James Finlayson
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
To Be or Not to Be
Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
1942
Film
Playing at Politics
Criado
1931
The Mystery Man
1923
Film
Bonnie Scotland
Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
1935
Film
Foreign Correspondent
Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
1940
Film
Royal Wedding
Cabby (uncredited)
1951
Film
Block-Heads
Man on Stairs
1938
Film
Our Wife
Father of the bride (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Devil's Brother
Lord Rocburg
1933
Film
Pardon Us
Schoolteacher
1931
Film
Sure-Mike!
The Floorwalker
1925
Film
Married Life
Man Who Made Good
1920
Film
The Flying Deuces
Jailor
1939
Film
Saps at Sea
Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
1940
Film
Roughest Africa
Hans Downe
1923
Film
Way Out West
Mickey Finn
1937
The prince of the dollar
1930
Film
Angel
Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
1937
Film
Scorching Sands
James
1923
Film
In Dutch
1918
Film
Thieves
1930
Film
Sugar Daddies
Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
1927
Film
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
1946
Film
Pack Up Your Troubles
General
1932
Film
Show Girl
Mr. Dugan
1928
Film
Frozen Hearts
General Sappovitch
1923
Film
A Chump at Oxford
Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Bohemian Girl
Captain Finn
1936
Film
Night Owls
Meadows
1930
Film
Another Fine Mess
Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
1964
Film
Wife Tamers
The Waiter
1926
Film
The Perils of Pauline
Comic Chef
1947
Film
The Dawn Patrol
Field Sergeant
1930
Film
White Wings
Dental Patient
1923
Film
Newly Rich
1922
Film
Our Relations
Finn
1936
Film
Unfriendly Enemies
The Cameraman
1925
Film
One Good Turn
A Community Player
1931
Film
The Hoose-Gow
Governor (uncredited)
1929
Film
Pick a Star
Director
1937
Film
Thundering Landlords
The Landlord
1925
Film
Two Sisters from Boston
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1946
Film
Hollywood
James Finlayson
1923
Film
Love, Honor and Behave
Artist
1920
Film
Do Detectives Think?
Judge Foozle (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Toast of New York
Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Gay Nighties
Mr. Amos Pipp
1933
Film
Dick Turpin
Jeremy
1933
Film
Hard Boiled
1925
Film
Sold at Auction!
The Man Who WAS Sold
1923
Film
Thicker Than Water
Auction Manager
1935
Film
For the Defense
Parrott
1930
Film
Raffles
Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
1939
Film
Big Business
Homeowner (uncredited)
1929
Film
Down on the Farm
The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
1920
Film
Men O' War
Soda jerk
1929
Film
Chickens Come Home
Butler (uncredited)
1931
Film
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Hillory, the new husband
1925
Film
Hollywood Cavalcade
Keystone Cop
1939
Film
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
Film
Pick and Shovel
The Foreman
1923
Film
Oranges and Lemons
Worker
1923
Wedding Yells
Hammerhead Nahl
1942
Film
Bachelor’s Paradise
Pat Malone
1928
Film
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
The Hired Man
1923
Second Hand Kisses
Jimmy Finlayson
1931
Film
Manhattan Monkey Business
Joyce's Father
1935
Film
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Commander's Officer (uncredited)
1919
Film
Madame Sans Jane
The Girl's Father
1925
Film
The Second 100 Years
Browne Van Dyke
1927
Film
Wall Street
Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
1929
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
One of the Smiths
Wine Brewer (uncredited)
1931
Film
Jus' Passin' Through
Drunk (uncredited)
1923
Film
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Pa Slocum
1928
Life Hesitates at 40
Dr. James Finlayson
1935
Film
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Miles Sandwich
1923
Film
The Noon Whistle
1923
Film
The Great Victor Herbert
Lamplighter
1939
Film
Trying to Get Along
The Beauty Parlor Operator
1919
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Manager
1935
Film
Wide Open Spaces
Jack McQueen
1924
Film
All Over Town
MacDougal
1937
Film
The Chimp
Ringmaster (uncredited)
1932
Before the Public
1923
Film
Jack Frost
Wicked Man from the Wicked City
1923
Film
Yanks Ahoy
Cook Flynn (uncredited)
1943
Film
Two Weeks Off
Pa Weaver
1929
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
1968
Film
Madame Mystery
Struggling Author
1926
Film
No Man's Law
Jack Belcher
1927
Film
Grand Canyon Trail
Sheriff
1948
Film
Liberty
Store keeper
1929
Film
Flying Elephants
Saxophonus (uncredited)
1928
Beach Pajamas
1931
Boy Oh Boy!
