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
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Playing at Politics (1931)
as Criado
Way Out West (1937)
as Mickey Finn
Royal Wedding (1951)
as Cabby (uncredited)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
as Lord Rocburg
Saps at Sea (1940)
as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Jailor
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
Scorching Sands (1923)
as James
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Pardon Us (1931)
as Schoolteacher
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
as Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
Block-Heads (1938)
as Man on Stairs
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as General
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Comic Chef
Our Wife (1931)
as Father of the bride (uncredited)
Angel (1937)
as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
Married Life (1920)
as Man Who Made Good
Dick Turpin (1933)
as Jeremy
Newly Rich (1922)
Actor
Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
as Artist
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
Sure-Mike! (1925)
as The Floorwalker
The Second 100 Years (1927)
as Browne Van Dyke
Wife Tamers (1926)
as The Waiter
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Down on the Farm (1920)
as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
as Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Our Relations (1936)
as Finn
Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
Actor
Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926)
as Vivien's Suitor
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
as Captain Finn
One of the Smiths (1931)
as Wine Brewer (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies (1927)
as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
as Asylum Inmate
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Captain Bustle
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Peter Cucumber
Thieves (1930)
Actor
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
Unfriendly Enemies (1925)
as The Cameraman
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
as Pa Slocum
The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
as Lamplighter
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
as Judge Foozle (uncredited)
A Small Town Idol (1921)
as J. Wellington Jones
Roughest Africa (1923)
as Hans Downe
Another Fine Mess (1930)
as Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)
as Miles Sandwich
One Good Turn (1931)
as A Community Player
The Crossroads of New York (1922)
as Lawyer
White Wings (1923)
as Dental Patient
Don't Tell Everything (1927)
as Lawyer Goldblum
Frozen Hearts (1923)
as General Sappovitch
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923)
as The Hired Man
What's the World Coming To? (1926)
as The Father-in-Law
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Show Girl (1928)
as Mr. Dugan
Hard Boiled (1925)
Actor
Pick and Shovel (1923)
as The Foreman
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Keystone Cop
Night Owls (1930)
as Meadows
In Dutch (1918)
Actor
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
as Dean of Pinkham University
She Sighed by the Seaside (1921)
as 1st Suitor
Up in Alf's Place (1919)
as The Dancing Instructor
Nature in the Wrong (1933)
as Voice of lion (uncredited)
The prince of the dollar (1930)
Actor
Big Business (1929)
as Homeowner (uncredited)
A Punch in the Nose (1926)
Actor
Trying to Get Along (1919)
as The Beauty Parlor Operator
Chickens Come Home (1931)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
as The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
Actor
Pick a Star (1937)
as Director
Before the Public (1923)
Actor
Raffles (1939)
as Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
as Radio Actor
A Man About Town (1923)
as Humko, Store Detective
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
as Field Sergeant
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
as Joe Skittle
The Iceman's Ball (1932)
as Commissioner Walters
Postage Due (1924)
as Postal Inspector Hawke
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
as Titus Tillsbury
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
as Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
Wedding Yells (1942)
as Hammerhead Nahl
Hollywood (1923)
as James Finlayson
No Man's Law (1927)
as Jack Belcher
Here We Go Again (1952)
as Plato's Rival
Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
as Plato's Rival
Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
as Dr. James Finlayson
Men O' War (1929)
as Soda jerk
Pitfalls of a Big City (1923)
as The Hired Man
Thicker Than Water (1935)
as Auction Manager
Innocent Husbands (1925)
as The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
The Druggist's Dilemma (1933)
as Andrew Finch
The Hoose-Gow (1929)
as Governor (uncredited)
Young Eagles (1930)
as Scotty
MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
as Manager
Thundering Landlords (1925)
as The Landlord
Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
as Rupert of Hee Haw
Liberty (1929)
as Store keeper
Smithy (1924)
as Sergeant
Jus' Passin' Through (1923)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Sold at Auction! (1923)
as The Man Who WAS Sold
The Soilers (1923)
as Smacknamara
Wide Open Spaces (1924)
as Jack McQueen
The World of Laurel and Hardy (—)
Actor
The Whole Truth (1923)
as Defense lawyer
Flying Elephants (1928)
as Saxophonus (uncredited)
Second Hand Kisses (1931)
as Jimmy Finlayson
Madame Sans Jane (1925)
as The Girl's Father
Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
as Sheriff
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
Actor
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
as Cook Flynn (uncredited)
Thundering Fleas (1926)
as Justice of the Peace
Hasty Marriage (1931)
as Kitty's Father
So This Is Harris! (1933)
as Golf Pro
Oranges and Lemons (1923)
as Worker
Thunder Below (1932)
as Scotty
Why Husbands Go Mad (1924)
Actor
Seeing the World (1927)
as 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
Don't Leave Home (1930)
Actor
Father and Son (1935)
as Bidad
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
as Joyce's Father
The Chimp (1932)
as Ringmaster (uncredited)
Madame Mystery (1926)
as Struggling Author
For the Defense (1930)
as Parrott
Bachelor’s Paradise (1928)
as Pat Malone
Tell It to a Policeman (1925)
Actor
All Over Town (1937)
as MacDougal
The Noon Whistle (1923)
Actor
Fully Insured (1923)
as The Foreman
The Gay Nighties (1933)
as Mr. Amos Pipp
Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
as Hillory, the new husband
Mother's Joy (1923)
as Baron Buttontop
Welcome Home (1925)
Actor
Change the Needle (1925)
Actor
Raggedy Rose (1926)
as Simpson Sniffle
Boy Oh Boy! (1932)
as Saunders
Two Weeks Off (1929)
as Pa Weaver
Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
Actor
Chasing the Chaser (1925)
as Gilroy (the husband)
Wall Street (1929)
as Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
Lady Be Good (1928)
as Trelawney West
Dollar Dizzy (1930)
as House Detective
Don't Weaken! (1920)
as Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
Hard to Get (1929)
as Pa Martin
Jack Frost (1923)
as Wicked Man from the Wicked City
Mush and Milk (1933)
as Mr. Brown, the banker
Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
as Major Glanders Botts
California or Bust (1923)
as Campground neighbor
The Millionaire Cat (1932)
as Lawyer Fogg
In the Grease (1925)
as Father
Hats Off (1927)
as Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Moonlight and Noses (1925)
as Professor Sniff
Short Kilts (1924)
as McGregor's Son
Flaming Flappers (1925)
Actor
The Mystery Man (1923)
Actor
Galloping Ghosts (1928)
as Police Commissioner
Gold Diggers (1930)
Actor
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
as Rupert
Fighting Fathers (1927)
as Neighbor
Merry Widower (1926)
as The Hunter
Fast Freight (1929)
as Spooky Wall Painting
Dizzy Daddies (1926)
as Jonathan Haig
Jitters the Butler (1932)
as Phineas P. McPhinn
Near Dublin (1924)
as Sir Patrick
False Roomers (1931)
as Landlord
His Silent Racket (1933)
as James
Beach Pajamas (1931)
Actor
One Hour Married (1927)
Actor
Dog-Gone (1939)
as Mr. Jones
A Tough Winter (1923)
Actor
The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
Actor
Anything Once! (1927)
as Mabel's Boss