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James Finlayson1887 - 1953

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Actor

Popularity

2.3

Famous

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.

Credits

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002

Comedy • Family

8.5(2)

0.1

She-Wolf of London

1946

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Constable (uncredited)

5.6(69)

0.5

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Comedy • Romance • War

as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

7.8(762)

1.3

Saps at Sea

1940

Comedy

as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

6.8(82)

0.5

The Flying Deuces

1939

Comedy • War

as Jailor

6.4(165)

1.4

Block-Heads

1938

Comedy • War

as Man on Stairs

7(128)

0.7

Way Out West

1937

Action • Comedy • Western

as Mickey Finn

7(207)

0.8

Our Relations

1936

Comedy

as Finn

6.9(104)

0.4

Thicker Than Water

1935

Comedy

as Auction Manager

7.2(47)

0.2

Me and My Pal

1933

Comedy

as Peter Cucumber

6.4(40)

0.2

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Comedy

as Voice of lion (uncredited)

0(0)

0.1

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Comedy • War

as General

6.7(67)

0.4

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Comedy

as Commissioner Walters

1(1)

0.1

One Good Turn

1931

Comedy

as A Community Player

6.9(38)

0.3

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931

Comedy

6(2)

0.1

Our Wife

1931

Comedy

as Father of the bride

7(37)

0.3

Chickens Come Home

1931

Comedy

as Butler

6.6(47)

0.3

Another Fine Mess

1930

Comedy

as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

6.9(68)

0.4

The prince of the dollar

1930

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Gold Diggers

1930

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Night Owls

1930

Comedy

as Meadows

7.4(42)

0.5

The Hoose-Gow

1929

Comedy

as Governor

6.6(49)

0.2

Men O' War

1929

Comedy

as Soda jerk

7(33)

0.2

Liberty

1929

Comedy

as Store keeper

6.8(50)

0.2

Flying Elephants

1928

Comedy

as Saxophonus

5.7(21)

0.6

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Comedy

as Judge Foozle

6.2(27)

0.2

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Comedy

as Asylum Inmate

5.7(22)

0.4

The Second 100 Years

1927

Comedy

as Browne Van Dyke

6.3(32)

0.4

Sugar Daddies

1927

Comedy

as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

6(22)

0.2

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

Comedy

3(1)

0.1

Merry Widower

1926

Comedy

as The Hunter

6(1)

0.1

Thundering Fleas

1926

Comedy

as Justice of the Peace

5.5(9)

0.1

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926

Comedy

as Vivien's Suitor

6(1)

0.1

A Punch in the Nose

1926

Comedy

0(0)

Unfriendly Enemies

1925

Comedy

as The Cameraman

6(1)

0.2

Madame Sans Jane

1925

Comedy

as The Girl's Father

2(1)

0.1

Thundering Landlords

1925

Comedy

as The Landlord

0(0)

0.1

The Haunted Honeymoon

1925

Comedy

0(0)

Hard Boiled

1925

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Hollywood

1923

Comedy • Drama

as James Finlayson

7(1)

0.5

Jack Frost

1923

Comedy

as Wicked Man from the Wicked City

0(0)

0.2

Newly Rich

1922

Comedy

0(0)

0.2

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921

Comedy

as 1st Suitor

0(0)

0.1

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Documentary • TV Movie

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

0(0)

0.2

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

Comedy

6(1)

0.1

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

Comedy • Documentary

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

6.3(3)

0.4

Here We Go Again

1952

Comedy

as Plato's Rival

0(0)

0.1

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951

Comedy

as (archive footage)

0(0)

0.1

Royal Wedding

1951

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Cabby (uncredited)

6.5(99)

1.5

Grand Canyon Trail

1948

Western

as Sheriff

5(2)

0.3

The Perils of Pauline

1947

Comedy • Music

as Comic Chef

6.2(8)

1.4

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Comedy • Music

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

6(5)

0.4

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

Comedy

as (archive footage)

0(0)

0.2

Wedding Yells

1942

Comedy

as Hammerhead Nahl

0(0)

0.1

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Action • Mystery • Thriller

as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

7(401)

1.2

A Chump at Oxford

1940

Comedy

as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

6.9(100)

0.5

The Great Victor Herbert

1939

Music • Romance

as Lamplighter

5(6)

0.3

Raffles

1939

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Hansom Cab Driver

6(17)

