James Finlayson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-08-26 (66 years old)

Deathday

1953-10-09

Place of Birth

Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Acting

1939

1937

Way Out West

as Mickey Finn

1921

1923

Hollywood

as James Finlayson

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

1932

The Iceman's Ball

as Commissioner Walters

1936

1940

Saps at Sea

as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

1926

Merry Widower

as The Hunter

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

1927

Sugar Daddies

as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

1923

Jack Frost

as Wicked Man from the Wicked City

1929

Liberty

as Store keeper

1928

Flying Elephants

as Saxophonus

1933

Me and My Pal

as Peter Cucumber

1930

Another Fine Mess

as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

1927

Call of the Cuckoo

as Asylum Inmate

1931

1927

Do Detectives Think?

as Judge Foozle

1929

The Hoose-Gow

as Governor

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

Pitfalls of a Big City

as The Hired Man

1923

1925

Yes, Yes, Nanette

as Hillory, the new husband

1937

The Toast of New York

as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

1921

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

1925

In the Grease

as Father

1923

Roughest Africa

as Hans Downe

1937

All Over Town

as MacDougal

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

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

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

1928

1926

Dizzy Daddies

as Jonathan Haig

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Keystone Cop

1929

Big Business

as Homeowner

1924

Short Kilts

as McGregor's Son

1932

Thunder Below

as Scotty

1923

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

1940

A Chump at Oxford

as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

1932

The Chimp

as Ringmaster

1931

1926

1925

Sure-Mike!

as The Floorwalker

1939

Raffles

as Hansom Cab Driver

1948

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

1947

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

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)

1939

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

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

1937

Pick a Star

as Director

1933

1923

The Soilers

as Smacknamara

1935

1923

Pick and Shovel

as The Foreman

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

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

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

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