Finlay Currie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1878
- Died
- May 9, 1968 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore. Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Vendetta for The Saint
Movie · as Don Pasquale
The Prisoner
TV · as General · 1 ep
Les Misérables
TV · 8 eps
Brigadoon
Movie · as Mr. Lundie
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Dodo
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Movie · as Doll Maker
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Movie · as Emcee
Gideon's Way
TV · as General Sir Hector McGregor · 1 ep
Knock on Any Door
TV · as Old Man · 1 ep
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie · as Senator
Who Was Maddox?
Movie · as Alex Campbell
Murder at the Gallop
Movie · as Old Enderby
Billy Liar
Movie · as Duxbury
West 11
Movie · as Gash
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Movie · as Grandpa Stirling
The Cracksman
Movie · as Feathers
Cleopatra
Movie · as Titus (uncredited)
The Inspector
Movie · as De Kool
The Amorous Prawn
Movie · as Lochaye
Go to Blazes
Movie · as Judge
The Saint
TV · as Don Pasquale · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Donald · 1 ep
Francis of Assisi
Movie · as The Pope
Joseph and His Brethren
Movie · as Jacob
Hand in Hand
Movie · as Mr. Pritchard
Clue of the Silver Key
Movie · as Harvey Lane
Five Golden Hours
Movie · as Father Superior
Kidnapped
Movie · as Cluny MacPherson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Captain Sellers
The Angel Wore Red
Movie · as Bishop
Danger Man
TV · as 'Jock' · 1 ep
Ben-Hur
Movie · as Balthasar
Solomon and Sheba
Movie · as David
Corridors of Blood
Movie · as Supt. Charles Matheson
6.5 Special
Movie · as Himself
Tempest
Movie · as Count Grinov
The Naked Earth
Movie · as Father Verity
Rockets Galore
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
Seven Waves Away
Movie · as Mr. Wheaton
Saint Joan
Movie · as Archbishop of Rheims
The Little Hut
Movie · as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Dangerous Exile
Movie · as Mr. Patient
Campbell's Kingdom
Movie · as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Whist Partner
Zarak
Movie · as The Mullah
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Professor Syme · 1 ep
Footsteps in the Fog
Movie · as Inspector Peters
Captain Lightfoot
Movie · as Callahan
King's Rhapsody
Movie · as King Paul
Third Party Risk
Movie · as Mr. Darius
Make Me an Offer!
Movie · as Abe Sparta
The End of the Road
Movie · as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Movie · as Hamish MacPherson
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Movie · as MacDougal
General Electric Theater
TV · as MacMorriss · 1 ep
Ivanhoe
Movie · as Cedric
Stars and Stripes Forever
Movie · as Col. Randolph
Walk East on Beacon
Movie · as Professor Albert Kafer
Kangaroo
Movie · as Michael McGuire
People Will Talk
Movie · as Shunderson
Quo Vadis
Movie · as Peter
Treasure Island
Movie · as Capt. Billy Bones
The Mudlark
Movie · as John Brown
My Daughter Joy
Movie · as Sir Thomas McTavish
The Black Rose
Movie · as Alfgar
Trio
Movie · as Mr. McLeod
The History of Mr. Polly
Movie · as Uncle Jim
Whisky Galore!
Movie · as Narrator
So Evil My Love
Movie · as Dr. Krylie
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Movie · as Sir Joshua Varley
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Movie · as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Movie · as Alastair McBain
My Brother Jonathan
Movie · as Dr. Hammond
The Monkey's Paw
Movie · as Sergeant-Major Morris
The Brothers
Movie · as Hector Macrae
Woman to Woman
Movie · as Theatre Manager
Great Expectations
Movie · as Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets
Movie · as Sir Duncan Wills
In the Zone
Movie
The Trojan Brothers
Movie · as W.H. Maxwell
Spring Song
Movie · as Cobb
I Know Where I'm Going!
Movie · as Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
Movie · as Bugs Mulligan
The Bells Go Down
Movie · as District Officer McFarlane
Undercover
Movie · as Priest (uncredited)
Warn That Man
Movie · as Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Shipbuilders
Movie · as McWain
They Met in the Dark
Movie · as Merchant Captain
Theatre Royal
Movie · as Clement J. Earle
Thunder Rock
Movie · as Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn
Movie · as Capt. Alstad
49th Parallel
Movie · as The Factor
Crook's Tour
Movie · as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Movie · as Rubin
The Edge of the World
Movie · as James Gray
Glamorous Night
Movie · as Angus MacKintosh
Paradise for Two
Movie · as Creditor
Command Performance
Movie · as Al, Arthur's Manager
Wanted!
Movie · as Uncle Mart
Catch as Catch Can
Movie · as Al Parson
The Improper Duchess
Movie · as Milton Lee
The Gay Adventure
Movie · as Porter
Me and Marlborough
Movie · as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Mister Cinders
Movie · as Henry Kemp
Heat Wave
Movie · as Captain
The Big Splash
Movie · as Hartley Bassett
My Old Dutch
Movie · as Mo
Princess Charming
Movie · as Baron Seegman
Little Friend
Movie · as Grove
Gay Love
Movie · as Highams
It's a Boy
Movie · as Publisher
The Good Companions
Movie · as Monte Mortimer
No Funny Business
Movie · as Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
Movie · as inspector Toucan
Orders Is Orders
Movie · as Dave
Rome Express
Movie · as Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady
Movie · as Brooks
The Old Man
Movie · as Rennett