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