James Finlayson

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.

Actor

1918

[ ] In Dutch (????)

1919

[ ] Yankee Doodle in Berlin (Commander's Officer (uncredited))
[ ] Trying to Get Along (The Beauty Parlor Operator)
[ ] Up in Alf's Place (The Dancing Instructor)

1920

[ ] Don't Weaken! (Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant)
[ ] Down on the Farm (The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage)
[ ] Love, Honor and Behave (Artist)
[ ] Married Life (Man Who Made Good)

1921

[ ] She Sighed by the Seaside (1st Suitor)
[ ] Hard Knocks and Love Taps (Plato's Rival)
[ ] A Small Town Idol (J. Wellington Jones)

1922

[ ] Newly Rich (????)
[ ] The Crossroads of New York (Lawyer)

1923

[ ] Hollywood (James Finlayson)
[ ] Jack Frost (Wicked Man from the Wicked City)
[ ] Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (The Hired Man)
[ ] Pitfalls of a Big City (The Hired Man)
[ ] Oranges and Lemons (Worker)
[ ] Roughest Africa (Hans Downe)
[ ] Sold at Auction! (The Man Who WAS Sold)
[ ] California or Bust (Campground neighbor)
[ ] Scorching Sands (James)
[ ] A Man About Town (Humko, Store Detective)
[ ] White Wings (Dental Patient)
[ ] Frozen Hearts (General Sappovitch)
[ ] The Whole Truth (Defense lawyer)
[ ] Mother's Joy (Baron Buttontop)
[ ] The Mystery Man (????)
[ ] Courtship of Miles Sandwich (Miles Sandwich)
[ ] The Noon Whistle (????)
[ ] Fully Insured (The Foreman)
[ ] Before the Public (????)
[ ] The Soilers (Smacknamara)
[ ] Pick and Shovel (The Foreman)
[ ] A Tough Winter (????)
[ ] Jus' Passin' Through (Drunk (uncredited))

1924

[ ] Why Husbands Go Mad (????)
[ ] Zeb vs. Paprika (Major Glanders Botts)
[ ] Rupert of Hee-Haw (Rupert of Hee Haw)
[ ] Short Kilts (McGregor's Son)
[ ] Smithy (Sergeant)
[ ] Near Dublin (Sir Patrick)
[ ] Wide Open Spaces (Jack McQueen)
[ ] Brothers Under the Chin (????)
[ ] Postage Due (Postal Inspector Hawke)

1925

[ ] The Haunted Honeymoon (????)
[ ] Thundering Landlords (The Landlord)
[ ] Madame Sans Jane (The Girl's Father)
[ ] Unfriendly Enemies (The Cameraman)
[ ] Hard Boiled (????)
[ ] Yes, Yes, Nanette (Hillory, the new husband)
[ ] In the Grease (Father)
[ ] Chasing the Chaser (Gilroy (the husband))
[ ] Innocent Husbands (The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson))
[ ] Sure-Mike! (The Floorwalker)
[ ] The Caretaker's Daughter (The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson))
[ ] Moonlight and Noses (Professor Sniff)
[ ] Tell It to a Policeman (????)
[ ] Flaming Flappers (????)
[ ] Welcome Home (????)
[ ] Mary, Queen of Tots (Radio Actor)

1926

[ ] Don Key (Son of Burro) (Vivien's Suitor)
[ ] A Punch in the Nose (????)
[ ] Merry Widower (The Hunter)
[ ] Thundering Fleas (Justice of the Peace)
[ ] Wife Tamers (The Waiter)
[ ] Raggedy Rose (Simpson Sniffle)
[ ] Dizzy Daddies (Jonathan Haig)
[ ] Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (Dean of Pinkham University)
[ ] The Nickel-Hopper (Rupert)
[ ] What's the World Coming To? (The Father-in-Law)
[ ] Madame Mystery (Struggling Author)

1927

[ ] Forgotten Sweeties (????)
[ ] Sugar Daddies (Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle)
[ ] Call of the Cuckoo (Asylum Inmate)
[ ] Do Detectives Think? (Judge Foozle)
[ ] The Second 100 Years (Browne Van Dyke)
[ ] With Love and Hisses (Captain Bustle)
[ ] Love 'Em and Weep (Titus Tillsbury)
[ ] Anything Once! (Mabel's Boss)
[ ] No Man's Law (Jack Belcher)
[ ] Seeing the World ('Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher)
[ ] Don't Tell Everything (Lawyer Goldblum)
[ ] Hats Off (Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.)
[ ] One Hour Married (????)
[ ] Fighting Fathers (Neighbor)

