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