James Finlayson
Acting
Born: August 26, 1887 · Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Died: October 9, 1953 (aged 66)
Highest Rated
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
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Way Out West
1937
The Flying Deuces
1939
Block-Heads
1938
Our Relations
1936
Royal Wedding
1951
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Big Business
1929
Pardon Us
1931
Saps at Sea
1940
Angel
1937
Photos (1)
Movies (152)
Foreign Correspondent
Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Way Out West
Mickey Finn
To Be or Not to Be
Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
The Bohemian Girl
Captain Finn
Royal Wedding
Cabby (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
General
Block-Heads
Man on Stairs
Angel
Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
Our Wife
Father of the bride (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces
Jailor
Raffles
Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
Pardon Us
Schoolteacher
The Dawn Patrol
Field Sergeant
Saps at Sea
Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
The Devil's Brother
Lord Rocburg
Bonnie Scotland
Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
Two Sisters from Boston
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
The Toast of New York
Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Thunder Below
Scotty
The Great Victor Herbert
Lamplighter
A Chump at Oxford
Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Married Life
Man Who Made Good
One Good Turn
A Community Player
Big Business
Homeowner (uncredited)
Playing at Politics
Criado
Newly Rich
1922
Sugar Daddies
Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
Scorching Sands
James
Dick Turpin
Jeremy
Show Girl
Mr. Dugan
Sure-Mike!
The Floorwalker
Another Fine Mess
Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Chickens Come Home
Butler (uncredited)
Frozen Hearts
General Sappovitch
Yanks Ahoy
Cook Flynn (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Pa Slocum
The Chimp
Ringmaster (uncredited)
The Second 100 Years
Browne Van Dyke
Thundering Landlords
The Landlord
Roughest Africa
Hans Downe
Our Relations
Finn
Hard Boiled
1925
Don't Tell Everything
Lawyer Goldblum
In Dutch
1918
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
Comic Chef
Pick a Star
Director
Men O' War
Soda jerk
Hollywood
James Finlayson
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Dean of Pinkham University
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
Keystone Cop
Should Tall Men Marry?
Joe Skittle
Young Eagles
Scotty
All Over Town
MacDougal
Wife Tamers
The Waiter
Thieves
1930
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Vivien's Suitor
Love, Honor and Behave
Artist
One Hour Married
1927
Night Owls
Meadows
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
The Hired Man
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
Madame Sans Jane
The Girl's Father
Manhattan Monkey Business
Joyce's Father
Madame Mystery
Struggling Author
A Punch in the Nose
1926
Don't Weaken!
Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
Trying to Get Along
The Beauty Parlor Operator
A Small Town Idol
J. Wellington Jones
Mary, Queen of Tots
Radio Actor
Love 'Em and Weep
Titus Tillsbury
Unfriendly Enemies
The Cameraman
No Man's Law
Jack Belcher
Thicker Than Water
Auction Manager
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Liberty
Store keeper
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Me and My Pal
Peter Cucumber
Flying Elephants
Saxophonus (uncredited)
Chasing the Chaser
Gilroy (the husband)
With Love and Hisses
Captain Bustle
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Do Detectives Think?
Judge Foozle (uncredited)
Dollar Dizzy
House Detective
Innocent Husbands
The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Pitfalls of a Big City
The Hired Man
Thundering Fleas
Justice of the Peace
Nature in the Wrong
Voice of lion (uncredited)
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Hard to Get
Pa Martin
Anything Once!
Mabel's Boss
One of the Smiths
Wine Brewer (uncredited)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Miles Sandwich
White Wings
Dental Patient
Flaming Flappers
1925
The Crossroads of New York
Lawyer
Mush and Milk
Mr. Brown, the banker
Jack Frost
Wicked Man from the Wicked City
The Gay Nighties
Mr. Amos Pipp
For the Defense
Parrott
What's the World Coming To?
The Father-in-Law
Welcome Home
1925
The Soilers
Smacknamara
She Sighed by the Seaside
1st Suitor
Seeing the World
'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
Bachelor’s Paradise
Pat Malone
So This Is Harris!
Golf Pro
The Hoose-Gow
Governor (uncredited)
Grand Canyon Trail
Sheriff
Galloping Ghosts
Police Commissioner
Sold at Auction!
The Man Who WAS Sold
A Man About Town
Humko, Store Detective
Hats Off
Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Zeb vs. Paprika
Major Glanders Botts
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Plato's Rival
Here We Go Again
Plato's Rival
Wall Street
Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
Dance of the Cookoos
Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
Two Weeks Off
Pa Weaver
Wide Open Spaces
Jack McQueen
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Hasty Marriage
Kitty's Father
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Hillory, the new husband
Moonlight and Noses
Professor Sniff
Pick and Shovel
The Foreman
Merry Widower
The Hunter
The Noon Whistle
1923
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee Haw
Jus' Passin' Through
Drunk (uncredited)
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Lady Be Good
Trelawney West
The Whole Truth
Defense lawyer
The Nickel-Hopper
Rupert
Mother's Joy
Baron Buttontop
Short Kilts
McGregor's Son
Oranges and Lemons
Worker
California or Bust
Campground neighbor
A Tough Winter
1923
Fast Freight
Spooky Wall Painting
Postage Due
Postal Inspector Hawke
Raggedy Rose
Simpson Sniffle
Near Dublin
Sir Patrick
His Silent Racket
James
Smithy
Sergeant
Dizzy Daddies
Jonathan Haig
