James Finlayson
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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
Credits
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Playing at Politics (1931)
as Criado
Married Life (1920)
as Man Who Made Good
Thieves (1930)
Actor
Pardon Us (1931)
as Schoolteacher
Sure-Mike! (1925)
as The Floorwalker
Unfriendly Enemies (1925)
as The Cameraman
Show Girl (1928)
as Mr. Dugan
Our Wife (1931)
as Father of the bride (uncredited)
Scorching Sands (1923)
as James
Sugar Daddies (1927)
as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
The Devil's Brother (1933)
as Lord Rocburg
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
as Asylum Inmate
Roughest Africa (1923)
as Hans Downe
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
as Judge Foozle (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Jailor
Block-Heads (1938)
as Man on Stairs
Thundering Landlords (1925)
as The Landlord
In Dutch (1918)
Actor
The Mystery Man (1923)
Actor
White Wings (1923)
as Dental Patient
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
as Field Sergeant
Royal Wedding (1951)
as Cabby (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow (1929)
as Governor (uncredited)
The prince of the dollar (1930)
Actor
Way Out West (1937)
as Mickey Finn
Pick a Star (1937)
as Director
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Madame Sans Jane (1925)
as The Girl's Father
Wife Tamers (1926)
as The Waiter
Dick Turpin (1933)
as Jeremy
Newly Rich (1922)
Actor
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923)
as The Hired Man
One Good Turn (1931)
as A Community Player
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)
as Miles Sandwich
Thicker Than Water (1935)
as Auction Manager
Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
as Artist
Wedding Yells (1942)
as Hammerhead Nahl
Boy Oh Boy! (1932)
as Saunders
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as General
She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
as Captain Finn
Frozen Hearts (1923)
as General Sappovitch
Another Fine Mess (1930)
as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
In the Grease (1925)
as Father
Down on the Farm (1920)
as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
as Hillory, the new husband
Saps at Sea (1940)
as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
Actor
Jus' Passin' Through (1923)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Before the Public (1923)
Actor
Angel (1937)
as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Bachelor’s Paradise (1928)
as Pat Malone
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
as Pa Slocum
Hard Boiled (1925)
Actor
One of the Smiths (1931)
as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
Second Hand Kisses (1931)
as Jimmy Finlayson
Our Relations (1936)
as Finn
The Noon Whistle (1923)
Actor
Night Owls (1930)
as Meadows
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Comic Chef
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
as Joyce's Father
Chickens Come Home (1931)
as Butler (uncredited)
Trying to Get Along (1919)
as The Beauty Parlor Operator
Pick and Shovel (1923)
as The Foreman
The Second 100 Years (1927)
as Browne Van Dyke
Men O' War (1929)
as Soda jerk
Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
as Dr. James Finlayson
The Gay Nighties (1933)
as Mr. Amos Pipp
Don't Tell Everything (1927)
as Lawyer Goldblum
Oranges and Lemons (1923)
as Worker
The World of Laurel and Hardy (—)
Actor
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Captain Bustle
Liberty (1929)
as Store keeper
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Keystone Cop
Flying Elephants (1928)
as Saxophonus (uncredited)
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Peter Cucumber
Big Business (1929)
as Homeowner (uncredited)
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Thundering Fleas (1926)
as Justice of the Peace
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
as Titus Tillsbury
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
The Millionaire Cat (1932)
as Lawyer Fogg
The Chimp (1932)
as Ringmaster (uncredited)
What's the World Coming To? (1926)
as The Father-in-Law
Thunder Below (1932)
as Scotty
Sold at Auction! (1923)
as The Man Who WAS Sold
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
as Cook Flynn (uncredited)
Gold Diggers (1930)
Actor
Raffles (1939)
as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
Mush and Milk (1933)
as Mr. Brown, the banker
Pitfalls of a Big City (1923)
as The Hired Man
The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
as Lamplighter
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
as Rupert
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
California or Bust (1923)
as Campground neighbor
A Small Town Idol (1921)
as J. Wellington Jones
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
as Joe Skittle
The Crossroads of New York (1922)
as Lawyer
Dollar Dizzy (1930)
as House Detective
Wide Open Spaces (1924)
as Jack McQueen
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
Actor
Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
as Major Glanders Botts
Hollywood (1923)
as James Finlayson
Dizzy Daddies (1926)
as Jonathan Haig
Short Kilts (1924)
as McGregor's Son
Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926)
as Vivien's Suitor
Madame Mystery (1926)
as Struggling Author
All Over Town (1937)
as MacDougal
MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
as Manager
Two Weeks Off (1929)
as Pa Weaver
Fighting Fathers (1927)
as Neighbor
Hard to Get (1929)
as Pa Martin
Anything Once! (1927)
as Mabel's Boss
His Silent Racket (1933)
as James
The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Change the Needle (1925)
Actor
The Iceman's Ball (1932)
as Commissioner Walters
Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
as Sheriff
Dog-Gone (1939)
as Mr. Jones
For the Defense (1930)
as Parrott
Jack Frost (1923)
as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
So This Is Harris! (1933)
as Golf Pro
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
as Radio Actor
Welcome Home (1925)
Actor
Hasty Marriage (1931)
as Kitty's Father
The Soilers (1923)
as Smacknamara
Innocent Husbands (1925)
as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Hats Off (1927)
as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Don't Leave Home (1930)
Actor
Father and Son (1935)
as Bidad
Postage Due (1924)
as Postal Inspector Hawke
Beach Pajamas (1931)
Actor
Seeing the World (1927)
as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
One Hour Married (1927)
Actor
Lady Be Good (1928)
as Trelawney West
A Man About Town (1923)
as Humko, Store Detective
No Man's Law (1927)
as Jack Belcher
Don't Weaken! (1920)
as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
Wall Street (1929)
as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
A Punch in the Nose (1926)
Actor
Chasing the Chaser (1925)
as Gilroy (the husband)
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
as Dean of Pinkham University
The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
Actor
The Druggist's Dilemma (1933)
as Andrew Finch
Young Eagles (1930)
as Scotty
Near Dublin (1924)
as Sir Patrick
Nature in the Wrong (1933)
as Voice of lion (uncredited)
Raggedy Rose (1926)
as Simpson Sniffle
Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
Actor
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
Smithy (1924)
as Sergeant
Fully Insured (1923)
as The Foreman
Fast Freight (1929)
as Spooky Wall Painting
Mother's Joy (1923)
as Baron Buttontop
Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
Actor
Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
as Rupert of Hee Haw
Moonlight and Noses (1925)
as Professor Sniff
Why Husbands Go Mad (1924)
Actor
A Tough Winter (1923)
Actor
Jitters the Butler (1932)
as Phineas P. McPhinn
The Whole Truth (1923)
as Defense lawyer
Flaming Flappers (1925)
Actor
False Roomers (1931)
as Landlord
She Sighed by the Seaside (1921)
as 1st Suitor
Tell It to a Policeman (1925)
Actor
Merry Widower (1926)
as The Hunter
Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
as Plato's Rival
Here We Go Again (1952)
as Plato's Rival
Up in Alf's Place (1919)
as The Dancing Instructor
Galloping Ghosts (1928)
as Police Commissioner