James Finlayson

Known for Acting

James Finlayson's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 26, 1887

Deathday: October 09, 1953

Place of birth: 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.

Actor

2002

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

1990

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

1982

Dance of the Cookoos

1970

The World of Laurel and Hardy

1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

1952

Here We Go Again

1951

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951

Royal Wedding

1948

Grand Canyon Trail

1947

The Perils of Pauline

1946

She-Wolf of London

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

Yanks Ahoy

1942

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Wedding Yells

1940

Saps at Sea

1940

A Chump at Oxford

1940

Foreign Correspondent

1939

The Flying Deuces

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Raffles

1939

Dog-Gone

1939

The Great Victor Herbert

1938

Block-Heads

1937

Way Out West

1937

Angel

1937

The Toast of New York

1937

All Over Town

1937

Pick a Star

1936

Our Relations

1936

The Bohemian Girl

1935

Thicker Than Water

1935

Bonnie Scotland

1935

Father and Son

1935

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Manhattan Monkey Business

1933

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Me and My Pal

1933

The Devil's Brother

1933

Mush and Milk

1933

The Gay Nighties

1933

Dick Turpin

1933

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933

His Silent Racket

1933

So This Is Harris!

1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Thunder Below

1932

The Chimp

1932

Jitters the Butler

1932

Boy Oh Boy!

1932

The Millionaire Cat

1931

One Good Turn

1931

Our Wife

1931

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931

Chickens Come Home

1931

Hasty Marriage

1931

Beach Pajamas

1931

Second Hand Kisses

1931

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931

Playing at Politics

1931

Pardon Us

1931

One of the Smiths

1931

False Roomers

1930

Night Owls

1930

The prince of the dollar

1930

Gold Diggers

1930

Another Fine Mess

1930

Thieves

1930

Don't Leave Home

1930

For the Defense

1930

Young Eagles

1930

Dollar Dizzy

1930

The Dawn Patrol

1929

Men O' War

1929

Liberty

1929

The Hoose-Gow

1929

Big Business

1929

Hard to Get

1929

Fast Freight

1929

Two Weeks Off

1929

Wall Street

1928

Flying Elephants

1928

Show Girl

1928

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

1928

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928

Lady Be Good

1928

Galloping Ghosts

1928

Bachelor’s Paradise

1927

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

Sugar Daddies

1927

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

The Second 100 Years

1927

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

With Love and Hisses

1927

Anything Once!

1927

No Man's Law

1927

Seeing the World

1927

Don't Tell Everything

1927

Hats Off

1927

One Hour Married

1927

Fighting Fathers

1926

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926

A Punch in the Nose

1926

Merry Widower

1926

Thundering Fleas

1926

Wife Tamers

1926

Raggedy Rose

1926

Dizzy Daddies

1926

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

What's the World Coming To?

1926

Madame Mystery

1925

The Haunted Honeymoon

1925

Thundering Landlords

1925

Madame Sans Jane

1925

Unfriendly Enemies

1925

Hard Boiled

1925

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925

In the Grease

1925

Chasing the Chaser

1925

Innocent Husbands

1925

Sure-Mike!

1925

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

Moonlight and Noses

1925

Tell It to a Policeman

1925

Flaming Flappers

1925

Welcome Home

1925

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925

Change the Needle

1924

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924

Short Kilts

1924

Smithy

1924

Near Dublin

1924

Wide Open Spaces

1924

Brothers Under the Chin

1924

Postage Due

1923

Hollywood

1923

Jack Frost

1923

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923

Oranges and Lemons

1923

Roughest Africa

1923

A Man About Town

1923

Scorching Sands

1923

Sold at Auction!

1923

California or Bust

1923

White Wings

1923

The Whole Truth

1923

Frozen Hearts

1923

Mother's Joy

1923

The Mystery Man

1923

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923

The Noon Whistle

1923

Fully Insured

1923

Before the Public

1923

The Soilers

1923

Pick and Shovel

1923

A Tough Winter

1923

Jus' Passin' Through

1922

Newly Rich

1922

The Crossroads of New York

1921

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921

A Small Town Idol

1920

Don't Weaken!

1920

Down on the Farm

1920

Love, Honor and Behave

1920

Married Life

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

Trying to Get Along

1919

Up in Alf's Place

1918

In Dutch