Cast
Finlay Currie
Acting
Cast
Finlay Currie
Known for
Acting
Born
1878-01-19
From
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died
1968-05-09
Also known as William Finlay Currie
Biography
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore. Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ben-Hur
as Balthasar
Cleopatra
as Titus (uncredited)
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
Around the World in 80 Days
as Whist Partner
Quo Vadis
as Peter
Ivanhoe
as Cedric
Treasure Island
as Capt. Billy Bones
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Senator
Solomon and Sheba
as David
Heat Wave
as Captain
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Doll Maker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Captain Sellers
Trio
as Mr. McLeod
Excess Baggage
as inspector Toucan
49th Parallel
as The Factor
Murder at the Gallop
as Old Enderby
Theatre Royal
as Clement J. Earle
Kidnapped
as Cluny MacPherson
Mister Cinders
as Henry Kemp
The Angel Wore Red
as Bishop
Alice in Wonderland
as Dodo
People Will Talk
as Shunderson
Spring Song
as Cobb
Joseph and His Brethren
as Jacob
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Hamish MacPherson
Princess Charming
as Baron Seegman
Billy Liar
as Duxbury
I Know Where I'm Going!
as Ruairidh Mhór
The Black Rose
as Alfgar
Whisky Galore!
as Narrator
Tempest
as Count Grinov
Zarak
as The Mullah
The Little Hut
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Captain Lightfoot
as Callahan
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as MacDougal
No Funny Business
as Mr Potterton
Thunder Rock
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
Seven Waves Away
as Mr. Wheaton
Kangaroo
as Michael McGuire
The Edge of the World
as James Gray
School for Secrets
as Sir Duncan Wills
Rockets Galore
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Amorous Prawn
as Lochaye
Francis of Assisi
as The Pope
Make Me an Offer!
as Abe Sparta
The Inspector
as De Kool
Footsteps in the Fog
as Inspector Peters
Saint Joan
as Archbishop of Rheims
Rome Express
as Sam, Publicist
Brigadoon
as Mr. Lundie
Corridors of Blood
as Supt. Charles Matheson
The Day Will Dawn
as Capt. Alstad
West 11
as Gash
Vendetta for The Saint
as Don Pasquale
Orders Is Orders
as Dave
Undercover
as Priest (uncredited)
Hand in Hand
as Mr. Pritchard
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Grandpa Stirling
The Mudlark
as John Brown
The Cracksman
as Feathers
Campbell's Kingdom
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Five Golden Hours
as Father Superior
Don Chicago
as Bugs Mulligan
Crook's Tour
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The History of Mr. Polly
as Uncle Jim
Walk East on Beacon
as Professor Albert Kafer
They Met in the Dark
as Merchant Captain
Gay Love
as Highams
So Evil My Love
as Dr. Krylie
Stars and Stripes Forever
as Col. Randolph
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
as Rubin
Me and Marlborough
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
My Daughter Joy
as Sir Thomas McTavish
The End of the Road
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
My Brother Jonathan
as Dr. Hammond
The Frightened Lady
as Brooks
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
as Emcee
The Shipbuilders
as McWain
The Brothers
as Hector Macrae
Glamorous Night
as Angus MacKintosh
Third Party Risk
as Mr. Darius
Go to Blazes
as Judge
6.5 Special
as Himself
The Naked Earth
as Father Verity
Warn That Man
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as Sir Joshua Varley
My Old Dutch
as Mo
The Bells Go Down
as District Officer McFarlane
Dangerous Exile
as Mr. Patient
The Trojan Brothers
as W.H. Maxwell
The Good Companions
as Monte Mortimer
Catch as Catch Can
as Al Parson
Wanted!
as Uncle Mart
Little Friend
as Grove
Paradise for Two
as Creditor
Who Was Maddox?
as Alex Campbell
Clue of the Silver Key
as Harvey Lane
Sleeping Car to Trieste
as Alastair McBain
The Improper Duchess
as Milton Lee
King's Rhapsody
as King Paul
It's a Boy
as Publisher
Command Performance
as Al, Arthur's Manager
The Monkey's Paw
as Sergeant-Major Morris
The Old Man
as Rennett
Woman to Woman
as Theatre Manager
The Big Splash
as Hartley Bassett
In the Zone
The Gay Adventure
as Porter