Acting

James Finlayson

Born: 1887-08-26
Died: 1953-10-09
Birthplace: Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

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

Filmography

181 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002 · Movie

Cast

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

1990 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos

1982 · Movie

Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981 · Movie

Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968 · Movie

Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967 · Movie

Cast

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Movie

Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

Here We Go Again

1952 · Movie

Plato's Rival

Royal Wedding

1951 · Movie

Cabby (uncredited)

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951 · Movie

(archive footage)

Grand Canyon Trail

1948 · Movie

Sheriff

The Perils of Pauline

1947 · Movie

Comic Chef

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Movie

Constable (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 · Movie

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943 · Movie

(archive footage)

Yanks Ahoy

1943 · Movie

Cook Flynn (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be

1942 · Movie

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Wedding Yells

1942 · Movie

Hammerhead Nahl

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Movie

Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Movie

Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

Saps at Sea

1940 · Movie

Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

Dog-Gone

1939 · Movie

Mr. Jones

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939 · Movie

Keystone Cop

Raffles

1939 · Movie

Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces

1939 · Movie

Jailor

The Great Victor Herbert

1939 · Movie

Lamplighter

Block-Heads

1938 · Movie

Man on Stairs

All Over Town

1937 · Movie

MacDougal

Angel

1937 · Movie

Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

Pick a Star

1937 · Movie

Director

The Toast of New York

1937 · Movie

Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

Way Out West

1937 · Movie

Mickey Finn

Our Relations

1936 · Movie

Finn

The Bohemian Girl

1936 · Movie

Captain Finn

Bonnie Scotland

1935 · Movie

Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

Father and Son

1935 · Movie

Bidad

Life Hesitates at 40

1935 · Movie

Dr. James Finlayson

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935 · Movie

Joyce's Father

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935 · Movie

Manager

Thicker Than Water

1935 · Movie

Auction Manager

Dick Turpin

1933 · Movie

Jeremy

His Silent Racket

1933 · Movie

James

Me and My Pal

1933 · Movie

Peter Cucumber

Mush and Milk

1933 · Movie

Mr. Brown, the banker

Nature in the Wrong

1933 · Movie

Voice of lion (uncredited)

So This Is Harris!

1933 · Movie

Golf Pro

The Devil's Brother

1933 · Movie

Lord Rocburg

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933 · Movie

Andrew Finch

The Gay Nighties

1933 · Movie

Mr. Amos Pipp

Boy Oh Boy!

1932 · Movie

Saunders

Jitters the Butler

1932 · Movie

Phineas P. McPhinn

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Movie

General

The Chimp

1932 · Movie

Ringmaster (uncredited)

The Iceman's Ball

1932 · Movie

Commissioner Walters

The Millionaire Cat

1932 · Movie

Lawyer Fogg

Thunder Below

1932 · Movie

Scotty

Beach Pajamas

1931 · Movie

Cast

Chickens Come Home

1931 · Movie

Butler (uncredited)

False Roomers

1931 · Movie

Landlord

Hasty Marriage

1931 · Movie

Kitty's Father

One Good Turn

1931 · Movie

A Community Player

One of the Smiths

1931 · Movie

Wine Brewer (uncredited)

Our Wife

1931 · Movie

Father of the bride (uncredited)

Pardon Us

1931 · Movie

Schoolteacher

Playing at Politics

1931 · Movie

Criado

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931 · Movie

Cast

Second Hand Kisses

1931 · Movie

Jimmy Finlayson

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931 · Movie

Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Another Fine Mess

1930 · Movie

Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

Dollar Dizzy

1930 · Movie

House Detective

Don't Leave Home

1930 · Movie

Cast

For the Defense

1930 · Movie

Parrott

Gold Diggers

1930 · Movie

Cast

Night Owls

1930 · Movie

Meadows

The Dawn Patrol

1930 · Movie

Field Sergeant

The prince of the dollar

1930 · Movie

Cast

Thieves

1930 · Movie

Cast

Young Eagles

1930 · Movie

Scotty

Big Business

1929 · Movie

Homeowner (uncredited)

Fast Freight

1929 · Movie

Spooky Wall Painting

Hard to Get

1929 · Movie

Pa Martin

Liberty

1929 · Movie

Store keeper

Men O' War

1929 · Movie

Soda jerk

The Hoose-Gow

1929 · Movie

Governor (uncredited)

Two Weeks Off

1929 · Movie

Pa Weaver

Wall Street

1929 · Movie

Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

Bachelor’s Paradise

1928 · Movie

Pat Malone

Flying Elephants

1928 · Movie

Saxophonus (uncredited)

Galloping Ghosts

1928 · Movie

Police Commissioner

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

1928 · Movie

Pa Slocum

Lady Be Good

1928 · Movie

Trelawney West

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928 · Movie

Joe Skittle

Show Girl

1928 · Movie

Mr. Dugan

Anything Once!

