James Finlayson

James Finlayson

Acting • Born 1887-08-26 • Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography

Bonnie Scotland 6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935 • Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
Foreign Correspondent 7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be 7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942 • Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Pardon Us 6.4
Pardon Us
1931 • Schoolteacher
Down on the Farm 5.5
Down on the Farm
1920 • The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Wife Tamers 6.0
Wife Tamers
1926 • The Waiter
Block-Heads 6.9
Block-Heads
1938 • Man on Stairs
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
1933 • Jeremy
One Good Turn 6.9
One Good Turn
1931 • A Community Player
Sugar Daddies 5.9
Sugar Daddies
1927 • Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 • Pa Slocum
Don't Tell Everything 10.0
Don't Tell Everything
1927 • Lawyer Goldblum
In Dutch
In Dutch
1918
The Devil's Brother 6.8
The Devil's Brother
1933 • Lord Rocburg
She-Wolf of London 5.6
She-Wolf of London
1946 • Constable (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo 5.7
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 • Asylum Inmate
Manhattan Monkey Business
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935 • Joyce's Father
One of the Smiths 6.0
One of the Smiths
1931 • Wine Brewer (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford 6.8
A Chump at Oxford
1940 • Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
The Toast of New York 5.8
The Toast of New York
1937 • Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Sure-Mike!
Sure-Mike!
1925 • The Floorwalker
Two Sisters from Boston 6.0
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 • Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Angel 6.7
Angel
1937 • Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces 6.3
The Flying Deuces
1939 • Jailor
Royal Wedding 6.4
Royal Wedding
1951 • Cabby (uncredited)
The Dawn Patrol 6.7
The Dawn Patrol
1930 • Field Sergeant
The Big Parade of Comedy 6.6
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Trying to Get Along
Trying to Get Along
1919 • The Beauty Parlor Operator
Way Out West 7.1
Way Out West
1937 • Mickey Finn
Hollywood 8.5
Hollywood
1923 • James Finlayson
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