0.4

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Comedy • Drama • History

as Keystone Cop

5.1(4)

0.4

Dog-Gone

1939

Comedy

as Mr. Jones

0(0)

0.1

Angel

1937

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

6.8(74)

0.5

All Over Town

1937

Comedy

as MacDougal

6.2(6)

0.3

The Toast of New York

1937

Comedy • Drama • History

as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

5.8(11)

0.3

Pick a Star

1937

Comedy • Music

as Director

4.8(12)

0.2

The Bohemian Girl

1936

Comedy • Music

as Captain Finn

6.2(49)

0.5

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935

Comedy • Documentary

as Manager

6(1)

0.1

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Comedy

as Dr. James Finlayson

0(0)

0.1

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935

Comedy

as Joyce's Father

0(0)

0.1

Bonnie Scotland

1935

Comedy

as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

6.6(64)

0.6

Father and Son

1935

Crime • Drama

as Bidad

0(0)

0.1

Dick Turpin

1933

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Jeremy

0(0)

0.2

So This Is Harris!

1933

Comedy • Music

as Golf Pro

5.5(11)

0.1

The Gay Nighties

1933

Comedy

as Mr. Amos Pipp

3(2)

0.1

Mush and Milk

1933

Comedy • Family

as Mr. Brown, the banker

6.8(4)

0.2

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933

as Andrew Finch

0(0)

The Devil's Brother

1933

Comedy • Music

as Lord Rocburg

6.7(61)

0.3

His Silent Racket

1933

Comedy

as James

10(0)

0.1

Jitters the Butler

1932

Comedy

as Phineas P. McPhinn

6(1)

0.1

Boy Oh Boy!

1932

Comedy

as Saunders

0(0)

0.1

The Millionaire Cat

1932

Comedy

as Lawyer Fogg

0(0)

0.1

Thunder Below

1932

Drama

as Scotty

0(0)

0.1

The Chimp

1932

Comedy

as Ringmaster

6.5(43)

0.4

Hasty Marriage

1931

Comedy

as Kitty's Father

6.5(2)

0.2

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931

Comedy

5.4(5)

False Roomers

1931

Comedy

as Landlord

0(0)

Beach Pajamas

1931

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Pardon Us

1931

Comedy

as Schoolteacher

6.5(80)

0.6

One of the Smiths

1931

Comedy

as Wine Brewer (uncredited)

0(0)

0.2

Playing at Politics

1931

Comedy

as Criado

6.9(8)

0.1

Second Hand Kisses

1931

Comedy

as Jimmy Finlayson

0(0)

Don't Leave Home

1930

Comedy

0(0)

Dollar Dizzy

1930

Comedy

as House Detective

6(3)

0.2

For the Defense

1930

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Parrott

4.8(10)

0.2

The Dawn Patrol

1930

Action • Drama • War

as Field Sergeant

6.7(27)

0.3

Young Eagles

1930

Drama

as Scotty

6(2)

0.2

Thieves

1930

Comedy

6.9(8)

0.2

Wall Street

1929

Drama

as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

6(1)

0.2

Hard to Get

1929

Comedy

as Pa Martin

0(0)

0.2

Two Weeks Off

1929

Comedy • Romance

as Pa Weaver

0(0)

0.1

Big Business

1929

Comedy

as Homeowner

6.7(93)

0.3

Fast Freight

1929

Comedy

as Spooky Wall Painting

0(0)

0.1

Show Girl

1928

Comedy • Drama

as Mr. Dugan

0(0)

0.3

Lady Be Good

1928

Comedy • Romance

as Trelawney West

0(0)

0.1

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

1928

Comedy

as Pa Slocum

0(0)

0.3

Galloping Ghosts

1928

Comedy

as Police Commissioner

0(0)

0.1

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928

Comedy • Western

as Joe Skittle

5.9(6)

0.1

Fighting Fathers

1927

Comedy

as Neighbor

0(0)

0.1

Hats Off

1927

Comedy

as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

6.3(3)

0.1

With Love and Hisses

1927

Comedy

as Captain Bustle

6.1(22)

0.2

Don't Tell Everything

1927

Comedy

as Lawyer Goldblum

10(1)

0.1

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Comedy

as Titus Tillsbury

5.8(18)

0.2

No Man's Law

1927

Western

as Jack Belcher

6(2)

0.2

One Hour Married

1927

Comedy

6(1)

0.1

Seeing the World

1927

Comedy

as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

6.1(4)

Anything Once!

