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James Finlayson

James Finlayson

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.

Born

Aug 26, 1887

Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Died

Oct 09, 1953

Known For

Acting

Movies

181 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.3

movie

Known For

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Block-Heads

Block-Heads

1938

as Man on Stairs
To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

1942

as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

1939

as Jailor
Way Out West

Way Out West

1937

as Mickey Finn
Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding

1951

as Cabby (uncredited)
Our Relations

Our Relations

1936

as Finn
A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940

as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
Big Business

Big Business

1929

as Homeowner (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Pardon Us
Pardon Us
1931 • as Schoolteacher
★ 6.5
Block-Heads
Block-Heads
1938 • as Man on Stairs
★ 7.0
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
1942 • as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Playing at Politics
Playing at Politics
1931 • as Criado
★ 7.0
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces
1939 • as Jailor
★ 6.4
Way Out West
Way Out West
1937 • as Mickey Finn
★ 7.1
Married Life
Married Life
1920 • as Man Who Made Good
★ 9.0
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
1935 • as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
★ 6.6
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding
1951 • as Cabby (uncredited)
★ 6.4
She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London
1946 • as Constable (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Our Wife
Our Wife
1931 • as Father of the bride (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Our Relations
Our Relations
1936 • as Finn
★ 7.0
A Chump at Oxford
A Chump at Oxford
1940 • as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother
1933 • as Lord Rocburg
★ 6.8
Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess
1930 • as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Show Girl
Show Girl
1928 • as Mr. Dugan
★ 8.0
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 • as General
★ 6.8
Wife Tamers
Wife Tamers
1926 • as The Waiter
★ 7.0
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea
1940 • as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies
1927 • as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
★ 6.0
The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York
1937 • as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
1933 • as Jeremy
★ 9.0
The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline
1947 • as Comic Chef
★ 6.7
Scorching Sands
Scorching Sands
1923 • as James
★ 5.9
In Dutch
In Dutch
1918
★ 10.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Angel
Angel
1937 • as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl
1936 • as Captain Finn
★ 6.2
Unfriendly Enemies
Unfriendly Enemies
1925 • as The Cameraman
★ 6.5
Big Business
Big Business
1929 • as Homeowner (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water
1935 • as Auction Manager
★ 7.3
Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 • as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 • as Asylum Inmate
★ 5.8
Frozen Hearts
Frozen Hearts
1923 • as General Sappovitch
★ 5.7
Sure-Mike!
Sure-Mike!
1925 • as The Floorwalker
★ 7.0
movie
Wedding Yells
1942 • as Hammerhead Nahl
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
1931 • as A Community Player
★ 6.9
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow
1929 • as Governor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 • as Keystone Cop
★ 6.2
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 • as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Pick a Star
Pick a Star
1937 • as Director
★ 4.8
Thieves
Thieves
1930
★ 7.1
Love, Honor and Behave
Love, Honor and Behave
1920 • as Artist
★ 8.0
Chickens Come Home
Chickens Come Home
1931 • as Butler (uncredited)
★ 6.6
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol
1930 • as Field Sergeant
★ 6.6
Down on the Farm
Down on the Farm
1920 • as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
★ 5.8
Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
1927 • as Judge Foozle (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Young Eagles
Young Eagles
1930 • as Scotty
★ 7.0
Thundering Landlords
Thundering Landlords
1925 • as The Landlord