1928

[ ] Flying Elephants (Saxophonus)
[ ] Show Girl (Mr. Dugan)
[ ] Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (Pa Slocum)
[ ] Should Tall Men Marry? (Joe Skittle)
[ ] Lady Be Good (Trelawney West)
[ ] Galloping Ghosts (Police Commissioner)

1929

[ ] Men O' War (Soda jerk)
[ ] Liberty (Store keeper)
[ ] The Hoose-Gow (Governor)
[ ] Big Business (Homeowner)
[ ] Hard to Get (Pa Martin)
[ ] Fast Freight (Spooky Wall Painting)
[ ] Two Weeks Off (Pa Weaver)
[ ] Wall Street (Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson))

1930

[ ] Night Owls (Meadows)
[ ] The prince of the dollar (????)
[ ] Gold Diggers (????)
[ ] Another Fine Mess (Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited))
[ ] Thieves (????)
[ ] Don't Leave Home (????)
[ ] For the Defense (Parrott)
[ ] Young Eagles (Scotty)
[ ] Dollar Dizzy (House Detective)
[ ] The Dawn Patrol (Field Sergeant)

1931

[ ] One Good Turn (A Community Player)
[ ] Our Wife (Father of the bride)
[ ] Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (????)
[ ] Chickens Come Home (Butler)
[ ] Hasty Marriage (Kitty's Father)
[ ] Beach Pajamas (????)
[ ] Second Hand Kisses (Jimmy Finlayson)
[ ] Scratch-As-Catch-Can (????)
[ ] Playing at Politics (Criado)
[ ] Pardon Us (Schoolteacher)
[ ] One of the Smiths (Wine Brewer (uncredited))
[ ] False Roomers (Landlord)

1932

[ ] Pack Up Your Troubles (General)
[ ] The Iceman's Ball (Commissioner Walters)
[ ] Thunder Below (Scotty)
[ ] The Chimp (Ringmaster)
[ ] Jitters the Butler (Phineas P. McPhinn)
[ ] Boy Oh Boy! (Saunders)
[ ] The Millionaire Cat (Lawyer Fogg)

1933

[ ] Nature in the Wrong (Voice of lion (uncredited))
[ ] Me and My Pal (Peter Cucumber)
[ ] The Devil's Brother (Lord Rocburg)
[ ] Mush and Milk (Mr. Brown, the banker)
[ ] The Gay Nighties (Mr. Amos Pipp)
[ ] Dick Turpin (Jeremy)
[ ] The Druggist's Dilemma (Andrew Finch)
[ ] His Silent Racket (James)
[ ] So This Is Harris! (Golf Pro)

1935

[ ] Thicker Than Water (Auction Manager)
[ ] Bonnie Scotland (Sgt. Maj. Finlayson)
[ ] Father and Son (Bidad)
[ ] MGM 1935 Promo Reel (Manager)
[ ] Life Hesitates at 40 (Dr. James Finlayson)
[ ] Manhattan Monkey Business (Joyce's Father)

1936

[ ] Our Relations (Finn)
[ ] The Bohemian Girl (Captain Finn)

1937

[ ] Way Out West (Mickey Finn)
[ ] Angel (Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited))
[ ] The Toast of New York (Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited))
[ ] All Over Town (MacDougal)
[ ] Pick a Star (Director)

1938

[ ] Block-Heads (Man on Stairs)

1939

[ ] The Flying Deuces (Jailor)
[ ] Hollywood Cavalcade (Keystone Cop)
[ ] Raffles (Hansom Cab Driver)
[ ] Dog-Gone (Mr. Jones)
[ ] The Great Victor Herbert (Lamplighter)

1940

[ ] Saps at Sea (Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited))
[ ] A Chump at Oxford (Baldy Vandevere (uncredited))
[ ] Foreign Correspondent (Dutch Peasant (uncredited))

1942

[ ] To Be or Not to Be (Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited))
[ ] Wedding Yells (Hammerhead Nahl)

1943

[ ] Happy Times and Jolly Moments ((archive footage))
[ ] Yanks Ahoy (Cook Flynn (uncredited))

1946

[ ] She-Wolf of London (Constable (uncredited))
[ ] Two Sisters from Boston (Street Cleaner (uncredited))

1947

[ ] The Perils of Pauline (Comic Chef)

1948

[ ] Grand Canyon Trail (Sheriff)

1951

[ ] The Slappiest Days of Our Lives ((archive footage))
[ ] Royal Wedding (Cabby (uncredited))

1952

[ ] Here We Go Again (Plato's Rival)

1964

[ ] The Big Parade of Comedy (Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage))

1967

[ ] The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (????)

1968

[ ] The Best of Laurel and Hardy (Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage))

1982

[ ] Dance of the Cookoos (Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer)