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