★ 10.0
Thunder Below
Thunder Below
1932 • as Scotty
★ 7.0
movie
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931 • as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
★ 7.3
Night Owls
Night Owls
1930 • as Meadows
★ 7.4
Newly Rich
Newly Rich
1922
White Wings
White Wings
1923 • as Dental Patient
★ 7.3
The Chimp
The Chimp
1932 • as Ringmaster (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Raffles
Raffles
1939 • as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919 • as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Roughest Africa
Roughest Africa
1923 • as Hans Downe
★ 5.8
movie
The Mystery Man
1923
★ 8.0
movie
Boy Oh Boy!
1932 • as Saunders
★ 7.0
Hollywood
Hollywood
1923 • as James Finlayson
★ 9.0
Sold at Auction!
Sold at Auction!
1923 • as The Man Who WAS Sold
★ 6.8
Men O' War
Men O' War
1929 • as Soda jerk
★ 6.8
The Second 100 Years
The Second 100 Years
1927 • as Browne Van Dyke
★ 6.3
Madame Sans Jane
Madame Sans Jane
1925 • as The Girl's Father
★ 4.3
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces
1924 • as Jack McQueen
★ 6.3
Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery
1926 • as Struggling Author
★ 6.5
Don't Tell Everything
Don't Tell Everything
1927 • as Lawyer Goldblum
★ 10.0
The Gay Nighties
The Gay Nighties
1933 • as Mr. Amos Pipp
★ 4.3
Liberty
Liberty
1929 • as Store keeper
★ 6.9
Bachelor’s Paradise
Bachelor’s Paradise
1928 • as Pat Malone
★ 8.0
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 • as Pa Slocum
★ 10.0
Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again
1952 • as Plato's Rival
Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons
1923 • as Worker
★ 5.5
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 • as (archive footage)
movie
Father and Son
1935 • as Bidad
★ 10.0
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926 • as Vivien's Suitor
★ 8.0
Flying Elephants
Flying Elephants
1928 • as Saxophonus (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1925
★ 8.0
Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal
1933 • as Peter Cucumber
★ 6.5
For the Defense
For the Defense
1930 • as Parrott
★ 5.7
Grand Canyon Trail
Grand Canyon Trail
1948 • as Sheriff
★ 5.7
Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas
1926 • as Justice of the Peace
★ 6.0
movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 • as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
★ 8.0
The Great Victor Herbert
The Great Victor Herbert
1939 • as Lamplighter
★ 5.4
Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924 • as Major Glanders Botts
★ 5.8
With Love and Hisses
With Love and Hisses
1927 • as Captain Bustle
★ 6.1
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
★ 6.0
Love 'Em and Weep
Love 'Em and Weep
1927 • as Titus Tillsbury
★ 5.7
Yanks Ahoy
Yanks Ahoy
1943 • as Cook Flynn (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
★ 8.5
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
1923 • as Humko, Store Detective
★ 6.0
Dance of the Cookoos
Dance of the Cookoos
1982 • as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
★ 10.0
Mush and Milk
Mush and Milk
1933 • as Mr. Brown, the banker
★ 6.6
Mother's Joy
Mother's Joy
1923 • as Baron Buttontop
★ 5.7
Two Weeks Off
Two Weeks Off
1929 • as Pa Weaver
★ 9.0
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose
1926 • as Simpson Sniffle
★ 6.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925 • as Hillory, the new husband
★ 5.3
Trying to Get Along
Trying to Get Along
1919 • as The Beauty Parlor Operator
★ 7.0
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923 • as The Hired Man
★ 8.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
★ 7.0
movie
Gold Diggers
1930
★ 7.0
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
1923 • as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
★ 10.0
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926 • as Dean of Pinkham University
★ 5.7
All Over Town
All Over Town
1937 • as MacDougal
★ 6.4
movie
In the Grease
1925 • as Father
★ 7.0
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921 • as Plato's Rival
★ 8.0
movie
Before the Public
1923
★ 7.5
Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928 • as Joe Skittle
★ 6.5
Wall Street
Wall Street
1929 • as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
★ 7.0
One of the Smiths
One of the Smiths
1931 • as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Anything Once!
Anything Once!
1927 • as Mabel's Boss
★ 6.8
movie
Second Hand Kisses
1931 • as Jimmy Finlayson
movie
False Roomers
