James Finlayson

James Finlayson

Acting
Born Aug 26, 1887
From Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Died Oct 09, 1953

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 — Acting

To Be or Not to Be
7.8
1942

To Be or Not to Be

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London
5.6
1946

She-Wolf of London

Constable (uncredited)

Angel
6.7
1937

Angel

Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent
7.0
1940

Foreign Correspondent

Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

Block-Heads
6.9
1938

Block-Heads

Man on Stairs

Way Out West
7.1
1937

Way Out West

Mickey Finn

Royal Wedding
6.4
1951

Royal Wedding

Cabby (uncredited)

Our Relations
7.0
1936

Our Relations

Finn

Bonnie Scotland
6.6
1935

Bonnie Scotland

Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

The Devil's Brother
6.8
1933

The Devil's Brother

Lord Rocburg

Two Sisters from Boston
6.0
1946

Two Sisters from Boston

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline
6.2
1947

The Perils of Pauline

Comic Chef

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.7
1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

General

Raffles
6.0
1939

Raffles

Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

Pardon Us
6.4
1931

Pardon Us

Schoolteacher

The Flying Deuces
6.3
1939

The Flying Deuces

Jailor

The Toast of New York
5.8
1937

The Toast of New York

Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford
6.8
1940

A Chump at Oxford

Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Hollywood
8.5
1923

Hollywood

James Finlayson

Saps at Sea
6.8
1940

Saps at Sea

Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

Young Eagles
6.0
1930

Young Eagles

Scotty

Another Fine Mess
6.8
1930

Another Fine Mess

Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

Big Business
6.6
1929

Big Business

Homeowner (uncredited)

The Second 100 Years
6.2
1927

The Second 100 Years

Browne Van Dyke

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.6
1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Thunder Below
1932

Thunder Below

Scotty

Yanks Ahoy
6.3
1943

Yanks Ahoy

Cook Flynn (uncredited)

Night Owls
7.4
1930

Night Owls

Meadows

Men O' War
6.7
1929

Men O' War

Soda jerk

The Great Victor Herbert
5.0
1939

The Great Victor Herbert

Lamplighter

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

(archive footage)

The Bohemian Girl
6.2
1936

The Bohemian Girl

Captain Finn

The Soilers
5.2
1923

The Soilers

Smacknamara

Liberty
6.9
1929

Liberty

Store keeper

All Over Town
6.2
1937

All Over Town

MacDougal

The Chimp
6.5
1932

The Chimp

Ringmaster (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade
5.8
1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Keystone Cop

Nature in the Wrong
1933

Nature in the Wrong

Voice of lion (uncredited)

Wife Tamers
6.0
1926

Wife Tamers

The Waiter

Don Key (Son of Burro)
6.0
1926

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Vivien's Suitor

Pick a Star
4.5
1937

Pick a Star

Director

Thicker Than Water
7.2
1935

Thicker Than Water

Auction Manager

1931

Second Hand Kisses

Jimmy Finlayson

1990

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

Self (archive footage)

Wall Street
6.0
1929

Wall Street

Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

The Dawn Patrol
6.7
1930

The Dawn Patrol

Field Sergeant

Smithy
5.5
1924

Smithy

Sergeant

Flying Elephants
5.7
1928

Flying Elephants

Saxophonus (uncredited)

Dance of the Cookoos
1982

Dance of the Cookoos

Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer

One Good Turn
6.9
1931

One Good Turn

A Community Player

7.0
1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

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

Down on the Farm
5.5
1920

Down on the Farm

The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

6.0
1931

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Welcome Home
1925

Welcome Home

Oranges and Lemons
5.3
1923

Oranges and Lemons

Worker

Hats Off
6.3
1927

Hats Off

Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

Dollar Dizzy
6.0
1930

Dollar Dizzy

House Detective

Our Wife
7.1
1931

Our Wife

Father of the bride (uncredited)

Moonlight and Noses
4.5
1925

Moonlight and Noses

Professor Sniff

Madame Mystery
5.6
1926

Madame Mystery

Struggling Author

Brothers Under the Chin
5.5
1924

Brothers Under the Chin

Love, Honor and Behave
1920

Love, Honor and Behave

Artist

Chickens Come Home
6.5
1931

Chickens Come Home

Butler (uncredited)

No Man's Law
6.0
1927

No Man's Law

Jack Belcher

Love 'Em and Weep
5.5
1927

Love 'Em and Weep

Titus Tillsbury

Should Tall Men Marry?
5.9
1928

Should Tall Men Marry?

