James Finlayson

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 171

Gender Male

Birthday August 26, 1887

Day of Death October 9, 1953 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Jimmy Finlayson
Jimmie Finlayson
Jim Finlayson
James Henderson Finlayson
Jimmy Finalyson

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James Finlayson

Biography

James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.

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Acting

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2002

1968

as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)

1967

1964

as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

1952

as Plato's Rival

1951		The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
1951		Royal Wedding as Cabby (uncredited)

1948

as Sheriff

1947

as Comic Chef

1946		Two Sisters from Boston as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1946		She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)

1943

as (archive footage)

1942		Wedding Yells as Hammerhead Nahl
1942		To Be or Not to Be as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

1940		Foreign Correspondent as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
1940		Saps at Sea as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
1940		A Chump at Oxford as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

1939		The Great Victor Herbert as Lamplighter
1939		Raffles as Hansom Cab Driver
1939		The Flying Deuces as Jailor
1939		Hollywood Cavalcade as Keystone Cop
1939		Dog-Gone as Mr. Jones

1938

as Man on Stairs

1937		Angel as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
1937		All Over Town as MacDougal
1937		The Toast of New York as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
1937		Pick a Star as Director
1937		Way Out West as Mickey Finn

1936		Our Relations as Finn
1936		The Bohemian Girl as Captain Finn

1935		MGM 1935 Promo Reel as Manager
1935		Life Hesitates at 40 as Dr. James Finlayson
1935		Manhattan Monkey Business as Joyce's Father
1935		Bonnie Scotland as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
1935		Thicker Than Water as Auction Manager
1935		Father and Son as Bidad

1933		Dick Turpin as Jeremy
1933		So This Is Harris! as Golf Pro
1933		The Gay Nighties as Mr. Amos Pipp
1933		Mush and Milk as Mr. Brown, the banker
1933		The Druggist's Dilemma as Andrew Finch
1933		The Devil's Brother as Lord Rocburg
1933		His Silent Racket as James
1933		Me and My Pal as Peter Cucumber
1933		Nature in the Wrong as Voice of lion (uncredited)

1932		Jitters the Butler as Phineas P. McPhinn
1932		Boy Oh Boy! as Saunders
1932		Pack Up Your Troubles as General
1932		The Iceman's Ball as Commissioner Walters
1932		Thunder Below as Scotty
1932		The Chimp as Ringmaster

1931		Hasty Marriage as Kitty's Father
1931		Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931		One Good Turn as A Community Player
1931		False Roomers as Landlord
1931		Beach Pajamas
1931		Pardon Us as Schoolteacher
1931		Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931		One of the Smiths as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
1931		Our Wife as Father of the bride
1931		Playing at Politics as Criado
1931		Second Hand Kisses as Jimmy Finlayson
1931		Chickens Come Home as Butler

1930		Don't Leave Home
1930		Another Fine Mess as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
1930		Gold Diggers
1930		The prince of the dollar
1930		Dollar Dizzy as House Detective
1930		For the Defense as Parrott
1930		The Dawn Patrol as Field Sergeant
1930		Young Eagles as Scotty
1930		Thieves
1930		Night Owls as Meadows

1929		Wall Street as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
1929		The Hoose-Gow as Governor
1929		Hard to Get as Pa Martin
1929		Men O' War as Soda jerk
1929		Two Weeks Off as Pa Weaver
1929		Big Business as Homeowner
1929		Liberty as Store keeper
1929		Fast Freight as Spooky Wall Painting

1928		Show Girl as Mr. Dugan
1928		Lady Be Good as Trelawney West
1928		Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Pa Slocum
1928		Galloping Ghosts as Police Commissioner
1928		Flying Elephants as Saxophonus
1928		Should Tall Men Marry? as Joe Skittle

1927		Do Detectives Think? as Judge Foozle
1927		Hats Off as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
1927		Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
1927		The Second 100 Years as Browne Van Dyke
1927		Sugar Daddies as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
1927		With Love and Hisses as Captain Bustle
1927		Don't Tell Everything as Lawyer Goldblum
1927		Love 'Em and Weep as Titus Tillsbury
1927		No Man's Law as Jack Belcher
1927		Forgotten Sweeties
1927		One Hour Married
1927		Seeing the World as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
1927		Anything Once! as Mabel's Boss

1926		The Nickel-Hopper as Rupert
1926		Raggedy Rose as Simpson Sniffle
1926		Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes as Dean of Pinkham University
1926		Merry Widower as The Hunter
1926		Thundering Fleas as Justice of the Peace
1926		Don Key (Son of Burro) as Vivien's Suitor
1926		Wife Tamers as The Waiter
1926		Dizzy Daddies as Jonathan Haig
1926		Madame Mystery as Struggling Author
1926		What's the World Coming To? as The Father-in-Law
1926		A Punch in the Nose

1925		Flaming Flappers
1925		The Caretaker's Daughter as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1925		Moonlight and Noses as Professor Sniff
1925		Unfriendly Enemies as The Cameraman
1925		Mary, Queen of Tots as Radio Actor
1925		Madame Sans Jane
1925		Innocent Husbands as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1925		Yes, Yes, Nanette as Hillory, the new husband
1925		Chasing the Chaser as Gilroy (the husband)
1925		Thundering Landlords as The Landlord
1925		In the Grease as Father
1925		Tell It to a Policeman
1925		Sure-Mike! as The Floorwalker
1925		Welcome Home
1925		The Haunted Honeymoon
1925		Hard Boiled

1924		Short Kilts as McGregor's Son
1924		Why Husbands Go Mad
1924		Wide Open Spaces as Jack McQueen
1924		Rupert of Hee-Haw as Rupert of Hee Haw
1924		Near Dublin as Sir Patrick
1924		Brothers Under the Chin
1924		Zeb vs. Paprika as Major Glanders Botts
1924		Postage Due as Postal Inspector Hawke
1924		Smithy as Sergeant

1923		Mother's Joy as Baron Buttontop
1923		Fully Insured as The Foreman
1923		Scorching Sands as James
1923		The Soilers as Smacknamara
1923		The Whole Truth as Defense lawyer
1923		Frozen Hearts as General Sappovitch
1923		Jus' Passin' Through as Drunk (uncredited)
1923		Roughest Africa as Hans Downe
1923		A Man About Town as Humko, Store Detective
1923		Pitfalls of a Big City as The Hired Man
1923		The Mystery Man
1923		Hollywood as James Finlayson
1923		Oranges and Lemons as Worker
1923		Jack Frost as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
1923		Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as The Hired Man
1923		Courtship of Miles Sandwich as Miles Sandwich
1923		Pick and Shovel as The Foreman
1923		Sold at Auction as The Man Who WAS Sold
1923		White Wings as Dental Patient
1923		The Noon Whistle
1923		California or Bust as Campground neighbor
1923		Before the Public
1923		A Tough Winter

1922		Newly Rich
1922		The Crossroads of New York as Lawyer

1921		Hard Knocks and Love Taps as Plato's Rival
1921		She Sighed by the Seaside as 1st Suitor
1921		A Small Town Idol as J. Wellington Jones

1920		Don't Weaken! as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
1920		Down on the Farm as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

1919		Up in Alf's Place as The Dancing Instructor
1919		Trying to Get Along as The Beauty Parlor Operator
1919		Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Commander's Officer (uncredited)

1918

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