Name
James Finlayson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-08-26
Deathday
1953-10-09 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
To Be or Not to Be
(880 Votes)
7.8
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldi...
Relase Date : 6 Mar, 1942
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Foreign Correspondent
(472 Votes)
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American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to c...
Relase Date : 16 Aug, 1940
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The Devil's Brother
(72 Votes)
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Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fr...
Relase Date : 5 May, 1933
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Block-Heads
(153 Votes)
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It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in Fr...
Relase Date : 19 Aug, 1938
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The Flying Deuces
(185 Votes)
6.4
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessful...
Relase Date : 3 Nov, 1939
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Saps at Sea
(92 Votes)
6.8
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hear...
Relase Date : 29 Apr, 1940
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Pack Up Your Troubles
(77 Votes)
6.8
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in ...
Relase Date : 16 Sep, 1932
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Way Out West
(233 Votes)
7.1
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead p...
Relase Date : 16 Apr, 1937
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Royal Wedding
(119 Votes)
6.4
A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London duri...
Relase Date : 8 Mar, 1951
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The Bohemian Girl
(62 Votes)
6.2
Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter....
Relase Date : 14 Feb, 1936
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1939 The Flying Deuces as Jailor
- 1937 Way Out West as Mickey Finn
- 1921 She Sighed by the Seaside as 1st Suitor
- 1923 Hollywood as James Finlayson
- 1925 The Haunted Honeymoon
- 1942 To Be or Not to Be as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
- 1946 She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)
- 1938 Block-Heads as Man on Stairs
- 1925 Thundering Landlords as The Landlord
- 1925 Madame Sans Jane as The Girl's Father
- 1925 Unfriendly Enemies as The Cameraman
- 1926 Don Key (Son of Burro) as Vivien's Suitor
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles as General
- 1932 The Iceman's Ball as Commissioner Walters
- 1936 Our Relations as Finn
- 1940 Saps at Sea as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
- 1926 A Punch in the Nose
- 1924 Why Husbands Go Mad
- 1925 Hard Boiled
- 1926 Merry Widower as The Hunter
- 1927 Forgotten Sweeties
- 1922 Newly Rich
- 1933 Nature in the Wrong as Voice of lion (uncredited)
- 1929 Men O' War as Soda jerk
- 1930 Night Owls as Meadows
- 1931 One Good Turn as A Community Player
- 1931 Our Wife as Father of the bride (uncredited)
- 1927 Sugar Daddies as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
- 1930 The prince of the dollar
- 1930 Gold Diggers
- 1931 Stout Hearts and Willing Hands as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
- 1923 Jack Frost as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
- 1929 Liberty as Store keeper
- 1928 Flying Elephants as Saxophonus (uncredited)
- 1933 Me and My Pal as Peter Cucumber
- Soon The World of Laurel and Hardy
- 1930 Another Fine Mess as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
- 1927 Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
- 1931 Chickens Come Home as Butler (uncredited)
- 1927 Do Detectives Think? as Judge Foozle (uncredited)
- 1929 The Hoose-Gow as Governor (uncredited)
- 1927 The Second 100 Years as Browne Van Dyke
- 1935 Thicker Than Water as Auction Manager
- 1926 Thundering Fleas as Justice of the Peace
- 1927 With Love and Hisses as Captain Bustle
- 1927 Love 'Em and Weep as Titus Tillsbury
- 1936 The Bohemian Girl as Captain Finn
- 1942 Wedding Yells as Hammerhead Nahl
- 1937 Angel as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
- 1933 The Devil's Brother as Lord Rocburg
- 1923 Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as The Hired Man
- 1923 Pitfalls of a Big City as The Hired Man
- 1922 The Crossroads of New York as Lawyer
- 1923 Oranges and Lemons as Worker
- 1925 Yes, Yes, Nanette as Hillory, the new husband
- 1937 The Toast of New York as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
- 1921 Hard Knocks and Love Taps as Plato's Rival
- 1952 Here We Go Again as Plato's Rival
- 1928 Show Girl as Mr. Dugan
- 1924 Zeb vs. Paprika as Major Glanders Botts
- 1933 Mush and Milk as Mr. Brown, the banker
- 1926 Wife Tamers as The Waiter
- 1931 Hasty Marriage as Kitty's Father
- 1933 The Gay Nighties as Mr. Amos Pipp
- 1951 The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
- 1930 Thieves
- 1925 In the Grease as Father
- 1923 Roughest Africa as Hans Downe
