James Finlayson
Acting • Born 1887-08-26 – Died 1953-10-09
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.
Filmography
178 credits
The Flying Deuces
Movie • 1939
Jailor
Way Out West
Movie • 1937
Mickey Finn
She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie • 1921
1st Suitor
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
James Finlayson
The Haunted Honeymoon
Movie • 1925
To Be or Not to Be
Movie • 1942
Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
Movie • 1946
Constable (uncredited)
Block-Heads
Movie • 1938
Man on Stairs
Thundering Landlords
Movie • 1925
The Landlord
Madame Sans Jane
Movie • 1925
The Girl's Father
Unfriendly Enemies
Movie • 1925
The Cameraman
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Movie • 1926
Vivien's Suitor
Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie • 1932
General
The Iceman's Ball
Movie • 1932
Commissioner Walters
Our Relations
Movie • 1936
Finn
Saps at Sea
Movie • 1940
Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
A Punch in the Nose
Movie • 1926
Why Husbands Go Mad
Movie • 1924
Hard Boiled
Movie • 1925
Forgotten Sweeties
Movie • 1927
Merry Widower
Movie • 1926
The Hunter
Nature in the Wrong
Movie • 1933
Voice of lion (uncredited)
Newly Rich
Movie • 1922
Men O' War
Movie • 1929
Soda jerk
Night Owls
Movie • 1930
Meadows
One Good Turn
Movie • 1931
A Community Player
Sugar Daddies
Movie • 1927
Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
Our Wife
Movie • 1931
Father of the bride
The prince of the dollar
Movie • 1930
Gold Diggers
Movie • 1930
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Movie • 1931
Jack Frost
Movie • 1923
Wicked Man from the Wicked City
Liberty
Movie • 1929
Store keeper
Flying Elephants
Movie • 1928
Saxophonus
Me and My Pal
Movie • 1933
Peter Cucumber
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Movie
Another Fine Mess
Movie • 1930
Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
Chickens Come Home
Movie • 1931
Butler
Do Detectives Think?
Movie • 1927
Judge Foozle
Call of the Cuckoo
Movie • 1927
Asylum Inmate
The Second 100 Years
Movie • 1927
Browne Van Dyke
The Hoose-Gow
Movie • 1929
Governor
Thicker Than Water
Movie • 1935
Auction Manager
Thundering Fleas
Movie • 1926
Justice of the Peace
Love 'Em and Weep
Movie • 1927
Titus Tillsbury
With Love and Hisses
Movie • 1927
Captain Bustle
The Bohemian Girl
Movie • 1936
Captain Finn
Wedding Yells
Movie • 1942
Hammerhead Nahl
Angel
Movie • 1937
Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
The Devil's Brother
Movie • 1933
Lord Rocburg
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Movie • 1923
The Hired Man
Pitfalls of a Big City
Movie • 1923
The Hired Man
The Crossroads of New York
Movie • 1922
Lawyer
Oranges and Lemons
Movie • 1923
Worker
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Movie • 1925
Hillory, the new husband
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Movie • 1921
Plato's Rival
Here We Go Again
Movie • 1952
Plato's Rival
Show Girl
Movie • 1928
Mr. Dugan
Zeb vs. Paprika
Movie • 1924
Major Glanders Botts
Mush and Milk
Movie • 1933
Mr. Brown, the banker
Wife Tamers
Movie • 1926
The Waiter
Hasty Marriage
Movie • 1931
Kitty's Father
The Gay Nighties
Movie • 1933
Mr. Amos Pipp
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie • 1951
(archive footage)
Thieves
Movie • 1930
In the Grease
Movie • 1925
Father
Roughest Africa
Movie • 1923
Hans Downe
All Over Town
Movie • 1937
MacDougal
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie • 1967
Beach Pajamas
Movie • 1931
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1921
J. Wellington Jones
Raggedy Rose
Movie • 1926
Simpson Sniffle
Anything Once!
Movie • 1927
Mabel's Boss
A Man About Town
Movie • 1923
Humko, Store Detective
Scorching Sands
Movie • 1923
James
Sold at Auction!
Movie • 1923
The Man Who WAS Sold
California or Bust
Movie • 1923
Campground neighbor
White Wings
Movie • 1923
Dental Patient
No Man's Law
Movie • 1927
Jack Belcher
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Movie • 1924
Rupert of Hee Haw
Seeing the World
Movie • 1927
'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
Don't Leave Home
Movie • 1930
For the Defense
Movie • 1930
Parrott
The Whole Truth
Movie • 1923
Defense lawyer
Frozen Hearts
Movie • 1923
General Sappovitch
Chasing the Chaser
Movie • 1925
Gilroy (the husband)
Mother's Joy
Movie • 1923
Baron Buttontop
The Mystery Man
Movie • 1923
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Movie • 1928
Pa Slocum
Should Tall Men Marry?
