Finlay Currie
Known for: Acting
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore. Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
The Saint
Don Pasquale
1962
Series
Gideon's Way
General Sir Hector McGregor
1965
Series
Danger Man
'Jock'
1960
Film
Ben-Hur
Balthasar
1959
Series
The Prisoner
General
1967
Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Film
Cleopatra
Titus (uncredited)
1963
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
Whist Partner
1956
Series
Man of the World
Donald
1962
Film
Treasure Island
Capt. Billy Bones
1950
Film
Quo Vadis
Peter
1951
Film
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Senator
1964
Film
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
1946
Knock on Any Door
Old Man
1965
Film
Ivanhoe
Cedric
1952
Film
49th Parallel
The Factor
1941
Film
Solomon and Sheba
David
1959
Film
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
1960
Film
Zarak
The Mullah
1956
Film
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
1963
Film
People Will Talk
Shunderson
1951
Series
General Electric Theater
MacMorriss
1953
Film
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Doll Maker
1965
Film
Billy Liar
Duxbury
1963
Film
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
1957
Film
Kangaroo
Michael McGuire
1952
Film
Whisky Galore!
Narrator
1949
Film
Gay Love
Highams
1934
Film
The Black Rose
Alfgar
1950
Film
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ruairidh Mhór
1945
Film
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
1963
Film
Footsteps in the Fog
Inspector Peters
1955
Film
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
1960
Series
Armchair Theatre
Professor Syme
1956
Film
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Hamish MacPherson
1953
Series
Les Misérables
1967
Film
Seven Waves Away
Mr. Wheaton
1957
Film
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
1961
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo
1966
Film
Little Friend
Grove
1934
Film
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
1948
Film
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
1958
Film
Captain Lightfoot
Callahan
1955
Film
Undercover
Priest (uncredited)
1943
Film
Campbell's Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
1957
Film
6.5 Special
Himself
1958
Film
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
1961
Film
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
1960
Film
Tempest
Count Grinov
1958
Film
Treasure of the Golden Condor
MacDougal
1953
Film
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
1948
Film
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
1948
Film
Woman to Woman
Theatre Manager
1947
Film
Stars and Stripes Forever
Col. Randolph
1952
Film
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
1961
Film
Vendetta for The Saint
Don Pasquale
1969
Film
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Emcee
1965
Film
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
1958
Film
Orders Is Orders
Dave
1933
Film
The Bells Go Down
District Officer McFarlane
1943
Film
The Edge of the World
James Gray
1937
Film
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
1957
Film
The Cracksman
Feathers
1963
Film
Thunder Rock
Capt. Joshua Stuart
1942
Film
My Daughter Joy
Sir Thomas McTavish
1950
Film
Trio
Mr. McLeod
1950
Film
The Frightened Lady
Brooks
1932
Film
My Old Dutch
Mo
1934
Film
King's Rhapsody
King Paul
1955
Film
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
1957
Film
The Day Will Dawn
Capt. Alstad
1942
Film
West 11
Gash
1963
Film
Rome Express
Sam, Publicist
1932
Film
The History of Mr. Polly
Uncle Jim
1949
Film
The Naked Earth
Father Verity
1958
Film
Crook's Tour
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
1940
Film
Go to Blazes
Judge
1962
Film
Walk East on Beacon
Professor Albert Kafer
1952
Film
The Mudlark
John Brown
1950
Film
Mister Cinders
Henry Kemp
1935
Film
The Inspector
De Kool
1962
Film
Me and Marlborough
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
1935
Film
Command Performance
Al, Arthur's Manager
1937
Film
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
1961
Film
The Amorous Prawn
Lochaye
1962
Film
The Improper Duchess
Milton Lee
1936
It's a Boy
Publisher
1934
Film
School for Secrets
Sir Duncan Wills
1946
Film
The Good Companions
Monte Mortimer
1933
Film
No Funny Business
Mr Potterton
1933
Film
Glamorous Night
Angus MacKintosh
1937
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Rubin
1938
Film
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
1961
The Trojan Brothers
W.H. Maxwell
1946
Film
The Shipbuilders
McWain
1943
Film
Third Party Risk
Mr. Darius
1954
Film
They Met in the Dark
Merchant Captain
1943
Film
The Brothers
Hector Macrae
1947
Film
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
1948
Film
Brigadoon
Mr. Lundie
1966
Film
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
1948
Film
The End of the Road
Old 'Mick-Mack'
1954
Excess Baggage
inspector Toucan
1933
Don Chicago
Bugs Mulligan
1945
Film
Make Me an Offer!
Abe Sparta
1954
Film
Spring Song
Cobb
1946
Film
Theatre Royal
Clement J. Earle
1943
Film
The Old Man
Rennett
1931
The Big Splash
Hartley Bassett
1935
Film
Who Was Maddox?
Alex Campbell
1964
Catch as Catch Can
Al Parson
1937
Film
Paradise for Two
Creditor
1937
The Gay Adventure
Porter
1936
Film
Wanted!
Uncle Mart
1937
Film
The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris
1948
In the Zone
1946
Film
Heat Wave
Captain
1935
Film
Warn That Man
Captain Andrew Fletcher
1943
Film
Princess Charming
Baron Seegman
1934