Joe Skittle

Thundering Fleas
5.6
1926

Thundering Fleas

Justice of the Peace

Grand Canyon Trail
5.0
1948

Grand Canyon Trail

Sheriff

Thieves
6.9
1930

Thieves

The Haunted Honeymoon
1925

The Haunted Honeymoon

Sold at Auction!
5.8
1923

Sold at Auction!

The Man Who WAS Sold

1.0
1932

The Iceman's Ball

Commissioner Walters

Postage Due
5.3
1924

Postage Due

Postal Inspector Hawke

Seeing the World
6.1
1927

Seeing the World

'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Here We Go Again
1952

Here We Go Again

Plato's Rival

Call of the Cuckoo
5.7
1927

Call of the Cuckoo

Asylum Inmate

Zeb vs. Paprika
5.5
1924

Zeb vs. Paprika

Major Glanders Botts

What's the World Coming To?
4.0
1926

What's the World Coming To?

The Father-in-Law

1933

The Druggist's Dilemma

Andrew Finch

Fast Freight
7.0
1929

Fast Freight

Spooky Wall Painting

The Hoose-Gow
6.6
1929

The Hoose-Gow

Governor (uncredited)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
6.0
1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Hasty Marriage
6.5
1931

Hasty Marriage

Kitty's Father

A Punch in the Nose
1926

A Punch in the Nose

The Crossroads of New York
1922

The Crossroads of New York

Lawyer

Anything Once!
6.0
1927

Anything Once!

Mabel's Boss

Me and My Pal
6.4
1933

Me and My Pal

Peter Cucumber

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
5.3
1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Commander's Officer (uncredited)

1935

Life Hesitates at 40

Dr. James Finlayson

Dick Turpin
1933

Dick Turpin

Jeremy

Yes, Yes, Nanette
5.3
1925

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Hillory, the new husband

Married Life
1920

Married Life

Man Who Made Good

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

(archive footage)

Scratch-As-Catch-Can
5.4
1931

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Sure-Mike!
1925

Sure-Mike!

The Floorwalker

Don't Weaken!
5.5
1920

Don't Weaken!

Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
4.0
1926

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Dean of Pinkham University

Merry Widower
6.0
1926

Merry Widower

The Hunter

Madame Sans Jane
2.0
1925

Madame Sans Jane

The Girl's Father

Do Detectives Think?
6.3
1927

Do Detectives Think?

Judge Foozle (uncredited)