Saunders
1932
Film
Mother's Joy
Baron Buttontop
1923
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
1931
Film
Thunder Below
Scotty
1932
Father and Son
Bidad
1935
In the Grease
Father
1925
Film
Me and My Pal
Peter Cucumber
1933
Film
With Love and Hisses
Captain Bustle
1927
Film
Don't Weaken!
Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
1920
Film
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Film
A Man About Town
Humko, Store Detective
1923
Film
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Vivien's Suitor
1926
Film
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1925
Film
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Film
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Dean of Pinkham University
1926
Dog-Gone
Mr. Jones
1939
Film
Thundering Fleas
Justice of the Peace
1926
Film
Short Kilts
McGregor's Son
1924
Film
Zeb vs. Paprika
Major Glanders Botts
1924
Film
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Fighting Fathers
Neighbor
1927
Film
Here We Go Again
Plato's Rival
1952
Film
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951
Film
California or Bust
Campground neighbor
1923
Film
The Whole Truth
Defense lawyer
1923
Film
Don't Tell Everything
Lawyer Goldblum
1927
Film
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Film
Merry Widower
The Hunter
1926
Film
Seeing the World
'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
1927
Film
The Nickel-Hopper
Rupert
1926
Fully Insured
The Foreman
1923
Film
Smithy
Sergeant
1924
Film
The Crossroads of New York
Lawyer
1922
Film
One Hour Married
1927
Film
A Small Town Idol
J. Wellington Jones
1921
Film
Raggedy Rose
Simpson Sniffle
1926
Film
Innocent Husbands
The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
1925
Film
Moonlight and Noses
Professor Sniff
1925
Film
Dollar Dizzy
House Detective
1930
Change the Needle
1925
Film
Should Tall Men Marry?
Joe Skittle
1928
Film
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1943
Gold Diggers
1930
Film
Hasty Marriage
Kitty's Father
1931
Film
Near Dublin
Sir Patrick
1924
Film
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film
The Soilers
Smacknamara
1923
Film
Hard to Get
Pa Martin
1929
Film
Dance of the Cookoos
Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
1982
The Iceman's Ball
Commissioner Walters
1932
Film
Lady Be Good
Trelawney West
1928
Film
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
Film
Welcome Home
1925
Up in Alf's Place
The Dancing Instructor
1919
Film
Mush and Milk
Mr. Brown, the banker
1933
Film
Postage Due
Postal Inspector Hawke
1924
Film
Love 'Em and Weep
Titus Tillsbury
1927
Film
A Punch in the Nose
1926
Film
Chasing the Chaser
Gilroy (the husband)
1925
The Druggist's Dilemma
Andrew Finch
1933
Film
Hats Off
Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
1927
Film
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee Haw
1924
Film
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Film
Flaming Flappers
1925
Film
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Plato's Rival
1921
Why Husbands Go Mad
1924
Film
Young Eagles
Scotty
1930
Film
Nature in the Wrong
Voice of lion (uncredited)
1933
Film
A Tough Winter
1923
Film
Dizzy Daddies
Jonathan Haig
1926
Film
Fast Freight
Spooky Wall Painting
1929
Tell It to a Policeman
1925
Film
Anything Once!
Mabel's Boss
1927
Don't Leave Home
1930
Film
Mary, Queen of Tots
Radio Actor
1925
False Roomers
Landlord
1931
Film
She Sighed by the Seaside
1st Suitor
1921
Jitters the Butler
Phineas P. McPhinn
1932
Film
Pitfalls of a Big City
The Hired Man
1923
The Millionaire Cat
Lawyer Fogg
1932
Film
So This Is Harris!
Golf Pro
1933
Film
What's the World Coming To?
The Father-in-Law
1926
Film
Galloping Ghosts
Police Commissioner
1928
Film
His Silent Racket
James
1933