Movie • 1928
Joe Skittle
Dizzy Daddies
Movie • 1926
Jonathan Haig
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie • 1939
Keystone Cop
Big Business
Movie • 1929
Homeowner
Short Kilts
Movie • 1924
McGregor's Son
Thunder Below
Movie • 1932
Scotty
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Movie • 1923
Miles Sandwich
The Noon Whistle
Movie • 1923
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie • 1919
Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Don't Weaken!
Movie • 1920
Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
Young Eagles
Movie • 1930
Scotty
Dollar Dizzy
Movie • 1930
House Detective
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1920
The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Innocent Husbands
Movie • 1925
The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Movie • 1926
Dean of Pinkham University
Second Hand Kisses
Movie • 1931
Jimmy Finlayson
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Movie • 1931
A Chump at Oxford
Movie • 1940
Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
The Chimp
Movie • 1932
Ringmaster
Playing at Politics
Movie • 1931
Criado
The Nickel-Hopper
Movie • 1926
Rupert
Sure-Mike!
Movie • 1925
The Floorwalker
Raffles
Movie • 1939
Hansom Cab Driver
Grand Canyon Trail
Movie • 1948
Sheriff
Bonnie Scotland
Movie • 1935
Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
What's the World Coming To?
Movie • 1926
The Father-in-Law
Smithy
Movie • 1924
Sergeant
Hard to Get
Movie • 1929
Pa Martin
The Caretaker's Daughter
Movie • 1925
The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Don't Tell Everything
Movie • 1927
Lawyer Goldblum
Fully Insured
Movie • 1923
The Foreman
Moonlight and Noses
Movie • 1925
Professor Sniff
Trying to Get Along
Movie • 1919
The Beauty Parlor Operator
Dick Turpin
Movie • 1933
Jeremy
Near Dublin
Movie • 1924
Sir Patrick
Fast Freight
Movie • 1929
Spooky Wall Painting
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie • 1968
Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
The Dawn Patrol
Movie • 1930
Field Sergeant
Madame Mystery
Movie • 1926
Struggling Author
The Druggist's Dilemma
Movie • 1933
Andrew Finch
Father and Son
Movie • 1935
Bidad
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Comic Chef
Royal Wedding
Movie • 1951
Cabby (uncredited)
Hats Off
Movie • 1927
Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Pardon Us
Movie • 1931
Schoolteacher
Two Weeks Off
Movie • 1929
Pa Weaver
Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 1924
Jack McQueen
Dog-Gone
Movie • 1939
Mr. Jones
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Movie • 2002
Before the Public
Movie • 1923
Tell It to a Policeman
Movie • 1925
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie • 1943
(archive footage)
The Great Victor Herbert
Movie • 1939
Lamplighter
In Dutch
Movie • 1918
Lady Be Good
Movie • 1928
Trelawney West
One of the Smiths
Movie • 1931
Wine Brewer (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Up in Alf's Place
Movie • 1919
The Dancing Instructor
His Silent Racket
Movie • 1933
James
Flaming Flappers
Movie • 1925
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Pick a Star
Movie • 1937
Director
So This Is Harris!
Movie • 1933
Golf Pro
The Soilers
Movie • 1923
Smacknamara
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Movie • 1935
Manager
Pick and Shovel
Movie • 1923
The Foreman
Brothers Under the Chin
Movie • 1924
Wall Street
Movie • 1929
Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
False Roomers
Movie • 1931
Landlord
Jitters the Butler
Movie • 1932
Phineas P. McPhinn
Postage Due
Movie • 1924
Postal Inspector Hawke
One Hour Married
Movie • 1927
A Tough Winter
Movie • 1923
Life Hesitates at 40
Movie • 1935
Dr. James Finlayson
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie • 1935
Joyce's Father
Boy Oh Boy!
Movie • 1932
Saunders
Jus' Passin' Through
Movie • 1923
Drunk (uncredited)
Welcome Home
Movie • 1925
Mary, Queen of Tots
Movie • 1925
Radio Actor
Galloping Ghosts
Movie • 1928
Police Commissioner
Fighting Fathers
Movie • 1927
Neighbor
The Millionaire Cat
Movie • 1932
Lawyer Fogg
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1920
Artist
Married Life
Movie • 1920
Man Who Made Good
Dance of the Cookoos
Movie • 1982
Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
Yanks Ahoy
Movie • 1943
Cook Flynn (uncredited)