James Finlayson

James Finlayson

1887-08-26 Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK Male 174 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-08-26

Place of Birth

Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Known Credits

174

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Jimmy Finlayson, Jimmie Finlayson , Jim Finlayson , James Henderson Finlayson, Jimmy Finalyson

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Movie Credits

Hollywood

1923

James Finlayson

Pick a Star

1937

Director

Royal Wedding

1951

Cabby (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Way Out West

1937

Mickey Finn

The Perils of Pauline

1947

Comic Chef

She-Wolf of London

1946

Constable (uncredited)

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Asylum Inmate

Angel

1937

Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

The Toast of New York

1937

Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Keystone Cop

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

Our Relations

1936

Finn

Our Wife

1931

Father of the bride

The Devil's Brother

1933

Lord Rocburg

Saps at Sea

1940

Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Block-Heads

1938

Man on Stairs

Flying Elephants

1928

Saxophonus

Pardon Us

1931

Schoolteacher

The Dawn Patrol

1930

Field Sergeant

Another Fine Mess

1930

Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

1940

Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Raffles

1939

Hansom Cab Driver

The Bohemian Girl

1936

Captain Finn

One Good Turn

1931

A Community Player

Thicker Than Water

1935

Auction Manager

Big Business

1929

Homeowner

Bonnie Scotland

1935

Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

Sold at Auction

1923

The Man Who WAS Sold

The Soilers

1923

Smacknamara

The Chimp

1932

Ringmaster

Sugar Daddies

1927

Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

The Hoose-Gow

1929

Governor

For the Defense

1930

Parrott

Wife Tamers

1926

The Waiter

Liberty

1929

Store keeper

Night Owls

1930

Meadows

The Second 100 Years

1927

Browne Van Dyke

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925

Hillory, the new husband

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Titus Tillsbury

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951

(archive footage)

With Love and Hisses

1927

Captain Bustle

Dollar Dizzy

1930

House Detective

Roughest Africa

1923

Hans Downe

Men O' War

1929

Soda jerk

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928

Joe Skittle

Wall Street

1929

Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

Unfriendly Enemies

1925

The Cameraman

Down on the Farm

1920

The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Judge Foozle

Lady Be Good

1928

Trelawney West

One of the Smiths

1931

Wine Brewer (uncredited)

Don't Weaken!

1920

Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Me and My Pal

1933

Peter Cucumber

Hats Off

1927

Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

Young Eagles

1930

Scotty

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

Commander's Officer (uncredited)

All Over Town

1937

MacDougal

Thunder Below

1932

Scotty

White Wings

1923

Dental Patient

The Gay Nighties

1933

Mr. Amos Pipp

The Millionaire Cat

1932

Lawyer Fogg

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Major Glanders Botts

Second Hand Kisses

1931

Jimmy Finlayson

In the Grease

1925

Father

Short Kilts

1924

McGregor's Son

Anything Once!

1927

Mabel's Boss

A Man About Town

1923

Humko, Store Detective

The Whole Truth

1923

Defense lawyer

Madame Sans Jane

1925

The Girl's Father

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935

Joyce's Father

Show Girl

1928

Mr. Dugan

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)

Postage Due

1924

Postal Inspector Hawke

Dick Turpin

1933

Jeremy

Raggedy Rose

1926

Simpson Sniffle

Mush and Milk

1933

Mr. Brown, the banker

Here We Go Again

1952

Plato's Rival

Innocent Husbands

1925

The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Moonlight and Noses

1925

Professor Sniff

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926

Dean of Pinkham University

No Man's Law

1927

Jack Belcher

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921

Plato's Rival

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

A Small Town Idol

1921

J. Wellington Jones

Pick and Shovel

1923

The Foreman

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926

Vivien's Suitor

Madame Mystery

1926

Struggling Author

Hard to Get

1929

Pa Martin

Thundering Fleas

1926

Justice of the Peace

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923

The Hired Man

Jitters the Butler

1932

Phineas P. McPhinn

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

(archive footage)

Near Dublin

1924

Sir Patrick

Smithy

1924

Sergeant

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Commissioner Walters

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924

Rupert of Hee Haw

Hasty Marriage

1931

Kitty's Father

Father and Son

1935

Bidad

Don't Tell Everything

1927

Lawyer Goldblum

Frozen Hearts

1923

General Sappovitch

Seeing the World

1927

'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Wide Open Spaces

1924

Jack McQueen

Sure-Mike!

1925

The Floorwalker

Two Weeks Off

1929

Pa Weaver

Boy Oh Boy!

1932

Saunders

Mother's Joy

1923

Baron Buttontop

Thundering Landlords

1925

The Landlord

Fast Freight

1929

Spooky Wall Painting

Jack Frost

1923

Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Voice of lion (uncredited)

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925

Radio Actor

False Roomers

1931

Landlord

Jus' Passin' Through

1923

Drunk (uncredited)

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933

Andrew Finch

Up in Alf's Place

1919

The Dancing Instructor

Dizzy Daddies

1926

Jonathan Haig

Fighting Fathers

1927

Neighbor

Merry Widower

1926

The Hunter

Dog-Gone

1939

Mr. Jones

Trying to Get Along

1919

The Beauty Parlor Operator

So This Is Harris!

1933

Golf Pro

Galloping Ghosts

1928

Police Commissioner

Chasing the Chaser

1925

Gilroy (the husband)

What's the World Coming To?

1926

The Father-in-Law

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923

Miles Sandwich

Wedding Yells

1942

Hammerhead Nahl

Fully Insured

1923

The Foreman

California or Bust

1923

Campground neighbor

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Dr. James Finlayson

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