.
 The Empire Award for Best British Actor was first introduced at the 1st Empire Awards ceremony in 1996 with Ewan McGregor receiving the award for his role in "Shallow Grave" and last presented at the 10th Empire Awards ceremony in 2005.
 It was one of three Best British awards retired that year (the others being Best British Actress and Best British Director).
 Winners were voted by the readers of "Empire" magazine.
Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty, but quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976.
 He also appeared in more than fifty British films, starting in 1935.
Vera Frances (born 1930) is a British actress who worked with Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, George Formby, Dinah Sheridan, John Mills and Alastair Sim, among others.

Question: In what year did the British actor who worked with Vera Frances die?
Answer: 1976