James Finlayson
Born August 26, 1887 · Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
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Our Wife
Pardon Us
Block-Heads
Married Life
A Chump at Oxford
The Flying Deuces
Wife Tamers
Thieves
Hollywood
Royal Wedding
Way Out West
In Dutch
Scorching Sands
Show Girl
Pack Up Your Troubles
White Wings
Angel
Dick Turpin
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Perils of Pauline
The Devil's Brother
Unfriendly Enemies
Thicker Than Water
Call of the Cuckoo
Frozen Hearts
One Good Turn
Newly Rich
Thundering Landlords
Oranges and Lemons
Do Detectives Think?
Bachelor’s Paradise
Roughest Africa
Sugar Daddies
Pick a Star
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Love, Honor and Behave
Sure-Mike!
Down on the Farm
The Gay Nighties
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Raffles
Trying to Get Along
The Toast of New York
Night Owls
Hard Boiled
Madame Sans Jane
She-Wolf of London
Saps at Sea
The Hoose-Gow
Don't Tell Everything
Jus' Passin' Through
Two Sisters from Boston
The Bohemian Girl
For the Defense
Sold at Auction!
Chickens Come Home
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Hollywood Cavalcade
Another Fine Mess
Pick and Shovel
Our Relations
Jack Frost
Men O' War
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Yes, Yes, Nanette
The Noon Whistle
The Dawn Patrol
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Flying Elephants
The Chimp
Big Business
One of the Smiths
Moonlight and Noses
Brothers Under the Chin
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Thunder Below
Liberty
Wide Open Spaces
The Whole Truth
The Nickel-Hopper
Yanks Ahoy
Me and My Pal
Wall Street
The Second 100 Years
California or Bust
A Punch in the Nose
Two Weeks Off
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Dollar Dizzy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Love 'Em and Weep
With Love and Hisses
Manhattan Monkey Business
No Man's Law
Welcome Home
Grand Canyon Trail
Mush and Milk
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Mother's Joy
Thundering Fleas
Pitfalls of a Big City
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
The Great Victor Herbert
Innocent Husbands
A Small Town Idol
The Caretaker's Daughter
All Over Town
Don't Weaken!
The Crossroads of New York
Postage Due
Dance of the Cookoos
What's the World Coming To?
The Soilers
So This Is Harris!
Seeing the World
Chasing the Chaser
Hasty Marriage
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Anything Once!
Should Tall Men Marry?
The Haunted Honeymoon
Dizzy Daddies
Lady Be Good
Rupert of Hee-Haw
One Hour Married
Young Eagles
Madame Mystery
Zeb vs. Paprika
Raggedy Rose
Smithy
She Sighed by the Seaside
Unreleased
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Mary, Queen of Tots
Here We Go Again
Hats Off
Hard to Get
A Man About Town
Flaming Flappers
Merry Widower
Nature in the Wrong
Fast Freight
Galloping Ghosts
Short Kilts
Forgotten Sweeties
A Tough Winter
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