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