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