James Finlayson

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

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The World of Laurel and Hardy poster

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Movie

2002
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights poster

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Movie

1990
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Dance of the Cookoos poster

Dance of the Cookoos

Movie · as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer

1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies poster

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Movie · as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

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

1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy poster

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Movie

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

1952
Here We Go Again poster

Here We Go Again

Movie · as Plato's Rival

1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives poster

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Movie · as (archive footage)

1951
Royal Wedding poster

Royal Wedding

Movie · as Cabby (uncredited)

1948
Grand Canyon Trail poster

Grand Canyon Trail

Movie · as Sheriff

1947
The Perils of Pauline poster

The Perils of Pauline

Movie · as Comic Chef

1946
She-Wolf of London poster

She-Wolf of London

Movie · as Constable (uncredited)

1946
Two Sisters from Boston poster

Two Sisters from Boston

Movie · as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments poster

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Movie · as (archive footage)

1943
Yanks Ahoy poster

Yanks Ahoy

Movie · as Cook Flynn (uncredited)

1942
To Be or Not to Be poster

To Be or Not to Be

Movie · as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

1942
Wedding Yells

Wedding Yells

Movie · as Hammerhead Nahl

1940
Saps at Sea poster

Saps at Sea

Movie · as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

1940
A Chump at Oxford poster

A Chump at Oxford

Movie · as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

1940
Foreign Correspondent poster

Foreign Correspondent

Movie · as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

1939
The Flying Deuces poster

The Flying Deuces

Movie · as Jailor

1939
Hollywood Cavalcade poster

Hollywood Cavalcade

Movie · as Keystone Cop

1939
Raffles poster

Raffles

Movie · as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

1939
Dog-Gone

Dog-Gone

Movie · as Mr. Jones

1939
The Great Victor Herbert poster

The Great Victor Herbert

Movie · as Lamplighter

1938
Block-Heads poster

Block-Heads

Movie · as Man on Stairs

1937
Way Out West poster

Way Out West

Movie · as Mickey Finn

1937
Angel poster

Angel

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

1937
The Toast of New York poster

The Toast of New York

Movie · as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

1937
All Over Town poster

All Over Town

Movie · as MacDougal

1937
Pick a Star poster

Pick a Star

Movie · as Director

1936
Our Relations poster

Our Relations

Movie · as Finn

1936
The Bohemian Girl poster

The Bohemian Girl

Movie · as Captain Finn

1935
Thicker Than Water poster

Thicker Than Water

Movie · as Auction Manager

1935
Bonnie Scotland poster

Bonnie Scotland

Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

1935
Father and Son

Father and Son

Movie · as Bidad

1935
MGM 1935 Promo Reel

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

Movie · as Manager

1935
Life Hesitates at 40

Life Hesitates at 40

Movie · as Dr. James Finlayson

1935
Manhattan Monkey Business poster

Manhattan Monkey Business

Movie · as Joyce's Father

1933
Nature in the Wrong poster

Nature in the Wrong

Movie · as Voice of lion (uncredited)

1933
Me and My Pal poster

Me and My Pal

Movie · as Peter Cucumber

1933
The Devil's Brother poster

The Devil's Brother

Movie · as Lord Rocburg

1933
Mush and Milk poster

Mush and Milk

Movie · as Mr. Brown, the banker

1933
The Gay Nighties poster

The Gay Nighties

Movie · as Mr. Amos Pipp

1933
Dick Turpin poster

Dick Turpin

Movie · as Jeremy

1933
The Druggist's Dilemma

The Druggist's Dilemma

Movie · as Andrew Finch

1933
His Silent Racket poster

His Silent Racket

Movie · as James

1933
So This Is Harris! poster

So This Is Harris!

Movie · as Golf Pro

1932
Pack Up Your Troubles poster

Pack Up Your Troubles

Movie · as General

1932
The Iceman's Ball

The Iceman's Ball

Movie · as Commissioner Walters

1932
Thunder Below poster

Thunder Below

Movie · as Scotty

1932
The Chimp poster

The Chimp

Movie · as Ringmaster (uncredited)

1932
Jitters the Butler

Jitters the Butler

Movie · as Phineas P. McPhinn

1932
Boy Oh Boy!

Boy Oh Boy!