- 1937 All Over Town as MacDougal
- 1967 The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
- 1931 Beach Pajamas
- 1926 Raggedy Rose as Simpson Sniffle
- 1921 A Small Town Idol as J. Wellington Jones
- 1927 Anything Once! as Mabel's Boss
- 1923 Sold at Auction! as The Man Who WAS Sold
- 1923 California or Bust as Campground neighbor
- 1923 Scorching Sands as James
- 1923 A Man About Town as Humko, Store Detective
- 1923 White Wings as Dental Patient
- 1927 No Man's Law as Jack Belcher
- 1924 Rupert of Hee-Haw as Rupert of Hee Haw
- 1927 Seeing the World as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
- 1930 Don't Leave Home
- 1930 For the Defense as Parrott
- 1923 Frozen Hearts as General Sappovitch
- 1923 The Whole Truth as Defense lawyer
- 1925 Chasing the Chaser as Gilroy (the husband)
- 1923 Mother's Joy as Baron Buttontop
- 1923 The Mystery Man
- 1928 Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Pa Slocum
- 1928 Should Tall Men Marry? as Joe Skittle
- 1926 Dizzy Daddies as Jonathan Haig
- 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade as Keystone Cop
- 1929 Big Business as Homeowner (uncredited)
- 1924 Short Kilts as McGregor's Son
- 1932 Thunder Below as Scotty
- 1923 Courtship of Miles Sandwich as Miles Sandwich
- 1923 The Noon Whistle
- 1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
- 1920 Don't Weaken! as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
- 1930 Young Eagles as Scotty
- 1930 Dollar Dizzy as House Detective
- 1920 Down on the Farm as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
- 1925 Innocent Husbands as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
- 1926 Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes as Dean of Pinkham University
- 1931 Second Hand Kisses as Jimmy Finlayson
- 1931 Scratch-As-Catch-Can
- 1940 A Chump at Oxford as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
- 1932 The Chimp as Ringmaster (uncredited)
- 1931 Playing at Politics as Criado
- 1926 The Nickel-Hopper as Rupert
- 1925 Sure-Mike! as The Floorwalker
- 1939 Raffles as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1948 Grand Canyon Trail as Sheriff
- 1935 Bonnie Scotland as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
- 1926 What's the World Coming To? as The Father-in-Law
- 1924 Smithy as Sergeant
- 1929 Hard to Get as Pa Martin
- 1925 The Caretaker's Daughter as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
- 1927 Don't Tell Everything as Lawyer Goldblum
- 1923 Fully Insured as The Foreman
- 1925 Moonlight and Noses as Professor Sniff
- 1919 Trying to Get Along as The Beauty Parlor Operator
- 1933 Dick Turpin as Jeremy
- 1924 Near Dublin as Sir Patrick
- 1929 Fast Freight as Spooky Wall Painting
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
- 1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
- 1930 The Dawn Patrol as Field Sergeant
- 1926 Madame Mystery as Struggling Author
- 1933 The Druggist's Dilemma as Andrew Finch
- 1935 Father and Son as Bidad
- 1947 The Perils of Pauline as Comic Chef
- 1951 Royal Wedding as Cabby (uncredited)
- 1927 Hats Off as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
- 1931 Pardon Us as Schoolteacher
- 1929 Two Weeks Off as Pa Weaver
- 1924 Wide Open Spaces as Jack McQueen
- 1939 Dog-Gone as Mr. Jones
- 2002 Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
- 1923 Before the Public
- 1925 Tell It to a Policeman
- 1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
- 1939 The Great Victor Herbert as Lamplighter
- 1918 In Dutch
- 1928 Lady Be Good as Trelawney West
- 1931 One of the Smiths as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
- 1919 Up in Alf's Place as The Dancing Instructor
- 1933 His Silent Racket as James
- 1925 Flaming Flappers
- 1946 Two Sisters from Boston as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
- 1937 Pick a Star as Director
- 1933 So This Is Harris! as Golf Pro
- 1923 The Soilers as Smacknamara
- 1935 MGM 1935 Promo Reel as Manager
- 1923 Pick and Shovel as The Foreman
- 1924 Brothers Under the Chin
- 1929 Wall Street as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
- 1931 False Roomers as Landlord
- 1932 Jitters the Butler as Phineas P. McPhinn
- 1924 Postage Due as Postal Inspector Hawke
- 1927 One Hour Married
- 1923 A Tough Winter
- 1935 Life Hesitates at 40 as Dr. James Finlayson
- 1935 Manhattan Monkey Business as Joyce's Father
- 1932 Boy Oh Boy! as Saunders
- 1923 Jus' Passin' Through as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1925 Welcome Home
- 1925 Mary, Queen of Tots as Radio Actor
- 1928 Galloping Ghosts as Police Commissioner
- 1927 Fighting Fathers as Neighbor
- 1932 The Millionaire Cat as Lawyer Fogg
- 1990 The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence as Self (archive footage)
- 1920 Love, Honor and Behave as Artist
- 1920 Married Life as Man Who Made Good
- 1982 Dance of the Cookoos as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
- 1943 Yanks Ahoy as Cook Flynn (uncredited)
- 1928 Bachelor’s Paradise as Pat Malone
- 1925 Change the Needle
- 1981 The Muppets Go to the Movies as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
