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James Finlayson

Acting
August 26, 1887
— October 9, 1953(66 years old)
Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Popularity: 1
IMDb

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.

Also Known As

Jimmy Finlayson • Jimmie Finlayson • Jim Finlayson • James Henderson Finlayson • Jimmy Finalyson

Known For

Foreign Correspondent movie poster (1940)
7.0

Foreign Correspondent

Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

Royal Wedding movie poster (1951)
6.5

Royal Wedding

Cabby (uncredited)

Flaming Flappers movie poster (1925)
10.0

Flaming Flappers

The Chimp movie poster (1932)
6.5

The Chimp

Ringmaster (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be movie poster (1942)
7.8

To Be or Not to Be

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Bonnie Scotland movie poster (1935)
6.6

Bonnie Scotland

Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

Fast Freight movie poster (1929)
8.5

Fast Freight

Spooky Wall Painting

Postage Due movie poster (1924)
6.3

Postage Due

Postal Inspector Hawke

Short Kilts movie poster (1924)
5.4

Short Kilts

McGregor's Son

The Flying Deuces movie poster (1939)
6.4

The Flying Deuces

Jailor

Young Eagles movie poster (1930)
7.0

Young Eagles

Scotty

Big Business movie poster (1929)
6.6

Big Business

Homeowner (uncredited)

Filmography

1960s

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy movie poster (1967)
7.0

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1950s

Here We Go Again movie poster (1952)

Here We Go Again

Plato's Rival

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives movie poster (1951)

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

(archive footage)

1940s

She-Wolf of London movie poster (1946)
5.6

She-Wolf of London

Constable (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be movie poster (1942)
7.8

To Be or Not to Be

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Saps at Sea movie poster (1940)
6.8

Saps at Sea

Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

1930s

The Flying Deuces movie poster (1939)
6.4

The Flying Deuces

Jailor

Hollywood Cavalcade movie poster (1939)
6.2

Hollywood Cavalcade

Keystone Cop

Block-Heads movie poster (1938)
7.0

Block-Heads

Man on Stairs

Angel movie poster (1937)
6.7

Angel

Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

Way Out West movie poster (1937)
7.1

Way Out West

Mickey Finn

All Over Town movie poster (1937)
6.4

All Over Town

MacDougal

The Toast of New York movie poster (1937)
6.2

The Toast of New York

Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

Our Relations movie poster (1936)
7.0

Our Relations

Finn

The Bohemian Girl movie poster (1936)
6.2

The Bohemian Girl

Captain Finn

Thicker Than Water movie poster (1935)
7.3

Thicker Than Water

Auction Manager

The Devil's Brother movie poster (1933)
6.8

The Devil's Brother

Lord Rocburg

Me and My Pal movie poster (1933)
6.5

Me and My Pal

Peter Cucumber

The Gay Nighties movie poster (1933)
4.3

The Gay Nighties

Mr. Amos Pipp

Nature in the Wrong movie poster (1933)
7.0

Nature in the Wrong

Voice of lion (uncredited)

Mush and Milk movie poster (1933)
6.5

Mush and Milk

Mr. Brown, the banker

Pack Up Your Troubles movie poster (1932)
6.8

Pack Up Your Troubles

General

Thunder Below movie poster (1932)
7.0

Thunder Below

Scotty

Hasty Marriage movie poster (1931)
7.7

Hasty Marriage

Kitty's Father

One Good Turn movie poster (1931)
6.9

One Good Turn

A Community Player

Our Wife movie poster (1931)
7.1

Our Wife

Father of the bride (uncredited)

Chickens Come Home movie poster (1931)
6.6

Chickens Come Home

Butler (uncredited)

Night Owls movie poster (1930)
7.4

Night Owls

Meadows

Thieves movie poster (1930)
7.1

Thieves

For the Defense movie poster (1930)
5.3

For the Defense

Parrott

Another Fine Mess movie poster (1930)
6.9

Another Fine Mess

Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

1920s

Big Business movie poster (1929)
6.6

Big Business

Homeowner (uncredited)

The Hoose-Gow movie poster (1929)
6.6

The Hoose-Gow

Governor (uncredited)

Men O' War movie poster (1929)
6.8

Men O' War

Soda jerk

Liberty movie poster (1929)
6.9

Liberty

Store keeper

Flying Elephants movie poster (1928)
5.9

Flying Elephants

Saxophonus (uncredited)

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath movie poster (1928)
10.0

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

Pa Slocum

Should Tall Men Marry? movie poster (1928)
6.5

Should Tall Men Marry?

Joe Skittle

Show Girl movie poster (1928)
8.0

Show Girl

Mr. Dugan

Anything Once! movie poster (1927)
6.8

Anything Once!