1927 · Movie

Mabel's Boss

Call of the Cuckoo

1927 · Movie

Asylum Inmate

Do Detectives Think?

1927 · Movie

Judge Foozle (uncredited)

Don't Tell Everything

1927 · Movie

Lawyer Goldblum

Fighting Fathers

1927 · Movie

Neighbor

Forgotten Sweeties

1927 · Movie

Cast

Hats Off

1927 · Movie

Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

Love 'Em and Weep

1927 · Movie

Titus Tillsbury

No Man's Law

1927 · Movie

Jack Belcher

One Hour Married

1927 · Movie

Cast

Seeing the World

1927 · Movie

'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Sugar Daddies

1927 · Movie

Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

The Second 100 Years

1927 · Movie

Browne Van Dyke

With Love and Hisses

1927 · Movie

Captain Bustle

A Punch in the Nose

1926 · Movie

Cast

Dizzy Daddies

1926 · Movie

Jonathan Haig

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926 · Movie

Vivien's Suitor

Madame Mystery

1926 · Movie

Struggling Author

Merry Widower

1926 · Movie

The Hunter

Raggedy Rose

1926 · Movie

Simpson Sniffle

The Nickel-Hopper

1926 · Movie

Rupert

Thundering Fleas

1926 · Movie

Justice of the Peace

What's the World Coming To?

1926 · Movie

The Father-in-Law

Wife Tamers

1926 · Movie

The Waiter

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926 · Movie

Dean of Pinkham University

Change the Needle

1925 · Movie

Cast

Chasing the Chaser

1925 · Movie

Gilroy (the husband)

Flaming Flappers

1925 · Movie

Cast

Hard Boiled

1925 · Movie

Cast

In the Grease

1925 · Movie

Father

Innocent Husbands

1925 · Movie

The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Madame Sans Jane

1925 · Movie

The Girl's Father

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925 · Movie

Radio Actor

Moonlight and Noses

1925 · Movie

Professor Sniff

Sure-Mike!

1925 · Movie

The Floorwalker

Tell It to a Policeman

1925 · Movie

Cast

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925 · Movie

The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

The Haunted Honeymoon

1925 · Movie

Cast

Thundering Landlords

1925 · Movie

The Landlord

Unfriendly Enemies

1925 · Movie

The Cameraman

Welcome Home

1925 · Movie

Cast

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925 · Movie

Hillory, the new husband

Brothers Under the Chin

1924 · Movie

Cast

Near Dublin

1924 · Movie

Sir Patrick

Postage Due

1924 · Movie

Postal Inspector Hawke

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924 · Movie

Rupert of Hee Haw

Short Kilts

1924 · Movie

McGregor's Son

Smithy

1924 · Movie

Sergeant

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924 · Movie

Cast

Wide Open Spaces

1924 · Movie

Jack McQueen

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924 · Movie

Major Glanders Botts

A Man About Town

1923 · Movie

Humko, Store Detective

A Tough Winter

1923 · Movie

Cast

Before the Public

1923 · Movie

Cast

California or Bust

1923 · Movie

Campground neighbor

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923 · Movie

Miles Sandwich

Frozen Hearts

1923 · Movie

General Sappovitch

Fully Insured

1923 · Movie

The Foreman

Hollywood

1923 · Movie

James Finlayson

Jack Frost

1923 · Movie

Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Jus' Passin' Through

1923 · Movie

Drunk (uncredited)

Mother's Joy

1923 · Movie

Baron Buttontop

Oranges and Lemons

1923 · Movie

Worker

Pick and Shovel

1923 · Movie

The Foreman

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923 · Movie

The Hired Man

Roughest Africa

1923 · Movie

Hans Downe

Scorching Sands

1923 · Movie

James

Sold at Auction!

1923 · Movie

The Man Who WAS Sold

The Mystery Man

1923 · Movie

Cast

The Noon Whistle

1923 · Movie

Cast

The Soilers

1923 · Movie

Smacknamara

The Whole Truth

1923 · Movie

Defense lawyer

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923 · Movie

The Hired Man

White Wings

1923 · Movie

Dental Patient

Newly Rich

1922 · Movie

Cast

The Crossroads of New York

1922 · Movie

Lawyer

A Small Town Idol

1921 · Movie

J. Wellington Jones

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921 · Movie

Plato's Rival

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921 · Movie

1st Suitor

Don't Weaken!

1920 · Movie

Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Down on the Farm

1920 · Movie

The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

Love, Honor and Behave

1920 · Movie

Artist

Married Life

1920 · Movie

Man Who Made Good

Trying to Get Along

1919 · Movie

The Beauty Parlor Operator

Up in Alf's Place

1919 · Movie

The Dancing Instructor

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919 · Movie

Commander's Officer (uncredited)

In Dutch

1918 · Movie

Cast

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Date unknown · Movie

Cast