Movie · as Saunders

1932
The Millionaire Cat

The Millionaire Cat

Movie · as Lawyer Fogg

1931
Our Wife poster

Our Wife

Movie · as Father of the bride (uncredited)

1931
One Good Turn poster

One Good Turn

Movie · as A Community Player

1931
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Movie · as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

1931
Chickens Come Home poster

Chickens Come Home

Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

1931
Hasty Marriage poster

Hasty Marriage

Movie · as Kitty's Father

1931
Beach Pajamas

Beach Pajamas

Movie

1931
Second Hand Kisses

Second Hand Kisses

Movie · as Jimmy Finlayson

1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can poster

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Movie

1931
Playing at Politics poster

Playing at Politics

Movie · as Criado

1931
Pardon Us poster

Pardon Us

Movie · as Schoolteacher

1931
One of the Smiths poster

One of the Smiths

Movie · as Wine Brewer (uncredited)

1931
False Roomers

False Roomers

Movie · as Landlord

1930
Night Owls poster

Night Owls

Movie · as Meadows

1930
The prince of the dollar

The prince of the dollar

Movie

1930
Gold Diggers

Gold Diggers

Movie

1930
Another Fine Mess poster

Another Fine Mess

Movie · as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

1930
Thieves poster

Thieves

Movie

1930
Don't Leave Home

Don't Leave Home

Movie

1930
For the Defense poster

For the Defense

Movie · as Parrott

1930
Young Eagles poster

Young Eagles

Movie · as Scotty

1930
Dollar Dizzy poster

Dollar Dizzy

Movie · as House Detective

1930
The Dawn Patrol poster

The Dawn Patrol

Movie · as Field Sergeant

1929
Men O' War poster

Men O' War

Movie · as Soda jerk

1929
Liberty poster

Liberty

Movie · as Store keeper

1929
The Hoose-Gow poster

The Hoose-Gow

Movie · as Governor (uncredited)

1929
Big Business poster

Big Business

Movie · as Homeowner (uncredited)

1929
Hard to Get poster

Hard to Get

Movie · as Pa Martin

1929
Fast Freight poster

Fast Freight

Movie · as Spooky Wall Painting

1929
Two Weeks Off poster

Two Weeks Off

Movie · as Pa Weaver

1929
Wall Street poster

Wall Street

Movie · as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

1928
Flying Elephants poster

Flying Elephants

Movie · as Saxophonus (uncredited)

1928
Show Girl poster

Show Girl

Movie · as Mr. Dugan

1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath poster

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

Movie · as Pa Slocum

1928
Should Tall Men Marry? poster

Should Tall Men Marry?

Movie · as Joe Skittle

1928
Lady Be Good poster

Lady Be Good

Movie · as Trelawney West

1928
Galloping Ghosts poster

Galloping Ghosts

Movie · as Police Commissioner

1928
Bachelor’s Paradise poster

Bachelor’s Paradise

Movie · as Pat Malone

1927
Forgotten Sweeties poster

Forgotten Sweeties

Movie

1927
Sugar Daddies poster

Sugar Daddies

Movie · as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

1927
Call of the Cuckoo poster

Call of the Cuckoo

Movie · as Asylum Inmate

1927
Do Detectives Think? poster

Do Detectives Think?

Movie · as Judge Foozle (uncredited)

1927
The Second Hundred Years poster

The Second Hundred Years

Movie · as Browne Van Dyke

1927
Love 'Em and Weep poster

Love 'Em and Weep

Movie · as Titus Tillsbury

1927
With Love and Hisses poster

With Love and Hisses

Movie · as Captain Bustle

1927
Anything Once! poster

Anything Once!

Movie · as Mabel's Boss

1927
No Man's Law poster

No Man's Law

Movie · as Jack Belcher

1927
Seeing the World poster

Seeing the World

Movie · as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

1927
Don't Tell Everything poster

Don't Tell Everything

Movie · as Lawyer Goldblum

1927
Hats Off poster

Hats Off

Movie · as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

1927
One Hour Married poster

One Hour Married

Movie

1927
Fighting Fathers

Fighting Fathers

Movie · as Neighbor

1926
Don Key (Son of Burro) poster

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Movie · as Vivien's Suitor

1926
A Punch in the Nose poster

A Punch in the Nose

Movie

1926
Merry Widower poster

Merry Widower

Movie · as The Hunter

1926
Thundering Fleas poster

Thundering Fleas

Movie · as Justice of the Peace

1926
Wife Tamers poster

Wife Tamers

Movie · as The Waiter

1926
Raggedy Rose poster

Raggedy Rose

Movie · as Simpson Sniffle

1926
Dizzy Daddies poster

Dizzy Daddies

Movie · as Jonathan Haig

1926
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes poster

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Movie · as Dean of Pinkham University

1926
The Nickel-Hopper poster

The Nickel-Hopper

Movie · as Rupert

1926
What's the World Coming To? poster

What's the World Coming To?