The Nickel-Hopper
7.0
1926

The Nickel-Hopper

Rupert

The Caretaker's Daughter
2.7
1925

The Caretaker's Daughter

The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
8.5
2002

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Near Dublin
6.0
1924

Near Dublin

Sir Patrick

Mush and Milk
6.4
1933

Mush and Milk

Mr. Brown, the banker

Playing at Politics
6.9
1931

Playing at Politics

Criado

A Man About Town
5.5
1923

A Man About Town

Humko, Store Detective

White Wings
6.7
1923

White Wings

Dental Patient

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

Pa Slocum

She Sighed by the Seaside
1921

She Sighed by the Seaside

1st Suitor

Rupert of Hee-Haw
5.2
1924

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Rupert of Hee Haw

Innocent Husbands
6.2
1925

Innocent Husbands

The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

A Small Town Idol
6.0
1921

A Small Town Idol

J. Wellington Jones

Mary, Queen of Tots
6.2
1925

Mary, Queen of Tots

Radio Actor

The Whole Truth
5.5
1923

The Whole Truth

Defense lawyer

The Gay Nighties
2.3
1933

The Gay Nighties

Mr. Amos Pipp

Sugar Daddies
5.9
1927

Sugar Daddies

Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

Unfriendly Enemies
6.0
1925

Unfriendly Enemies

The Cameraman

Raggedy Rose
5.5
1926

Raggedy Rose

Simpson Sniffle

Flaming Flappers
1925

Flaming Flappers

Show Girl
1928

Show Girl

Mr. Dugan

Lady Be Good
1928

Lady Be Good

Trelawney West

Hard to Get
1929

Hard to Get

Pa Martin

Pitfalls of a Big City
1923

Pitfalls of a Big City

The Hired Man

With Love and Hisses
6.0
1927

With Love and Hisses

Captain Bustle

1935

Father and Son

Bidad

1930

The prince of the dollar

Frozen Hearts
5.4
1923

Frozen Hearts

General Sappovitch

Hard Boiled
1925

Hard Boiled

1927

Fighting Fathers

Neighbor

Roughest Africa
5.5
1923

Roughest Africa

Hans Downe

Mother's Joy
5.2
1923

Mother's Joy

Baron Buttontop

Manhattan Monkey Business
1935

Manhattan Monkey Business

Joyce's Father

One of the Smiths
6.0
1931

One of the Smiths

Wine Brewer (uncredited)

For the Defense
4.8
1930

For the Defense

Parrott

1939

Dog-Gone

Mr. Jones

Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

Plato's Rival

In Dutch
1918

In Dutch

Scorching Sands
5.4
1923

Scorching Sands

James

5.0
1923

Before the Public

Thundering Landlords
1925

Thundering Landlords

The Landlord

Chasing the Chaser
6.0
1925

Chasing the Chaser

Gilroy (the husband)

1942

Wedding Yells

Hammerhead Nahl

1931

False Roomers

Landlord

Trying to Get Along
1919

Trying to Get Along

The Beauty Parlor Operator

The World of Laurel and Hardy

The World of Laurel and Hardy

1919

Up in Alf's Place

The Dancing Instructor

Wide Open Spaces
5.0
1924

Wide Open Spaces

Jack McQueen

1923

The Mystery Man

Don't Tell Everything
10.0
1927

Don't Tell Everything

Lawyer Goldblum

So This Is Harris!
5.2
1933

So This Is Harris!

Golf Pro

Short Kilts
5.3
1924

Short Kilts

McGregor's Son

A Tough Winter
1923

A Tough Winter

Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Miles Sandwich

1931

Beach Pajamas

Two Weeks Off
1929

Two Weeks Off

Pa Weaver

Newly Rich
1922

Newly Rich

1925

In the Grease

Father

Jus' Passin' Through
5.0
1923

Jus' Passin' Through

Drunk (uncredited)

5.0
1923

Fully Insured

The Foreman

1932

Boy Oh Boy!

Saunders

6.0
1935

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

Manager

California or Bust
1923

California or Bust

Campground neighbor

1925

Change the Needle

Jack Frost
1923

Jack Frost

Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Pick and Shovel
6.0
1923

Pick and Shovel

The Foreman

The Noon Whistle
7.0
1923

The Noon Whistle

One Hour Married
6.0
1927

One Hour Married

6.0
1932

Jitters the Butler

Phineas P. McPhinn

1925

Tell It to a Policeman

Galloping Ghosts
1928

Galloping Ghosts

Police Commissioner

1930

Gold Diggers

His Silent Racket
10.0
1933

His Silent Racket

James

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

The Hired Man

Bachelor’s Paradise
1928

Bachelor’s Paradise

Pat Malone

Forgotten Sweeties
3.0
1927

Forgotten Sweeties

1932

The Millionaire Cat

Lawyer Fogg

1930

Don't Leave Home

Dizzy Daddies
2.7
1926

Dizzy Daddies

Jonathan Haig

1924

Why Husbands Go Mad