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