Mabel's Boss

Sugar Daddies movie poster (1927)
6.1

Sugar Daddies

Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

Seeing the World movie poster (1927)
7.1

Seeing the World

'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Call of the Cuckoo movie poster (1927)
5.8

Call of the Cuckoo

Asylum Inmate

Do Detectives Think? movie poster (1927)
6.3

Do Detectives Think?

Judge Foozle (uncredited)

Forgotten Sweeties movie poster (1927)
5.0

Forgotten Sweeties

No Man's Law movie poster (1927)
7.3

No Man's Law

Jack Belcher

The Second 100 Years movie poster (1927)
6.3

The Second 100 Years

Browne Van Dyke

Love 'Em and Weep movie poster (1927)
5.7

Love 'Em and Weep

Titus Tillsbury

With Love and Hisses movie poster (1927)
6.1

With Love and Hisses

Captain Bustle

Thundering Fleas movie poster (1926)
6.0

Thundering Fleas

Justice of the Peace

Merry Widower movie poster (1926)
8.0

Merry Widower

The Hunter

A Punch in the Nose movie poster (1926)
10.0

A Punch in the Nose

Don Key (Son of Burro) movie poster (1926)
8.0

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Vivien's Suitor

Raggedy Rose movie poster (1926)
6.3

Raggedy Rose

Simpson Sniffle

Wife Tamers movie poster (1926)
7.0

Wife Tamers

The Waiter

Dizzy Daddies movie poster (1926)
3.8

Dizzy Daddies

Jonathan Haig

Yes, Yes, Nanette movie poster (1925)
5.5

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Hillory, the new husband

Unfriendly Enemies movie poster (1925)
6.5

Unfriendly Enemies

The Cameraman

Madame Sans Jane movie poster (1925)
4.3

Madame Sans Jane

The Girl's Father

Thundering Landlords movie poster (1925)
10.0

Thundering Landlords

The Landlord

Chasing the Chaser movie poster (1925)
6.5

Chasing the Chaser

Gilroy (the husband)

Hard Boiled movie poster (1925)
8.0

Hard Boiled

The Haunted Honeymoon movie poster (1925)
7.0

The Haunted Honeymoon

Short Kilts movie poster (1924)
5.4

Short Kilts

McGregor's Son

Zeb vs. Paprika movie poster (1924)
5.8

Zeb vs. Paprika

Major Glanders Botts

Rupert of Hee-Haw movie poster (1924)
5.6

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Rupert of Hee Haw

Hollywood movie poster (1923)
9.0

Hollywood

James Finlayson

Jack Frost movie poster (1923)
10.0

Jack Frost

Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Scorching Sands movie poster (1923)
5.9

Scorching Sands

James

Frozen Hearts movie poster (1923)
5.7

Frozen Hearts

General Sappovitch

Courtship of Miles Sandwich movie poster (1923)
7.0

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Miles Sandwich

Roughest Africa movie poster (1923)
5.8

Roughest Africa

Hans Downe

Oranges and Lemons movie poster (1923)
5.5

Oranges and Lemons

Worker

The Noon Whistle movie poster (1923)
8.0

The Noon Whistle

Sold at Auction! movie poster (1923)
6.8

Sold at Auction!

The Man Who WAS Sold

The Whole Truth movie poster (1923)
7.0

The Whole Truth

Defense lawyer

A Man About Town movie poster (1923)
6.0

A Man About Town

Humko, Store Detective

California or Bust movie poster (1923)
8.0

California or Bust

Campground neighbor

White Wings movie poster (1923)
7.3

White Wings

Dental Patient

Mother's Joy movie poster (1923)
5.7

Mother's Joy

Baron Buttontop

Pitfalls of a Big City movie poster (1923)
8.0

Pitfalls of a Big City

The Hired Man

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? movie poster (1923)
8.0

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

The Hired Man

Newly Rich movie poster (1922)

Newly Rich

The Crossroads of New York movie poster (1922)
7.0

The Crossroads of New York

Lawyer

A Small Town Idol movie poster (1921)
6.8

A Small Town Idol

J. Wellington Jones

She Sighed by the Seaside movie poster (1921)
7.0

She Sighed by the Seaside

1st Suitor

Hard Knocks and Love Taps movie poster (1921)
8.0

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

Plato's Rival

Don't Weaken! movie poster (1920)
6.3

Don't Weaken!

Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

1910s

Yankee Doodle in Berlin movie poster (1919)
5.7

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Commander's Officer (uncredited)

TBA

The World of Laurel and Hardy movie poster

The World of Laurel and Hardy