James Finlayson1887 - 1953

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.4

Famous

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.

Credits

The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces

1939

Comedy • War

6.4
1.2
Way Out West
Way Out West

1937

Action • Comedy • Western

7
0.8
She Sighed by the Seaside
0
0.2
Hollywood
Hollywood

1923

Comedy • Drama

7
0.6
The Haunted Honeymoon
0
0.1
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be

1942

Comedy • Romance • War

7.8
1.7
She-Wolf of London
She-Wolf of London

1946

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

5.6
0.5
Block-Heads
Block-Heads

1938

Comedy • War

7
0.7
Thundering Landlords
0
0.3
Madame Sans Jane
2
0.1
Unfriendly Enemies
6
0.1
Don Key (Son of Burro)
6
0.1
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Comedy • War

6.7
0.5
The Iceman's Ball
1
0
Our Relations
Our Relations

1936

Comedy

6.9
0.5
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea

1940

Comedy

6.8
0.5
A Punch in the Nose
0
0.1
Why Husbands Go Mad
0
0.1
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled

1925

Comedy

0
0.1
Merry Widower
Merry Widower

1926

Comedy

6
0.3
Forgotten Sweeties
3
0.1
Newly Rich
Newly Rich

1922

Comedy

0
0.2
Nature in the Wrong
0
0.1
Men O' War
Men O' War

1929

Comedy

7
0.2
Night Owls
Night Owls

1930

Comedy

7.4
0.2
Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies

1927

Comedy

6
0.3
Our Wife
Our Wife

1931

Comedy

7
0.5
One Good Turn
One Good Turn

1931

Comedy

6.9
0.2
Gold Diggers
Gold Diggers

1930

Comedy

0
0
Jack Frost
Jack Frost

1923

Comedy

0
0.1
Liberty
Liberty

1929

Comedy

6.8
0.3
Flying Elephants
5.7
0.4
Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal

1933

Comedy

6.4
0.2
Another Fine Mess
6.9
0.3
Call of the Cuckoo
5.7
0.4
Chickens Come Home
6.6
0.3
Do Detectives Think?
6.2
0.2
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow

1929

Comedy

6.6
0.2
The Second 100 Years
6.3
0.3
Thundering Fleas
5.5
0.2
Thicker Than Water
7.2
0.2
Love 'Em and Weep
5.8
0.3
With Love and Hisses
6.1
0.2
The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl

1936

Comedy • Music

6.2
0.3
Wedding Yells
Wedding Yells

1942

Comedy

0
0.2
Angel
Angel

1937

Comedy • Drama • Romance

6.8
0.6
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother

1933

Comedy • Music

6.7
0.5
Pitfalls of a Big City
0
0.1
Yes, Yes, Nanette
5.3
0.1
Oranges and Lemons
5.2
0.1
The Toast of New York
The Toast of New York

1937

Comedy • Drama • History

5.8
0.3
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
0
0.1
Here We Go Again
0
0.1
Show Girl
Show Girl

1928

Comedy • Drama

0
0.1
Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Comedy

5.5
0.3
Mush and Milk
Mush and Milk

1933

Comedy • Family

6.8
0.2
Wife Tamers
Wife Tamers

1926

Comedy

6
0.2
Hasty Marriage
Hasty Marriage

1931

Comedy

6.5
0.1
The Gay Nighties
3
0.1
Thieves
Thieves

1930

Comedy

6.9
0.2
In the Grease
In the Grease

1925

Comedy

0
0.1
Roughest Africa
5.5
0.1
All Over Town
All Over Town

1937

Comedy

7.2
0.3
Beach Pajamas
Beach Pajamas

1931

Comedy

0
0.1
Raggedy Rose
Raggedy Rose

1926

Comedy

5.5
0.1
Anything Once!
Anything Once!

1927

Comedy

6
0.1
A Small Town Idol
6
0.1
Sold at Auction
Sold at Auction

1923

Comedy

4.5
0.1
A Man About Town
5.5
0.1
Scorching Sands
Scorching Sands

1923

Comedy

5.4
0.1
White Wings
6.7
0.1
No Man's Law
No Man's Law

1927

Western

6
0.1
Rupert of Hee-Haw
5.2
0.1
Seeing the World
6.1
0.1
Don't Leave Home
0
0
For the Defense
For the Defense

1930

Crime • Drama • Romance

4.8
0.2
Frozen Hearts
Frozen Hearts

1923

Comedy

5.4
0.1
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth

1923

Comedy

5.5
0.1
Chasing the Chaser
6
0.1
Mother's Joy
5.2
0.2
The Mystery Man
The Mystery Man

1923

Comedy

0
0.1
Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry?

