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