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