Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-08-26 (66 years old)
Deathday
1953-10-09
Place of Birth
Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Also known As
Jimmy Finlayson
Jimmie Finlayson
Jim Finlayson
James Henderson Finlayson
Jimmy Finalyson
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.
1939
as Jailor
1937
as Mickey Finn
1921
as 1st Suitor
1923
as James Finlayson
1942
as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
1946
as Constable (uncredited)
1938
as Man on Stairs
1925
as The Landlord
1925
as The Girl's Father
1925
as The Cameraman
1926
as Vivien's Suitor
1932
as General
1932
as Commissioner Walters
1936
as Finn
1940
as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
1925
1926
as The Hunter
1922
1933
as Voice of lion (uncredited)
1929
as Soda jerk
1930
as Meadows
1931
as A Community Player
1931
as Father of the bride
1927
as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
1930
1923
as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
1929
as Store keeper
1928
as Saxophonus
1933
as Peter Cucumber
1930
as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
1927
as Asylum Inmate
1931
as Butler
1927
as Judge Foozle
1929
as Governor
1927
as Browne Van Dyke
1935
as Auction Manager
1926
as Justice of the Peace
1927
as Captain Bustle
1927
as Titus Tillsbury
1936
as Captain Finn
1942
as Hammerhead Nahl
1937
as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
1933
as Lord Rocburg
1923
as The Hired Man
1923
as The Hired Man
1922
as Lawyer
1923
as Worker
1925
as Hillory, the new husband
1937
as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
1921
as Plato's Rival
1952
as Plato's Rival
1928
as Mr. Dugan
1924
as Major Glanders Botts
1933
as Mr. Brown, the banker
1926
as The Waiter
1931
as Kitty's Father
1933
as Mr. Amos Pipp
1951
as (archive footage)
1930
1925
as Father
1923
as Hans Downe
1937
as MacDougal
1931
1926
as Simpson Sniffle
1921
as J. Wellington Jones
1927
as Mabel's Boss
1923
as The Man Who WAS Sold
1923
as Campground neighbor
1923
as James
1923
as Humko, Store Detective
1923
as Dental Patient
1927
as Jack Belcher
1924
as Rupert of Hee Haw
1927
as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
1930
1930
as Parrott
1923
as General Sappovitch
1923
as Defense lawyer
1925
as Gilroy (the husband)
1923
as Baron Buttontop
1923
1928
as Pa Slocum
1928
as Joe Skittle
1926
as Jonathan Haig
1939
as Keystone Cop
1929
as Homeowner
1924
as McGregor's Son
1932
as Scotty
1923
as Miles Sandwich
1923
1919
as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
1920
as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
1930
as Scotty
1930
as House Detective
1920
as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
1925
as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1926
as Dean of Pinkham University
1931
as Jimmy Finlayson
1940
as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
1932
as Ringmaster
1931
as Criado
1926
as Rupert
1925
as The Floorwalker
1939
as Hansom Cab Driver
1948
as Sheriff
1935
as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
1926
as The Father-in-Law
1924
as Sergeant
1929
as Pa Martin
1925
as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1927
as Lawyer Goldblum
1923
as The Foreman
1925
as Professor Sniff
1919
as The Beauty Parlor Operator
1933
as Jeremy
1924
as Sir Patrick
1929
as Spooky Wall Painting
1940
as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
1968
as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
1930
as Field Sergeant
1926
as Struggling Author
1933
as Andrew Finch
1935
as Bidad
1947
as Comic Chef
1951
as Cabby (uncredited)
1927
as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
1931
as Schoolteacher
1929
as Pa Weaver
1924
as Jack McQueen
1939
as Mr. Jones
1943
as (archive footage)
1939
as Lamplighter
1918
1928
as Trelawney West
1931
as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
1964
as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
1919
as The Dancing Instructor
1933
as James
1925
1946
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1937
as Director
1933
as Golf Pro
1923
as Smacknamara
1935
as Manager
1923
as The Foreman
1929
as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
1931
as Landlord
1932
as Phineas P. McPhinn
1924
as Postal Inspector Hawke
1927
1923
1935
as Dr. James Finlayson
1935
as Joyce's Father
1932
as Saunders
1923
as Drunk (uncredited)
1925
1925
as Radio Actor
1928
as Police Commissioner
1927
as Neighbor
1932
as Lawyer Fogg
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