James Finlayson
Born: 1887-08-26 in Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Died: 1953-10-09
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1990
- The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence as Self (archive footage)
1968
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
1952
- Here We Go Again as Plato's Rival
1951
- Royal Wedding as Cabby (uncredited)
- The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
1948
- Grand Canyon Trail as Sheriff
1947
- The Perils of Pauline as Comic Chef
1946
- She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1943
- Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
1942
- To Be or Not to Be as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
- Wedding Yells as Hammerhead Nahl
1940
- Foreign Correspondent as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
- Saps at Sea as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
- A Chump at Oxford as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
1939
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Keystone Cop
- Dog-Gone as Mr. Jones
- Raffles as Hansom Cab Driver
- The Flying Deuces as Jailor
- The Great Victor Herbert as Lamplighter
1938
- Block-Heads as Man on Stairs
1937
- Angel as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
- Way Out West as Mickey Finn
- The Toast of New York as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
- Pick a Star as Director
- All Over Town as MacDougal
1936
- Our Relations as Finn
- The Bohemian Girl as Captain Finn
1935
- Bonnie Scotland as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
- Father and Son as Bidad
- Thicker Than Water as Auction Manager
- Manhattan Monkey Business as Joyce's Father
- MGM 1935 Promo Reel as Manager
- Life Hesitates at 40 as Dr. James Finlayson
1933
- Me and My Pal as Peter Cucumber
- Mush and Milk as Mr. Brown, the banker
- Dick Turpin as Jeremy
- Nature in the Wrong as Voice of lion (uncredited)
- So This Is Harris! as Golf Pro
- His Silent Racket as James
- The Gay Nighties as Mr. Amos Pipp
- The Devil's Brother as Lord Rocburg
- The Druggist's Dilemma as Andrew Finch
1932
- The Chimp as Ringmaster
- Pack Up Your Troubles as General
- The Millionaire Cat as Lawyer Fogg
- The Iceman's Ball as Commissioner Walters
- Boy Oh Boy! as Saunders
- Thunder Below as Scotty
- Jitters the Butler as Phineas P. McPhinn
1931
- Pardon Us as Schoolteacher
- Beach Pajamas
- Our Wife as Father of the bride
- Chickens Come Home as Butler
- One Good Turn as A Community Player
- Scratch-As-Catch-Can
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
- One of the Smiths as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
- Second Hand Kisses as Jimmy Finlayson
- Playing at Politics as Criado
- Hasty Marriage as Kitty's Father
- False Roomers as Landlord
1930
- Night Owls as Meadows
- Dollar Dizzy as House Detective
- Thieves
- For the Defense as Parrott
- The Dawn Patrol as Field Sergeant
- Don't Leave Home
- Another Fine Mess as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
- Young Eagles as Scotty
- Gold Diggers
- The prince of the dollar
1929
- Big Business as Homeowner
- Liberty as Store keeper
- Fast Freight as Spooky Wall Painting
- Men O' War as Soda jerk
- Hard to Get as Pa Martin
- The Hoose-Gow as Governor
- Wall Street as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
- Two Weeks Off as Pa Weaver
1928
- Galloping Ghosts as Police Commissioner
- Lady Be Good as Trelawney West
- Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Pa Slocum
- Should Tall Men Marry? as Joe Skittle
- Show Girl as Mr. Dugan
- Flying Elephants as Saxophonus
1927
- Hats Off as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
- Sugar Daddies as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
- One Hour Married
- The Second 100 Years as Browne Van Dyke
- With Love and Hisses as Captain Bustle
- Don't Tell Everything as Lawyer Goldblum
- Seeing the World as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
- Do Detectives Think? as Judge Foozle
- No Man's Law as Jack Belcher
- Forgotten Sweeties
- Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
- Love 'Em and Weep as Titus Tillsbury
- Fighting Fathers as Neighbor
- Anything Once! as Mabel's Boss
1926
- Thundering Fleas as Justice of the Peace
- Madame Mystery as Struggling Author
- Raggedy Rose as Simpson Sniffle
- Dizzy Daddies as Jonathan Haig
- Wife Tamers as The Waiter
- Merry Widower as The Hunter
- The Nickel-Hopper as Rupert
- What's the World Coming To? as The Father-in-Law
- Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes as Dean of Pinkham University
- A Punch in the Nose
- Don Key (Son of Burro) as Vivien's Suitor
1925
- Flaming Flappers
- Unfriendly Enemies as The Cameraman
- Welcome Home
- Hard Boiled
- Innocent Husbands as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
- The Haunted Honeymoon
- Yes, Yes, Nanette as Hillory, the new husband
- Moonlight and Noses as Professor Sniff
- Tell It to a Policeman
- The Caretaker's Daughter as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
- Sure-Mike! as The Floorwalker
- Chasing the Chaser as Gilroy (the husband)
- Mary, Queen of Tots as Radio Actor
- Madame Sans Jane as The Girl's Father
- In the Grease as Father
- Thundering Landlords as The Landlord
1924
- Short Kilts as McGregor's Son
- Rupert of Hee-Haw as Rupert of Hee Haw
- Postage Due as Postal Inspector Hawke
- Brothers Under the Chin
- Zeb vs. Paprika as Major Glanders Botts
- Wide Open Spaces as Jack McQueen
- Why Husbands Go Mad
- Smithy as Sergeant
- Near Dublin as Sir Patrick
1923
- The Soilers as Smacknamara
- Fully Insured as The Foreman
- Hollywood as James Finlayson
- Roughest Africa as Hans Downe
- Scorching Sands as James
- A Man About Town as Humko, Store Detective
- The Whole Truth as Defense lawyer
- Pitfalls of a Big City as The Hired Man
- Oranges and Lemons as Worker
- Sold at Auction! as The Man Who WAS Sold
- California or Bust as Campground neighbor
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as The Hired Man
- Jack Frost as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
- Courtship of Miles Sandwich as Miles Sandwich
- Before the Public
- The Mystery Man
- Jus' Passin' Through as Drunk (uncredited)
- A Tough Winter
- White Wings as Dental Patient
- Frozen Hearts as General Sappovitch
- Mother's Joy as Baron Buttontop
- Pick and Shovel as The Foreman
- The Noon Whistle
1922
- The Crossroads of New York as Lawyer
- Newly Rich
1921
- Hard Knocks and Love Taps as Plato's Rival
- She Sighed by the Seaside as 1st Suitor
- A Small Town Idol as J. Wellington Jones
1920
- Don't Weaken! as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
- Down on the Farm as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
1919
- Up in Alf's Place as The Dancing Instructor
- Trying to Get Along as The Beauty Parlor Operator
- Yankee Doodle in Berlin as Commander's Officer (uncredited)