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James Finlayson

Born: 1887-08-26

From: Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

About: 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.

Film credits:

The Flying Deuces

Jailor

Way Out West

Mickey Finn

She Sighed by the Seaside

1st Suitor

Hollywood

James Finlayson

The Haunted Honeymoon

To Be or Not to Be

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London

Constable (uncredited)

Block-Heads

Man on Stairs

Thundering Landlords

The Landlord

Madame Sans Jane

The Girl's Father

Unfriendly Enemies

The Cameraman

Don Key (Son of Burro)

Vivien's Suitor

Pack Up Your Troubles

General

The Iceman's Ball

Commissioner Walters

Our Relations

Finn

Saps at Sea

Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

A Punch in the Nose

Why Husbands Go Mad

Hard Boiled

Merry Widower

The Hunter

Forgotten Sweeties

Newly Rich

Nature in the Wrong

Voice of lion (uncredited)

Men O' War

Soda jerk

Night Owls

Meadows

Sugar Daddies

Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

Our Wife

Father of the bride

One Good Turn

A Community Player

The prince of the dollar

Gold Diggers

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Jack Frost

Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Liberty

Store keeper

Flying Elephants

Saxophonus

Me and My Pal

Peter Cucumber

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Another Fine Mess

Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

Call of the Cuckoo

Asylum Inmate

Chickens Come Home

Butler

Do Detectives Think?

Judge Foozle

The Hoose-Gow

Governor

The Second 100 Years

Browne Van Dyke

Thundering Fleas

Justice of the Peace

Thicker Than Water

Auction Manager

Love 'Em and Weep

Titus Tillsbury

With Love and Hisses

Captain Bustle

The Bohemian Girl

Captain Finn

Wedding Yells

Hammerhead Nahl

Angel

Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

The Devil's Brother

Lord Rocburg

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

The Hired Man

Pitfalls of a Big City

The Hired Man

The Crossroads of New York

Lawyer

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Hillory, the new husband

Oranges and Lemons

Worker

The Toast of New York

Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

Plato's Rival

Here We Go Again

Plato's Rival

Show Girl

Mr. Dugan

Zeb vs. Paprika

Major Glanders Botts

Mush and Milk

Mr. Brown, the banker

Wife Tamers

The Waiter

Hasty Marriage

Kitty's Father

The Gay Nighties

Mr. Amos Pipp

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

(archive footage)

Thieves

In the Grease

Father

Roughest Africa

Hans Downe

All Over Town

MacDougal

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Beach Pajamas

Raggedy Rose

Simpson Sniffle

Anything Once!

Mabel's Boss

A Small Town Idol

J. Wellington Jones

Sold at Auction!

The Man Who WAS Sold

A Man About Town

Humko, Store Detective

California or Bust

Campground neighbor

Scorching Sands

James

White Wings

Dental Patient

No Man's Law

Jack Belcher

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Rupert of Hee Haw

Seeing the World

'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Don't Leave Home

For the Defense

Parrott

Frozen Hearts

General Sappovitch

The Whole Truth

Defense lawyer

Chasing the Chaser

Gilroy (the husband)

Mother's Joy

Baron Buttontop

The Mystery Man

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

Pa Slocum

Should Tall Men Marry?

Joe Skittle

Hollywood Cavalcade

Keystone Cop

Dizzy Daddies

Jonathan Haig

Big Business

Homeowner

Short Kilts

McGregor's Son

Thunder Below

Scotty

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Miles Sandwich

The Noon Whistle

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Commander's Officer (uncredited)

Don't Weaken!

Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Young Eagles

Scotty

Dollar Dizzy

House Detective

Down on the Farm

The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

Innocent Husbands

The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Dean of Pinkham University

Second Hand Kisses

Jimmy Finlayson

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

A Chump at Oxford

Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

The Chimp

Ringmaster

Playing at Politics

Criado

The Nickel-Hopper

Rupert

Sure-Mike!

The Floorwalker

Raffles

Hansom Cab Driver

Grand Canyon Trail

Sheriff

Bonnie Scotland

Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

What's the World Coming To?

The Father-in-Law

Smithy

Sergeant

Hard to Get

Pa Martin

The Caretaker's Daughter

The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Don't Tell Everything

Lawyer Goldblum

Fully Insured

The Foreman

Moonlight and Noses

Professor Sniff

Trying to Get Along

The Beauty Parlor Operator

Dick Turpin

Jeremy

Near Dublin

Sir Patrick

Fast Freight

Spooky Wall Painting

Foreign Correspondent

Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

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

The Dawn Patrol

Field Sergeant

Madame Mystery

Struggling Author

The Druggist's Dilemma

Andrew Finch

Father and Son

Bidad

The Perils of Pauline

Comic Chef

Royal Wedding

Cabby (uncredited)

Hats Off

Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

Pardon Us

Schoolteacher

Two Weeks Off

Pa Weaver

Wide Open Spaces

Jack McQueen

Dog-Gone

Mr. Jones

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Before the Public

Tell It to a Policeman

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

(archive footage)

The Great Victor Herbert

Lamplighter

In Dutch

Lady Be Good

Trelawney West

One of the Smiths

Wine Brewer (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Up in Alf's Place

The Dancing Instructor

His Silent Racket

James

Flaming Flappers

Two Sisters from Boston

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Pick a Star

Director

So This Is Harris!

Golf Pro

The Soilers

Smacknamara

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

Manager

Pick and Shovel

The Foreman

Brothers Under the Chin

Wall Street

Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

False Roomers

Landlord

Jitters the Butler

Phineas P. McPhinn

Postage Due

Postal Inspector Hawke

One Hour Married

A Tough Winter

Life Hesitates at 40

Dr. James Finlayson

Manhattan Monkey Business

Joyce's Father

Boy Oh Boy!

Saunders

Jus' Passin' Through

Drunk (uncredited)

Welcome Home

Mary, Queen of Tots

Radio Actor

Galloping Ghosts

Police Commissioner

Fighting Fathers

Neighbor

The Millionaire Cat

Lawyer Fogg

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

Self (archive footage)

Love, Honor and Behave

Artist

Married Life

Man Who Made Good