Personal Info
Birthday
August 26, 1887
Place of Birth
Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting
James Finlayson
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.
Acting Filmography (152)
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8.5
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Movie2002
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10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
Movie1982
7.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie1967
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie1964
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0.0
Here We Go Again
Movie1952
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0.0
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie1951
6.5
Royal Wedding
Movie1951
5.7
Grand Canyon Trail
Movie1948
6.7
The Perils of Pauline
Movie1947
6.3
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie1946
5.6
She-Wolf of London
Movie1946
6.6
Yanks Ahoy
Movie1943
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7.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie1943
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
Movie1942
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
Movie1940
6.8
Saps at Sea
Movie1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
Movie1940
5.4
The Great Victor Herbert
Movie1939
6.2
Raffles
Movie1939
6.4
The Flying Deuces
Movie1939
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie1939
6.9
Block-Heads
Movie1938
6.7
Angel
Movie1937
6.4
All Over Town
Movie1937
6.2
The Toast of New York
Movie1937
4.8
Pick a Star
Movie1937
7.1
Way Out West
Movie1937
7.0
Our Relations
Movie1936
6.1
The Bohemian Girl
Movie1936
10.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie1935
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
Movie1935
7.3
Thicker Than Water
Movie1935
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9.0
Dick Turpin
Movie1933
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5.4
So This Is Harris!
Movie1933
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4.3
The Gay Nighties
Movie1933
6.6
Mush and Milk
Movie1933
6.8
The Devil's Brother
Movie1933
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8.0
His Silent Racket
Movie1933
6.5
Me and My Pal
Movie1933
6.5
Nature in the Wrong
Movie1933
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie1932
7.0
Thunder Below
Movie1932
6.5
The Chimp
Movie1932
7.7
Hasty Marriage
Movie1931
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6.0
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Movie1931
6.9
One Good Turn
Movie1931
6.4
Pardon Us
Movie1931
8.0
One of the Smiths
Movie1931
7.1
Our Wife
Movie1931
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7.0
Playing at Politics
Movie1931
6.6
Chickens Come Home
Movie1931
6.9
Another Fine Mess
Movie1930
6.8
Dollar Dizzy
Movie1930
5.3
For the Defense
Movie1930
6.6
The Dawn Patrol
Movie1930
7.0
Young Eagles
Movie1930
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7.1
Thieves
Movie1930
7.4
Night Owls
Movie1930
7.0
Wall Street
Movie1929
6.7
The Hoose-Gow
Movie1929
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7.0
Hard to Get
Movie1929
6.8
Men O' War
Movie1929
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9.0
Two Weeks Off
Movie1929
6.6
Big Business
Movie1929
6.9
Liberty
Movie1929
8.5
Fast Freight
Movie1929
8.0
Show Girl
Movie1928
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10.0
Lady Be Good
Movie1928
10.0
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Movie1928
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8.0
Bachelor’s Paradise
Movie1928
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7.0
Galloping Ghosts
Movie1928
5.9
Flying Elephants
Movie1928
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6.5
Should Tall Men Marry?
Movie1928
6.3
Do Detectives Think?
Movie1927
6.6
Hats Off
Movie1927
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
Movie1927
6.3
The Second 100 Years
Movie1927
6.0
Sugar Daddies
Movie1927
6.1
With Love and Hisses
Movie1927
10.0
Don't Tell Everything
Movie1927
5.7
Love 'Em and Weep
Movie1927
7.3
No Man's Law
Movie1927
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5.3
Forgotten Sweeties
Movie1927
8.0
One Hour Married
Movie1927
7.1
Seeing the World
Movie1927
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6.8
Anything Once!
Movie1927
7.5
The Nickel-Hopper
Movie1926
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6.3
Raggedy Rose
Movie1926
5.7
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Movie1926
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8.0
Merry Widower
Movie1926
6.0
Thundering Fleas
Movie1926
8.0
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Movie1926
7.0
Wife Tamers
Movie1926
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3.8
Dizzy Daddies
Movie1926
6.5
Madame Mystery
Movie1926
4.6
What's the World Coming To?
Movie1926
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10.0
A Punch in the Nose
Movie1926
10.0
Flaming Flappers
Movie1925
4.0
The Caretaker's Daughter
Movie1925
5.9
Moonlight and Noses
Movie1925
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6.5
Unfriendly Enemies
Movie1925
7.3
Mary, Queen of Tots
Movie1925
4.3
Madame Sans Jane
Movie1925
7.0
Innocent Husbands
Movie1925
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5.5
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Movie1925
6.5
Chasing the Chaser
Movie1925
10.0
Thundering Landlords
Movie1925
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7.0
Sure-Mike!
Movie1925
7.0
Welcome Home
Movie1925
7.0
The Haunted Honeymoon
Movie1925
8.0
Hard Boiled
Movie1925
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5.4
Short Kilts
Movie1924
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6.3
Wide Open Spaces
Movie1924
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5.6
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Movie1924
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6.7
Near Dublin
Movie1924
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7.0
Brothers Under the Chin
Movie1924
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5.8
Zeb vs. Paprika
Movie1924
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6.3
Postage Due
Movie1924
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5.8
Smithy
Movie1924
No Backdrop
5.7
Mother's Joy
Movie1923
5.9
Scorching Sands
Movie1923
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5.5
The Soilers
Movie1923
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7.0
The Whole Truth
Movie1923
No Backdrop
5.7
Frozen Hearts
Movie1923
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6.5
Jus' Passin' Through
Movie1923
5.8
Roughest Africa
Movie1923
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6.0
A Man About Town
Movie1923
8.0
Pitfalls of a Big City
Movie1923
9.0
Hollywood
Movie1923
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5.5
Oranges and Lemons
Movie1923
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10.0
Jack Frost
Movie1923
8.0
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Movie1923
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7.0
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Movie1923
7.3
Pick and Shovel
Movie1923
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6.8
Sold at Auction!
Movie1923
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7.3
White Wings
Movie1923
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8.0
California or Bust
Movie1923
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8.0
The Noon Whistle
Movie1923
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9.0
A Tough Winter
Movie1923
0.0
Newly Rich
Movie1922
7.0
The Crossroads of New York
Movie1922
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8.0
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Movie1921
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7.0
She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie1921
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6.8
A Small Town Idol
Movie1921
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8.0
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie1920
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6.3
Don't Weaken!
Movie1920
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9.0
Married Life
Movie1920
5.8
Down on the Farm
Movie1920
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7.0
Trying to Get Along
Movie1919
5.7
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie1919
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10.0
In Dutch
Movie1918
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0.0
The World of Laurel and Hardy
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