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James Finlayson

James Finlayson

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.

Born

Aug 26, 1887

Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Died

Oct 09, 1953

Known For

Acting

Movies

181 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

movie

Known For

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

1942

as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Block-Heads

Block-Heads

1938

as Man on Stairs
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Way Out West

Way Out West

1937

as Mickey Finn
The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

1939

as Jailor
Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding

1951

as Cabby (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940

as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
Our Relations

Our Relations

1936

as Finn
Big Business

Big Business

1929

as Homeowner (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
1942 • as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Block-Heads
Block-Heads
1938 • as Man on Stairs
★ 7.0
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother
1933 • as Lord Rocburg
★ 6.8
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Bachelor’s Paradise
Bachelor’s Paradise
1928 • as Pat Malone
★ 8.0
The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl
1936 • as Captain Finn
★ 6.2
Married Life
Married Life
1920 • as Man Who Made Good
★ 9.0
Pardon Us
Pardon Us
1931 • as Schoolteacher
★ 6.4
Way Out West
Way Out West
1937 • as Mickey Finn
★ 7.1
Playing at Politics
Playing at Politics
1931 • as Criado
★ 7.0
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
1935 • as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
★ 6.6
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces
1939 • as Jailor
★ 6.4
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water
1935 • as Auction Manager
★ 7.4
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding
1951 • as Cabby (uncredited)
★ 6.4
A Chump at Oxford
A Chump at Oxford
1940 • as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies
1927 • as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
★ 6.0
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 • as General
★ 6.8
She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London
1946 • as Constable (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 • as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Show Girl
Show Girl
1928 • as Mr. Dugan
★ 8.0
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea
1940 • as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Our Wife
Our Wife
1931 • as Father of the bride (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Unfriendly Enemies
Unfriendly Enemies
1925 • as The Cameraman
★ 6.5
The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York
1937 • as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow
1929 • as Governor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
movie
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990 • as Self (archive footage)
Sure-Mike!
Sure-Mike!
1925 • as The Floorwalker
★ 7.0
Wife Tamers
Wife Tamers
1926 • as The Waiter
★ 7.0
Angel
Angel
1937 • as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
★ 6.7
With Love and Hisses
With Love and Hisses
1927 • as Captain Bustle
★ 6.1
Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
1927 • as Judge Foozle (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal
1933 • as Peter Cucumber
★ 6.5
Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 • as Asylum Inmate
★ 5.8
The Second 100 Years
The Second 100 Years
1927 • as Browne Van Dyke
★ 6.2
Scorching Sands
Scorching Sands
1923 • as James
★ 5.9
Thundering Landlords
Thundering Landlords
1925 • as The Landlord
★ 10.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
1933 • as Jeremy
★ 9.0
One of the Smiths
One of the Smiths
1931 • as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Thieves
Thieves
1930
★ 7.1
Our Relations
Our Relations
1936 • as Finn
★ 7.0
The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline
1947 • as Comic Chef
★ 6.7
Love 'Em and Weep
Love 'Em and Weep
1927 • as Titus Tillsbury
★ 5.7
Love, Honor and Behave
Love, Honor and Behave
1920 • as Artist
★ 8.0
Down on the Farm
Down on the Farm
1920 • as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
★ 5.8
Don't Tell Everything
Don't Tell Everything
1927 • as Lawyer Goldblum
★ 10.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
★ 7.0
Pick a Star
Pick a Star
1937 • as Director
★ 4.8
Roughest Africa
