James Finlayson
Born: 1887-08-26
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.
Known For
Saps at Sea
1940★ 6.8
The Toast of New York
1937★ 5.8
Nature in the Wrong
1933★ 0.0
Another Fine Mess
1930★ 6.8
For the Defense
1930★ 4.8
A Tough Winter
1923★ 0.0
Pardon Us
1931★ 6.4
Way Out West
1937★ 7.1
A Chump at Oxford
1940★ 6.8
Big Business
1929★ 6.6
Hasty Marriage
1931★ 6.5
A Punch in the Nose
1926★ 0.0
Raggedy Rose
1926★ 5.5
Postage Due
1924★ 5.3
Bonnie Scotland
1935★ 6.6
The Soilers
1923★ 5.2
Short Kilts
1924★ 5.3
Hollywood
1923★ 8.5
The Chimp
1932★ 6.5
Dollar Dizzy
1930★ 6.0
Hats Off
1927★ 6.3
Wide Open Spaces
1924★ 5.0
Thundering Fleas
1926★ 5.6
Welcome Home
1925★ 0.0
Our Wife
1931★ 7.1
Galloping Ghosts
1928★ 0.0
Angel
1937★ 6.7
Merry Widower
1926★ 6.0
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951★ 0.0
Innocent Husbands
1925★ 6.2
Raffles
1939★ 6.0
Fast Freight
1929★ 7.0
Dizzy Daddies
1926★ 2.7
Block-Heads
1938★ 7.0
Wife Tamers
1926★ 6.0
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939★ 5.3
Roughest Africa
1923★ 5.5
Liberty
1929★ 6.9
Moonlight and Noses
1925★ 4.5
White Wings
1923★ 6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1942★ 7.8
Sugar Daddies
1927★ 5.9
Night Owls
1930★ 7.4
Sure-Mike!
1925★ 0.0
Scorching Sands
1923★ 5.4
The Whole Truth
1923★ 5.5
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924★ 5.2
Brothers Under the Chin
1924★ 5.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943★ 0.0
Men O' War
1929★ 6.7
Madame Mystery
1926★ 5.6
The Devil's Brother
1933★ 6.7
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928★ 0.0
In Dutch
1918★ 0.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940★ 7.0
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921★ 0.0
Forgotten Sweeties
1927★ 3.0
Our Relations
1936★ 7.0
Seeing the World
1927★ 6.1
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925★ 5.3
Hard Boiled
1925★ 0.0
Thieves
1930★ 6.9
Show Girl
1928★ 0.0
Dick Turpin
1933★ 0.0
Unfriendly Enemies
1925★ 6.0
Royal Wedding
1951★ 6.4
Don't Tell Everything
1927★ 10.0
Down on the Farm
1920★ 5.5
One of the Smiths
1931★ 6.0
One Good Turn
1931★ 7.0
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926★ 4.0
Jus' Passin' Through
1923★ 5.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935★ 0.0
The Flying Deuces
1939★ 6.4
She-Wolf of London
1946★ 5.5
Playing at Politics
1931★ 6.9
Madame Sans Jane
1925★ 2.0
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925★ 0.0
The Bohemian Girl
1936★ 6.2
Thundering Landlords
1925★ 0.0
The Nickel-Hopper
1926★ 7.0
Trying to Get Along
1919★ 0.0
Chickens Come Home
1931★ 6.5
The Dawn Patrol
1930★ 6.7
Mush and Milk
1933★ 6.4
California or Bust
1923★ 0.0
Me and My Pal
1933★ 6.4
Call of the Cuckoo
1927★ 5.7
Pick and Shovel
1923★ 6.0
Oranges and Lemons
1923★ 5.3
So This Is Harris!
1933★ 5.2
Jack Frost
1923★ 0.0
One Hour Married
1927★ 6.0
Two Sisters from Boston
1946★ 6.0
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932★ 6.7
Do Detectives Think?
1927★ 6.3
The World of Laurel and Hardy
N/A★ 0.0
Frozen Hearts
1923★ 5.4
The Gay Nighties
1933★ 2.3
Thunder Below
1932★ 0.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967★ 6.0
Sold at Auction!
1923★ 5.8
Wall Street
1929★ 6.0
Near Dublin
1924★ 6.0
Newly Rich
1922★ 0.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964★ 6.3
The Hoose-Gow
1929★ 6.6
Pick a Star
1937★ 4.5
Thicker Than Water
1935★ 7.2
Lady Be Good
1928★ 0.0
The Perils of Pauline
1947★ 6.2
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919★ 5.3
Here We Go Again
1952★ 0.0
Two Weeks Off
1929★ 0.0
The Second 100 Years
1927★ 6.2
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928★ 5.9
Grand Canyon Trail
1948★ 5.0
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931★ 5.4
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924★ 5.5
Flying Elephants
1928★ 5.7
Don't Weaken!
1920★ 5.5
The Great Victor Herbert
1939★ 5.0
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923★ 0.0
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925★ 6.2
No Man's Law
1927★ 6.0
What's the World Coming To?
1926★ 4.0
Anything Once!
1927★ 6.0
Hard to Get
1929★ 0.0
Mother's Joy
1923★ 5.2
Flaming Flappers
1925★ 0.0
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921★ 0.0
His Silent Racket
1933★ 10.0
Love, Honor and Behave
1920★ 0.0
Married Life
1920★ 0.0
The Noon Whistle
1923★ 7.0
A Man About Town
1923★ 5.5
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926★ 6.0
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923★ 0.0
A Small Town Idol
1921★ 6.0
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002★ 8.5
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923★ 0.0
With Love and Hisses
1927★ 6.1
Smithy
1924★ 5.5
Young Eagles
1930★ 6.0
The Caretaker's Daughter
1925★ 2.7
Dance of the Cookoos
1982★ 0.0
All Over Town
1937★ 6.2
Chasing the Chaser
1925★ 6.0
Love 'Em and Weep
1927★ 5.5
The Crossroads of New York
1922★ 0.0