James Finlayson
Known for: Acting
Born: August 26, 1887
Died: October 9, 1953
Place of birth: Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
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.
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Filmography
181 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
8.5
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002NR
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
7.0
The Muppets Go to the Movies
19818.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
7.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
NR
Here We Go Again
1952
NR
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
6.4
Royal Wedding
1951
5.7
Grand Canyon Trail
1948
6.7
The Perils of Pauline
1947
6.3
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
5.6
She-Wolf of London
1946
6.6
Yanks Ahoy
1943
7.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943NR
Wedding Yells
1942
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
6.8
Saps at Sea
1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
1940
5.4
The Great Victor Herbert
1939
6.2
Raffles
1939
6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
19398.0
Dog-Gone
1939
7.0
Block-Heads
1938
6.7
Angel
1937
6.4
All Over Town
1937
6.2
The Toast of New York
1937
4.8
Pick a Star
1937
7.1
Way Out West
1937
7.0
Our Relations
1936
6.2
The Bohemian Girl
19366.0
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
19357.5
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
10.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935
7.3
Thicker Than Water
193510.0
Father and Son
1935
9.0
Dick Turpin
1933
5.4
So This Is Harris!
1933
4.3
The Gay Nighties
1933
6.6
Mush and Milk
19337.0
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933
6.8
The Devil's Brother
1933
8.0
His Silent Racket
1933
6.5
Me and My Pal
1933
6.5
Nature in the Wrong
19337.0
Jitters the Butler
19327.0
Boy Oh Boy!
193210.0
The Millionaire Cat
1932
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
19324.0
The Iceman's Ball
1932
7.0
Thunder Below
1932
6.5
The Chimp
1932
7.7
Hasty Marriage
1931
6.0
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
6.9
One Good Turn
19318.0
False Roomers
19317.0
Beach Pajamas
1931
6.5
Pardon Us
19317.3
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
8.0
One of the Smiths
1931
7.1
Our Wife
1931
7.0
Playing at Politics
1931NR
Second Hand Kisses
1931
6.6
Chickens Come Home
19319.0
Don't Leave Home
1930
6.9
Another Fine Mess
19308.0
The prince of the dollar
19307.0
Gold Diggers
1930
6.8
Dollar Dizzy
1930
5.7
For the Defense
1930
6.6
The Dawn Patrol
1930
7.0
Young Eagles
1930
7.1
Thieves
1930
7.4
Night Owls
1930
7.0
Wall Street
1929
6.8
The Hoose-Gow
1929
7.0
Hard to Get
1929
6.8
Men O' War
1929
9.0
Two Weeks Off
1929
6.7
Big Business
1929
6.9
Liberty
1929
8.5
Fast Freight
1929
8.0
Show Girl
1928
10.0
Lady Be Good
1928
10.0
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
8.0
Bachelor’s Paradise
1928
7.0
Galloping Ghosts
1928
5.9
Flying Elephants
1928
6.5
Should Tall Men Marry?
19287.0
Fighting Fathers
1927
6.4
Do Detectives Think?
1927
6.6
Hats Off
1927
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
6.3
The Second 100 Years
1927
6.0
Sugar Daddies
1927
6.1
With Love and Hisses
1927
10.0
Don't Tell Everything
1927
5.7
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
7.3
No Man's Law
1927
5.3
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
8.0
One Hour Married
1927
7.1
Seeing the World
1927
6.8
Anything Once!
1927
7.5
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
6.3
Raggedy Rose
1926
5.7
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926
8.0
Merry Widower
1926
6.0
Thundering Fleas
1926
8.0
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926
7.0
Wife Tamers
1926
3.8
Dizzy Daddies
1926
6.5
Madame Mystery
1926
4.7
What's the World Coming To?
1926
10.0
A Punch in the Nose
1926
10.0
Flaming Flappers
1925
4.0
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925
5.9
Moonlight and Noses
1925
6.5
Unfriendly Enemies
1925
7.3
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925
4.3
Madame Sans Jane
1925
7.0
Innocent Husbands
1925
5.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
6.5
Chasing the Chaser
1925
10.0
Thundering Landlords
19257.0
In the Grease
19258.0
Tell It to a Policeman
1925
7.0
Sure-Mike!
1925
7.0
Welcome Home
1925
7.0
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
8.0
Hard Boiled
19259.0
Change the Needle
1925
5.4
Short Kilts
19247.0
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
6.3
Wide Open Spaces
1924
5.6
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924
6.7
Near Dublin
1924
7.0
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
5.8
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
6.3
Postage Due
1924
5.8
Smithy
1924
5.7
Mother's Joy
19236.5
Fully Insured
1923
5.9
Scorching Sands
1923
5.5
The Soilers
1923
7.0
The Whole Truth
1923
5.7
Frozen Hearts
1923
6.5
Jus' Passin' Through
1923
5.8
Roughest Africa
1923
6.0
A Man About Town
1923
8.0
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
9.0
Hollywood
19238.0
The Mystery Man
1923
5.5
Oranges and Lemons
1923
10.0
Jack Frost
1923
8.0
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923
7.0
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923
7.3
Pick and Shovel
1923
6.8
Sold at Auction!
1923
7.3
White Wings
1923
8.0
California or Bust
1923
8.0
The Noon Whistle
19237.5
Before the Public
1923
9.0
A Tough Winter
1923
NR
Newly Rich
1922
7.0
The Crossroads of New York
1922
8.0
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921
7.0
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921
6.8
A Small Town Idol
1921
8.0
Love, Honor and Behave
1920
6.3
Don't Weaken!
1920
9.0
Married Life
1920
5.8
Down on the Farm
19207.0
Up in Alf's Place
1919
7.0
Trying to Get Along
1919
5.7
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919
10.0
In Dutch
1918
NR
The World of Laurel and Hardy
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