Roughest Africa
1923 • as Hans Downe
★ 5.8
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol
1930 • as Field Sergeant
★ 6.6
movie
The prince of the dollar
1930
★ 8.0
White Wings
White Wings
1923 • as Dental Patient
★ 7.2
Young Eagles
Young Eagles
1930 • as Scotty
★ 7.0
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
1931 • as A Community Player
★ 6.9
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923 • as The Hired Man
★ 8.0
movie
Wedding Yells
1942 • as Hammerhead Nahl
movie
Boy Oh Boy!
1932 • as Saunders
★ 7.0
Hollywood
Hollywood
1923 • as James Finlayson
★ 9.0
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 • as (archive footage)
Newly Rich
Newly Rich
1922
Raffles
Raffles
1939 • as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
★ 6.2
She Sighed by the Seaside
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921 • as 1st Suitor
★ 7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 • as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Madame Sans Jane
Madame Sans Jane
1925 • as The Girl's Father
★ 4.3
Frozen Hearts
Frozen Hearts
1923 • as General Sappovitch
★ 5.7
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 • as Pa Slocum
★ 10.0
For the Defense
For the Defense
1930 • as Parrott
★ 5.7
Night Owls
Night Owls
1930 • as Meadows
★ 7.4
Men O' War
Men O' War
1929 • as Soda jerk
★ 6.8
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925 • as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
★ 4.0
In Dutch
In Dutch
1918
★ 10.0
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919 • as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926 • as Dean of Pinkham University
★ 5.7
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 • as Keystone Cop
★ 6.2
The Crossroads of New York
The Crossroads of New York
1922 • as Lawyer
★ 7.0
The Noon Whistle
The Noon Whistle
1923
★ 8.0
What's the World Coming To?
What's the World Coming To?
1926 • as The Father-in-Law
★ 4.7
movie
The Mystery Man
1923
★ 8.0
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1925
★ 8.0
Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again
1952 • as Plato's Rival
Chickens Come Home
Chickens Come Home
1931 • as Butler (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Trying to Get Along
Trying to Get Along
1919 • as The Beauty Parlor Operator
★ 7.0
movie
Before the Public
1923
★ 7.5
Big Business
Big Business
1929 • as Homeowner (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923 • as Miles Sandwich
★ 7.0
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
★ 6.0
movie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935 • as Manager
★ 6.0
Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess
1930 • as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Thunder Below
Thunder Below
1932 • as Scotty
★ 7.0
movie
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933 • as Andrew Finch
★ 7.0
Moonlight and Noses
Moonlight and Noses
1925 • as Professor Sniff
★ 5.9
Pick and Shovel
Pick and Shovel
1923 • as The Foreman
★ 7.3
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Manhattan Monkey Business
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935 • as Joyce's Father
★ 10.0
A Punch in the Nose
A Punch in the Nose
1926
★ 10.0
The World of Laurel and Hardy
The World of Laurel and Hardy
A Small Town Idol
A Small Town Idol
1921 • as J. Wellington Jones
★ 6.8
movie
In the Grease
1925 • as Father
★ 7.0
Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery
1926 • as Struggling Author
★ 6.5
movie
Life Hesitates at 40
1935 • as Dr. James Finlayson
★ 7.5
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 • as Vivien's Suitor
★ 8.0
The Gay Nighties
The Gay Nighties
1933 • as Mr. Amos Pipp
★ 4.2
Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924 • as Major Glanders Botts
★ 5.8
The Great Victor Herbert
The Great Victor Herbert
1939 • as Lamplighter
★ 5.4
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925 • as Hillory, the new husband
★ 5.3
Dance of the Cookoos
Dance of the Cookoos
1982 • as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
★ 10.0
Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons
1923 • as Worker
★ 5.5
Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas
1926 • as Justice of the Peace
★ 6.0
movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 • as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Jus' Passin' Through
Jus' Passin' Through
1923 • as Drunk (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Nature in the Wrong
Nature in the Wrong
1933 • as Voice of lion (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
★ 8.5