Movie · as The Father-in-Law

1926
Madame Mystery poster

Madame Mystery

Movie · as Struggling Author

1925
The Haunted Honeymoon poster

The Haunted Honeymoon

Movie

1925
Thundering Landlords poster

Thundering Landlords

Movie · as The Landlord

1925
Madame Sans Jane poster

Madame Sans Jane

Movie · as The Girl's Father

1925
Unfriendly Enemies poster

Unfriendly Enemies

Movie · as The Cameraman

1925
Hard Boiled poster

Hard Boiled

Movie

1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette poster

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Movie · as Hillory, the new husband

1925
In the Grease

In the Grease

Movie · as Father

1925
Chasing the Chaser poster

Chasing the Chaser

Movie · as Gilroy (the husband)

1925
Innocent Husbands poster

Innocent Husbands

Movie · as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

1925
Sure-Mike! poster

Sure-Mike!

Movie · as The Floorwalker

1925
The Caretaker's Daughter poster

The Caretaker's Daughter

Movie · as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

1925
Moonlight and Noses poster

Moonlight and Noses

Movie · as Professor Sniff

1925
Tell It to a Policeman

Tell It to a Policeman

Movie

1925
Flaming Flappers poster

Flaming Flappers

Movie

1925
Welcome Home poster

Welcome Home

Movie

1925
Mary, Queen of Tots poster

Mary, Queen of Tots

Movie · as Radio Actor

1925
Change the Needle

Change the Needle

Movie

1924
Why Husbands Go Mad

Why Husbands Go Mad

Movie

1924
Zeb vs. Paprika poster

Zeb vs. Paprika

Movie · as Major Glanders Botts

1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw poster

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Movie · as Rupert of Hee Haw

1924
Short Kilts poster

Short Kilts

Movie · as McGregor's Son

1924
Smithy poster

Smithy

Movie · as Sergeant

1924
Near Dublin poster

Near Dublin

Movie · as Sir Patrick

1924
Wide Open Spaces poster

Wide Open Spaces

Movie · as Jack McQueen

1924
Brothers Under the Chin poster

Brothers Under the Chin

Movie

1924
Postage Due poster

Postage Due

Movie · as Postal Inspector Hawke

1923
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

Movie · as James Finlayson

1923
Jack Frost poster

Jack Frost

Movie · as Wicked Man from the Wicked City

1923
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? poster

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

Movie · as The Hired Man

1923
Pitfalls of a Big City poster

Pitfalls of a Big City

Movie · as The Hired Man

1923
Oranges and Lemons poster

Oranges and Lemons

Movie · as Worker

1923
Roughest Africa poster

Roughest Africa

Movie · as Hans Downe

1923
Sold at Auction! poster

Sold at Auction!

Movie · as The Man Who WAS Sold

1923
A Man About Town poster

A Man About Town

Movie · as Humko, Store Detective

1923
California or Bust poster

California or Bust

Movie · as Campground neighbor

1923
Scorching Sands poster

Scorching Sands

Movie · as James

1923
White Wings poster

White Wings

Movie · as Dental Patient

1923
Frozen Hearts poster

Frozen Hearts

Movie · as General Sappovitch

1923
The Whole Truth poster

The Whole Truth

Movie · as Defense lawyer

1923
Mother's Joy poster

Mother's Joy

Movie · as Baron Buttontop

1923
The Mystery Man

The Mystery Man

Movie

1923
Courtship of Miles Sandwich poster

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Movie · as Miles Sandwich

1923
The Noon Whistle poster

The Noon Whistle

Movie

1923
Fully Insured

Fully Insured

Movie · as The Foreman

1923
Before the Public

Before the Public

Movie

1923
The Soilers poster

The Soilers

Movie · as Smacknamara

1923
Pick and Shovel poster

Pick and Shovel

Movie · as The Foreman

1923
A Tough Winter poster

A Tough Winter

Movie

1923
Jus' Passin' Through poster

Jus' Passin' Through

Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

1922
Newly Rich poster

Newly Rich

Movie

1922
The Crossroads of New York poster

The Crossroads of New York

Movie · as Lawyer

1921
She Sighed by the Seaside poster

She Sighed by the Seaside

Movie · as 1st Suitor

1921
Hard Knocks and Love Taps poster

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

Movie · as Plato's Rival

1921
A Small Town Idol poster

A Small Town Idol

Movie · as J. Wellington Jones

1920
Don't Weaken! poster

Don't Weaken!

Movie · as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

1920
Down on the Farm poster

Down on the Farm

Movie · as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

1920
Love, Honor and Behave poster

Love, Honor and Behave

Movie · as Artist

1920
Married Life poster

Married Life

Movie · as Man Who Made Good

1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin poster

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Movie · as Commander's Officer (uncredited)

1919
Trying to Get Along poster

Trying to Get Along

Movie · as The Beauty Parlor Operator

1919
Up in Alf's Place

Up in Alf's Place

Movie · as The Dancing Instructor

1918
In Dutch poster

In Dutch

Movie