1931 • as Landlord
★ 8.0
The Nickel-Hopper
The Nickel-Hopper
1926 • as Rupert
★ 7.5
movie
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990 • as Self (archive footage)
Short Kilts
Short Kilts
1924 • as McGregor's Son
★ 5.4
Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good
1928 • as Trelawney West
★ 10.0
No Man's Law
No Man's Law
1927 • as Jack Belcher
★ 7.3
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923 • as Miles Sandwich
★ 7.0
The Noon Whistle
The Noon Whistle
1923
★ 8.0
She Sighed by the Seaside
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921 • as 1st Suitor
★ 7.0
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
1925
★ 7.0
Chasing the Chaser
Chasing the Chaser
1925 • as Gilroy (the husband)
★ 6.5
Pitfalls of a Big City
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923 • as The Hired Man
★ 8.0
The Soilers
The Soilers
1923 • as Smacknamara
★ 5.5
Brothers Under the Chin
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
★ 7.0
Pick and Shovel
Pick and Shovel
1923 • as The Foreman
★ 7.3
movie
Life Hesitates at 40
1935 • as Dr. James Finlayson
★ 7.5
movie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935 • as Manager
★ 6.0
What's the World Coming To?
What's the World Coming To?
1926 • as The Father-in-Law
★ 4.7
Postage Due
Postage Due
1924 • as Postal Inspector Hawke
★ 6.3
movie
Fighting Fathers
1927 • as Neighbor
★ 7.0
Merry Widower
Merry Widower
1926 • as The Hunter
★ 8.0
Jus' Passin' Through
Jus' Passin' Through
1923 • as Drunk (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Moonlight and Noses
Moonlight and Noses
1925 • as Professor Sniff
★ 5.9
movie
The prince of the dollar
1930
★ 8.0
Smithy
Smithy
1924 • as Sergeant
★ 5.8
Manhattan Monkey Business
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935 • as Joyce's Father
★ 10.0
Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy
1930 • as House Detective
★ 6.8
Flaming Flappers
Flaming Flappers
1925
★ 10.0
movie
Up in Alf's Place
1919 • as The Dancing Instructor
★ 7.0
The Haunted Honeymoon
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
★ 7.0
Hats Off
Hats Off
1927 • as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
★ 6.6
Near Dublin
Near Dublin
1924 • as Sir Patrick
★ 6.7
A Small Town Idol
A Small Town Idol
1921 • as J. Wellington Jones
★ 6.8
Mary, Queen of Tots
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925 • as Radio Actor
★ 7.3
Hasty Marriage
Hasty Marriage
1931 • as Kitty's Father
★ 7.7
Hard to Get
Hard to Get
1929 • as Pa Martin
★ 7.0
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924 • as Rupert of Hee Haw
★ 5.6
Don't Weaken!
Don't Weaken!
1920 • as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
★ 6.3
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925 • as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
★ 4.0
The Crossroads of New York
The Crossroads of New York
1922 • as Lawyer
★ 7.0
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth
1923 • as Defense lawyer
★ 7.0
Innocent Husbands
Innocent Husbands
1925 • as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
★ 7.0
So This Is Harris!
So This Is Harris!
1933 • as Golf Pro
★ 5.4
movie
Change the Needle
1925
★ 9.0
California or Bust
California or Bust
1923 • as Campground neighbor
★ 8.0
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Forgotten Sweeties
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
★ 5.3
movie
Beach Pajamas
1931
★ 7.0
movie
The Iceman's Ball
1932 • as Commissioner Walters
★ 4.0
Nature in the Wrong
Nature in the Wrong
1933 • as Voice of lion (uncredited)
★ 6.5
One Hour Married
One Hour Married
1927
★ 8.0
The World of Laurel and Hardy
The World of Laurel and Hardy
A Punch in the Nose
A Punch in the Nose
1926
★ 10.0
movie
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933 • as Andrew Finch
★ 7.0
Seeing the World
Seeing the World
1927 • as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
★ 7.1
movie
Tell It to a Policeman
1925
★ 8.0
movie
Don't Leave Home
1930
★ 9.0
A Tough Winter
A Tough Winter
1923
★ 9.0
movie
The Millionaire Cat
1932 • as Lawyer Fogg
★ 10.0
movie
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
★ 7.0
movie
Fully Insured
1923 • as The Foreman
★ 6.5
movie
Jitters the Butler
1932 • as Phineas P. McPhinn
★ 7.0
Galloping Ghosts
Galloping Ghosts
1928 • as Police Commissioner
★ 7.0
movie
Dog-Gone
1939 • as Mr. Jones
★ 8.0
Dizzy Daddies
Dizzy Daddies
1926 • as Jonathan Haig
★ 3.8
His Silent Racket
His Silent Racket
1933 • as James
★ 8.0
Fast Freight
Fast Freight
1929 • as Spooky Wall Painting
★ 8.5