1927

Comedy

as Mabel's Boss

6(3)

0.1

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

Comedy

as Rupert

7(3)

0.2

Raggedy Rose

1926

Comedy

as Simpson Sniffle

5.5(3)

0.2

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926

Comedy

as Dean of Pinkham University

4(2)

0.1

Wife Tamers

1926

Comedy

as The Waiter

6(1)

0.2

Dizzy Daddies

1926

Comedy

as Jonathan Haig

3.5(2)

Madame Mystery

1926

Comedy

as Struggling Author

5.6(4)

0.1

What's the World Coming To?

1926

Comedy

as The Father-in-Law

4.5(6)

0.2

Flaming Flappers

1925

Comedy

0(0)

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

Comedy

as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

3.5(2)

0.1

Moonlight and Noses

1925

Comedy

as Professor Sniff

4.5(3)

0.1

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925

Comedy

as Radio Actor

5.8(2)

0.1

Innocent Husbands

1925

Comedy

as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

6.2(4)

0.2

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925

Comedy

as Hillory, the new husband

5.3(11)

0.2

Chasing the Chaser

1925

Comedy

as Gilroy (the husband)

6(1)

0.2

In the Grease

1925

Comedy

as Father

0(0)

0.1

Tell It to a Policeman

1925

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Sure-Mike!

1925

Comedy

as The Floorwalker

0(0)

0.1

Welcome Home

1925

Comedy

0(0)

0.3

Short Kilts

1924

as McGregor's Son

5.3(14)

0.1

Wide Open Spaces

1924

Comedy • Western

as Jack McQueen

5(2)

0.1

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924

Comedy

as Rupert of Hee Haw

5.2(3)

0.1

Near Dublin

1924

as Sir Patrick

6(2)

Brothers Under the Chin

1924

Comedy

5.5(2)

0.1

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Comedy

as Major Glanders Botts

5.5(4)

0.3

Postage Due

1924

Comedy

as Postal Inspector Hawke

5.3(3)

0.1

Smithy

1924

Comedy

as Sergeant

5.2(8)

0.1

Mother's Joy

1923

as Baron Buttontop

5.2(5)

0.1

Fully Insured

1923

as The Foreman

5(1)

0.1

Scorching Sands

1923

Comedy

as James

5.4(8)

0.1

The Soilers

1923

as Smacknamara

5.5(15)

0.2

The Whole Truth

1923

Comedy

as Defense lawyer

5.5(2)

0.2

Frozen Hearts

1923

Comedy

as General Sappovitch

5.4(5)

0.1

Jus' Passin' Through

1923

Comedy

as Drunk (uncredited)

5(1)

0.1

Roughest Africa

1923

as Hans Downe

5.5(13)

0.1

A Man About Town

1923

Comedy

as Humko, Store Detective

5.5(4)

0.1

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923

Comedy

as The Hired Man

0(0)

0.1

The Mystery Man

1923

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Oranges and Lemons

1923

Comedy

as Worker

5.2(20)

0.1

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923

Comedy

as The Hired Man

0(0)

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923

Comedy

as Miles Sandwich

0(0)

0.1

Pick and Shovel

1923

Comedy

as The Foreman

6(2)

0.2

Sold at Auction

1923

Comedy

as The Man Who WAS Sold

4.5(1)

0.1

White Wings

1923

as Dental Patient

6.7(3)

0.1

California or Bust

1923

as Campground neighbor

0(0)

The Noon Whistle

1923

7(1)

Before the Public

1923

Comedy

5(1)

0.1

A Tough Winter

1923

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

The Crossroads of New York

1922

Comedy

as Lawyer

0(0)

0.1

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921

Comedy

as Plato's Rival

0(0)

A Small Town Idol

1921

Comedy

as J. Wellington Jones

6(3)

0.1

Don't Weaken!

1920

Comedy

as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

5.5(2)

0.1

Down on the Farm

1920

Comedy

as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

5.5(7)

0.1

Up in Alf's Place

1919

Comedy

as The Dancing Instructor

0(0)

Trying to Get Along

1919

Comedy

as The Beauty Parlor Operator

0(0)

0.1

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

Comedy • War

as Commander's Officer (uncredited)

5.3(8)

0.1

In Dutch

1918

0(0)

0.1