Pitfalls of a Big City
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923 • as The Hired Man
★ 8.0
Mary, Queen of Tots
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925 • as Radio Actor
★ 7.3
Hard to Get
Hard to Get
1929 • as Pa Martin
★ 7.0
No Man's Law
No Man's Law
1927 • as Jack Belcher
★ 7.3
Postage Due
Postage Due
1924 • as Postal Inspector Hawke
★ 6.2
The Haunted Honeymoon
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
★ 7.0
Brothers Under the Chin
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
★ 7.0
Grand Canyon Trail
Grand Canyon Trail
1948 • as Sheriff
★ 5.7
Liberty
Liberty
1929 • as Store keeper
★ 6.9
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
1925
★ 7.0
Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928 • as Joe Skittle
★ 6.5
Flying Elephants
Flying Elephants
1928 • as Saxophonus (uncredited)
★ 5.9
movie
Second Hand Kisses
1931 • as Jimmy Finlayson
Innocent Husbands
Innocent Husbands
1925 • as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
★ 7.0
movie
The Iceman's Ball
1932 • as Commissioner Walters
★ 4.0
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
1923 • as Humko, Store Detective
★ 6.0
movie
Don't Leave Home
1930
★ 9.0
Sold at Auction!
Sold at Auction!
1923 • as The Man Who WAS Sold
★ 6.8
movie
Beach Pajamas
1931
★ 7.0
Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy
1930 • as House Detective
★ 6.8
movie
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
★ 7.0
movie
Tell It to a Policeman
1925
★ 8.0
movie
Gold Diggers
1930
★ 7.0
The Soilers
The Soilers
1923 • as Smacknamara
★ 5.5
The Chimp
The Chimp
1932 • as Ringmaster (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921 • as Plato's Rival
★ 8.0
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
1923 • as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
★ 10.0
Mush and Milk
Mush and Milk
1933 • as Mr. Brown, the banker
★ 6.8
Flaming Flappers
Flaming Flappers
1925
★ 10.0
All Over Town
All Over Town
1937 • as MacDougal
★ 6.4
movie
Fighting Fathers
1927 • as Neighbor
★ 7.0
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy
1943 • as Cook Flynn (uncredited)
★ 6.6
movie
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931 • as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
★ 7.3
California or Bust
California or Bust
1923 • as Campground neighbor
★ 8.0
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924 • as Rupert of Hee Haw
★ 5.6
Hats Off
Hats Off
1927 • as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
★ 6.6
Don't Weaken!
Don't Weaken!
1920 • as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
★ 6.3
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth
1923 • as Defense lawyer
★ 7.0
Wall Street
Wall Street
1929 • as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
★ 7.0
Smithy
Smithy
1924 • as Sergeant
★ 5.8
Mother's Joy
Mother's Joy
1923 • as Baron Buttontop
★ 5.7
Seeing the World
Seeing the World
1927 • as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
★ 7.1
movie
Up in Alf's Place
1919 • as The Dancing Instructor
★ 7.0
Fast Freight
Fast Freight
1929 • as Spooky Wall Painting
★ 8.5
So This Is Harris!
So This Is Harris!
1933 • as Golf Pro
★ 5.4
Merry Widower
Merry Widower
1926 • as The Hunter
★ 8.0
Forgotten Sweeties
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
★ 5.3
Near Dublin
Near Dublin
1924 • as Sir Patrick
★ 6.7
Dizzy Daddies
Dizzy Daddies
1926 • as Jonathan Haig
★ 3.8
The Nickel-Hopper
The Nickel-Hopper
1926 • as Rupert
★ 7.5
Anything Once!
Anything Once!
1927 • as Mabel's Boss
★ 6.8
Hasty Marriage
Hasty Marriage
1931 • as Kitty's Father
★ 7.7
movie
False Roomers
1931 • as Landlord
★ 8.0
movie
Father and Son
1935 • as Bidad
★ 10.0
movie
Jitters the Butler
1932 • as Phineas P. McPhinn
★ 7.0
movie
Change the Needle
1925
★ 9.0
movie
Fully Insured
1923 • as The Foreman
★ 6.5
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces
1924 • as Jack McQueen
★ 6.3
A Tough Winter
A Tough Winter
1923
★ 9.0
Short Kilts
Short Kilts
1924 • as McGregor's Son
★ 5.4
Chasing the Chaser
Chasing the Chaser
1925 • as Gilroy (the husband)
★ 6.5
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
1926 • as Simpson Sniffle
★ 6.2
Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good
1928 • as Trelawney West
★ 10.0
Two Weeks Off
Two Weeks Off
1929 • as Pa Weaver
★ 9.0
One Hour Married
One Hour Married
1927
★ 8.0
movie
Dog-Gone
1939 • as Mr. Jones
★ 8.0
Galloping Ghosts
Galloping Ghosts
1928 • as Police Commissioner
★ 7.0
His Silent Racket
His Silent Racket
1933 • as James
★ 8.0
movie
The Millionaire Cat
1932 • as Lawyer Fogg
★ 10.0