
James Finlayson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1887
- Died
- October 9, 1953 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography

The World of Laurel and Hardy
Movie

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Movie
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos
Movie · as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer

The Muppets Go to the Movies
Movie · as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie

The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

Here We Go Again
Movie · as Plato's Rival

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie · as (archive footage)

Royal Wedding
Movie · as Cabby (uncredited)

Grand Canyon Trail
Movie · as Sheriff

The Perils of Pauline
Movie · as Comic Chef

She-Wolf of London
Movie · as Constable (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston
Movie · as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)

Yanks Ahoy
Movie · as Cook Flynn (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be
Movie · as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Wedding Yells
Movie · as Hammerhead Nahl

Saps at Sea
Movie · as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford
Movie · as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent
Movie · as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces
Movie · as Jailor

Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Keystone Cop

Raffles
Movie · as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
Dog-Gone
Movie · as Mr. Jones

The Great Victor Herbert
Movie · as Lamplighter

Block-Heads
Movie · as Man on Stairs

Way Out West
Movie · as Mickey Finn

Angel
Movie · as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

The Toast of New York
Movie · as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

All Over Town
Movie · as MacDougal

Pick a Star
Movie · as Director

Our Relations
Movie · as Finn

The Bohemian Girl
Movie · as Captain Finn

Thicker Than Water
Movie · as Auction Manager

Bonnie Scotland
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
Father and Son
Movie · as Bidad
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Movie · as Manager
Life Hesitates at 40
Movie · as Dr. James Finlayson

Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie · as Joyce's Father

Nature in the Wrong
Movie · as Voice of lion (uncredited)

Me and My Pal
Movie · as Peter Cucumber

The Devil's Brother
Movie · as Lord Rocburg

Mush and Milk
Movie · as Mr. Brown, the banker

The Gay Nighties
Movie · as Mr. Amos Pipp

Dick Turpin
Movie · as Jeremy
The Druggist's Dilemma
Movie · as Andrew Finch

His Silent Racket
Movie · as James

So This Is Harris!
Movie · as Golf Pro

Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as General
The Iceman's Ball
Movie · as Commissioner Walters

Thunder Below
Movie · as Scotty

The Chimp
Movie · as Ringmaster (uncredited)
Jitters the Butler
Movie · as Phineas P. McPhinn
Boy Oh Boy!
Movie · as Saunders
The Millionaire Cat
Movie · as Lawyer Fogg

Our Wife
Movie · as Father of the bride (uncredited)

One Good Turn
Movie · as A Community Player
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Movie · as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Chickens Come Home
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

Hasty Marriage
Movie · as Kitty's Father
Beach Pajamas
Movie
Second Hand Kisses
Movie · as Jimmy Finlayson

Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Movie

Playing at Politics
Movie · as Criado

Pardon Us
Movie · as Schoolteacher

One of the Smiths
Movie · as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
False Roomers
Movie · as Landlord

Night Owls
Movie · as Meadows
The prince of the dollar
Movie
Gold Diggers
Movie

Another Fine Mess
Movie · as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

Thieves
Movie
Don't Leave Home
Movie

For the Defense
Movie · as Parrott

Young Eagles
Movie · as Scotty

Dollar Dizzy
Movie · as House Detective

The Dawn Patrol
Movie · as Field Sergeant

Men O' War
Movie · as Soda jerk

Liberty
Movie · as Store keeper

The Hoose-Gow
Movie · as Governor (uncredited)

Big Business
Movie · as Homeowner (uncredited)

Hard to Get
Movie · as Pa Martin

Fast Freight
Movie · as Spooky Wall Painting

Two Weeks Off
Movie · as Pa Weaver

Wall Street
Movie · as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

Flying Elephants
Movie · as Saxophonus (uncredited)

Show Girl
Movie · as Mr. Dugan

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Movie · as Pa Slocum

Should Tall Men Marry?
Movie · as Joe Skittle

Lady Be Good
Movie · as Trelawney West

Galloping Ghosts
Movie · as Police Commissioner

Bachelor’s Paradise
Movie · as Pat Malone

Forgotten Sweeties
Movie

Sugar Daddies
Movie · as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

Call of the Cuckoo
Movie · as Asylum Inmate

Do Detectives Think?
Movie · as Judge Foozle (uncredited)