1928

Comedy • Western

5.9
0
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Comedy • Drama • History

5.1
0.5
Dizzy Daddies
Dizzy Daddies

1926

Comedy

3.5
0.1
Big Business
Big Business

1929

Comedy

6.7
0.5
Short Kilts
5.3
0.2
Thunder Below
Thunder Below

1932

Drama

0
0.2
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

Comedy • War

5.3
0.2
Don't Weaken!
Don't Weaken!

1920

Comedy

5.5
0.2
Young Eagles
Young Eagles

1930

Drama

6
0.1
Dollar Dizzy
Dollar Dizzy

1930

Comedy

6
0.2
Down on the Farm
5.5
0.2
Innocent Husbands
6.2
0.2
Second Hand Kisses
0
0
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
5.4
0.1
A Chump at Oxford
6.9
0.5
The Chimp
The Chimp

1932

Comedy

6.5
0.3
Playing at Politics
6.9
0.1
The Nickel-Hopper
7
0.1
Sure-Mike!
Sure-Mike!

1925

Comedy

0
0.1
Raffles
Raffles

1939

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

6
0.4
Grand Canyon Trail
5
0.7
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland

1935

Comedy

6.6
0.4
What's the World Coming To?
4.5
0.1
Smithy
Smithy

1924

Comedy

5.2
0.1
Hard to Get
Hard to Get

1929

Comedy

0
0.1
The Caretaker's Daughter
3.5
0.1
Don't Tell Everything
10
0.1
Fully Insured
5
0.3
Moonlight and Noses
4.5
0.1
Trying to Get Along
0
0.1
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin

1933

Action • Adventure • Drama

0
0.2
Near Dublin
6
0
Fast Freight
Fast Freight

1929

Comedy

0
0.1
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent

1940

Action • Mystery • Thriller

7
0.8
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Documentary • TV Movie

0
0.2
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol

1930

Action • Drama • War

6.7
0.2
Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery

1926

Comedy

5.6
0.1
Father and Son
Father and Son

1935

Crime • Drama

0
0.1
The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline

1947

Comedy • Music

6.2
0.3
Royal Wedding
Royal Wedding

1951

Comedy • Music • Romance

6.5
1.4
Hats Off
Hats Off

1927

Comedy

6.3
0.2
Pardon Us
Pardon Us

1931

Comedy

6.5
0.8
Two Weeks Off
Two Weeks Off

1929

Comedy • Romance

0
0.3
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces

1924

Comedy • Western

5
0.1
Dog-Gone
Dog-Gone

1939

Comedy

0
0.1
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002

Comedy • Family

8.5
0
Before the Public
5
0.1
Tell It to a Policeman
0
0.3
The Great Victor Herbert
The Great Victor Herbert

1939

Music • Romance

5
0.2
In Dutch
0
0.2
Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good

1928

Comedy • Romance

0
0.2
One of the Smiths
0
0.1
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

Comedy • Documentary

6.3
0.3
Up in Alf's Place
0
0.1
His Silent Racket
10
0.1
Flaming Flappers
0
0.1
Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Comedy • Music

6
0.4
Pick a Star
Pick a Star

1937

Comedy • Music

4.8
0.4
So This Is Harris!
So This Is Harris!

1933

Comedy • Music

5.5
0.1
The Soilers
5.5
0.2
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935

Comedy • Documentary

6
0
Pick and Shovel
Pick and Shovel

1923

Comedy

6
0.1
Brothers Under the Chin
5.5
0.1
Wall Street
Wall Street

1929

Drama

6
0.2
False Roomers
False Roomers

1931

Comedy

0
0.1
Jitters the Butler
6
0.1
Postage Due
Postage Due

1924

Comedy

5.3
0.1
One Hour Married
6
0.1
A Tough Winter
A Tough Winter

1923

Comedy

0
0.2
Life Hesitates at 40
0
0.1
Manhattan Monkey Business
0
0.1
Boy Oh Boy!
Boy Oh Boy!

1932

Comedy

0
0.1
Jus' Passin' Through
5
0.1
Welcome Home
Welcome Home

1925

Comedy

0
0.4
Mary, Queen of Tots
5.8
0.2
Galloping Ghosts
0
0
Fighting Fathers
0
0
The Millionaire Cat
0
0

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