The Second Hundred Years
Movie · as Browne Van Dyke

Love 'Em and Weep
Movie · as Titus Tillsbury

With Love and Hisses
Movie · as Captain Bustle

Anything Once!
Movie · as Mabel's Boss

No Man's Law
Movie · as Jack Belcher

Seeing the World
Movie · as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Don't Tell Everything
Movie · as Lawyer Goldblum

Hats Off
Movie · as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

One Hour Married
Movie
Fighting Fathers
Movie · as Neighbor

Don Key (Son of Burro)
Movie · as Vivien's Suitor

A Punch in the Nose
Movie

Merry Widower
Movie · as The Hunter

Thundering Fleas
Movie · as Justice of the Peace

Wife Tamers
Movie · as The Waiter

Raggedy Rose
Movie · as Simpson Sniffle

Dizzy Daddies
Movie · as Jonathan Haig

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Movie · as Dean of Pinkham University

The Nickel-Hopper
Movie · as Rupert

What's the World Coming To?
Movie · as The Father-in-Law

Madame Mystery
Movie · as Struggling Author

The Haunted Honeymoon
Movie

Thundering Landlords
Movie · as The Landlord

Madame Sans Jane
Movie · as The Girl's Father

Unfriendly Enemies
Movie · as The Cameraman

Hard Boiled
Movie

Yes, Yes, Nanette
Movie · as Hillory, the new husband
In the Grease
Movie · as Father

Chasing the Chaser
Movie · as Gilroy (the husband)

Innocent Husbands
Movie · as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Sure-Mike!
Movie · as The Floorwalker

The Caretaker's Daughter
Movie · as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Moonlight and Noses
Movie · as Professor Sniff
Tell It to a Policeman
Movie

Flaming Flappers
Movie

Welcome Home
Movie

Mary, Queen of Tots
Movie · as Radio Actor
Change the Needle
Movie
Why Husbands Go Mad
Movie

Zeb vs. Paprika
Movie · as Major Glanders Botts

Rupert of Hee-Haw
Movie · as Rupert of Hee Haw

Short Kilts
Movie · as McGregor's Son

Smithy
Movie · as Sergeant

Near Dublin
Movie · as Sir Patrick

Wide Open Spaces
Movie · as Jack McQueen

Brothers Under the Chin
Movie

Postage Due
Movie · as Postal Inspector Hawke

Hollywood
Movie · as James Finlayson

Jack Frost
Movie · as Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Movie · as The Hired Man

Pitfalls of a Big City
Movie · as The Hired Man

Oranges and Lemons
Movie · as Worker

Roughest Africa
Movie · as Hans Downe

Sold at Auction!
Movie · as The Man Who WAS Sold

A Man About Town
Movie · as Humko, Store Detective

California or Bust
Movie · as Campground neighbor

Scorching Sands
Movie · as James

White Wings
Movie · as Dental Patient

Frozen Hearts
Movie · as General Sappovitch

The Whole Truth
Movie · as Defense lawyer

Mother's Joy
Movie · as Baron Buttontop
The Mystery Man
Movie

Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Movie · as Miles Sandwich

The Noon Whistle
Movie
Fully Insured
Movie · as The Foreman
Before the Public
Movie

The Soilers
Movie · as Smacknamara

Pick and Shovel
Movie · as The Foreman

A Tough Winter
Movie

Jus' Passin' Through
Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

Newly Rich
Movie

The Crossroads of New York
Movie · as Lawyer

She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie · as 1st Suitor

Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Movie · as Plato's Rival

A Small Town Idol
Movie · as J. Wellington Jones

Don't Weaken!
Movie · as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Down on the Farm
Movie · as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

Love, Honor and Behave
Movie · as Artist

Married Life
Movie · as Man Who Made Good

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie · as Commander's Officer (uncredited)

Trying to Get Along
Movie · as The Beauty Parlor Operator
Up in Alf's Place
Movie · as The Dancing Instructor

In Dutch
Movie