Finlay Currie
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1878-01-19
- Died
- 1968-05-09
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
The Saint
1962
as Don Pasquale
Danger Man
1960
as 'Jock'
The Prisoner
1967
as General
United!
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
as General Sir Hector McGregor
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Man of the World
1962
as Donald
General Electric Theater
1953
as MacMorriss
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Professor Syme
Les Misérables
1967
Movies (109)
Ben-Hur
1959
as Balthasar
Cleopatra
1963
as Titus (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Whist Partner
Quo Vadis
1951
as Peter
Great Expectations
1946
as Abel Magwitch
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Senator
Treasure Island
1950
as Capt. Billy Bones
Ivanhoe
1952
as Cedric
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as David
49th Parallel
1941
as The Factor
Heat Wave
1935
as Captain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Captain Sellers
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Old Enderby
Excess Baggage
1933
as inspector Toucan
Billy Liar
1963
as Duxbury
Theatre Royal
1943
as Clement J. Earle
Spring Song
1946
as Cobb
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Jacob
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Bishop
Trio
1950
as Mr. McLeod
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as Doll Maker
Kidnapped
1960
as Cluny MacPherson
Mister Cinders
1935
as Henry Kemp
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Narrator
Princess Charming
1934
as Baron Seegman
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Hamish MacPherson
The Black Rose
1950
as Alfgar
People Will Talk
1951
as Shunderson
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Dodo
Kangaroo
1952
as Michael McGuire
The Little Hut
1957
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Ruairidh Mhór
Captain Lightfoot
1955
as Callahan
Saint Joan
1957
as Archbishop of Rheims
Tempest
1958
as Count Grinov
Seven Waves Away
1957
as Mr. Wheaton
The Inspector
1962
as De Kool
School for Secrets
1946
as Sir Duncan Wills
Zarak
1956
as The Mullah
The Edge of the World
1937
as James Gray
Francis of Assisi
1961
as The Pope
The Cracksman
1963
as Feathers
Thunder Rock
1942
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
Brigadoon
1966
as Mr. Lundie
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
as Don Pasquale
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lochaye
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Inspector Peters
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as MacDougal
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Grandpa Stirling
No Funny Business
1933
as Mr Potterton
West 11
1963
as Gash
Make Me an Offer!
1954
as Abe Sparta
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Supt. Charles Matheson
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Five Golden Hours
1961
as Father Superior
The Mudlark
1950
as John Brown
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Uncle Jim
So Evil My Love
1948
as Dr. Krylie
Gay Love
1934
as Highams
Crook's Tour
1940
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Professor Albert Kafer
Don Chicago
1945
as Bugs Mulligan
Undercover
1943
as Priest (uncredited)
The Frightened Lady
1932
as Brooks
Rockets Galore
1958
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
as Rubin
6.5 Special
1958
as Himself
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Alastair McBain
My Daughter Joy
1950
as Sir Thomas McTavish
Orders Is Orders
1933
as Dave
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Emcee
Third Party Risk
1954
as Mr. Darius
The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Capt. Alstad
The Shipbuilders
1943
as McWain
The Brothers
1947
as Hector Macrae
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Me and Marlborough
1935
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
The Naked Earth
1958
as Father Verity
Warn That Man
1943
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
They Met in the Dark
1943
as Merchant Captain
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as Al Parson
The End of the Road
1954
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Go to Blazes
1962
as Judge
The Bells Go Down
1943
as District Officer McFarlane
Rome Express
1932
as Sam, Publicist
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Dr. Hammond
Little Friend
1934
as Grove
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as W.H. Maxwell
Glamorous Night
1937
as Angus MacKintosh
Wanted!
1937
as Uncle Mart
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Col. Randolph
Paradise for Two
1937
as Creditor
The Good Companions
1933
as Monte Mortimer
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Mr. Patient
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Sir Joshua Varley
Who Was Maddox?
1964
as Alex Campbell
My Old Dutch
1934
as Mo
Hand in Hand
1961
as Mr. Pritchard
The Monkey's Paw
1948
as Sergeant-Major Morris
Command Performance
1937
as Al, Arthur's Manager
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
as Harvey Lane
The Improper Duchess
1936
as Milton Lee
King's Rhapsody
1955
as King Paul
The Old Man
1931
as Rennett
Woman to Woman
1947
as Theatre Manager
It's a Boy
1934
as Publisher
The Big Splash
1935
as Hartley Bassett
In the Zone
1946
The Gay Adventure
1936
as Porter
About Finlay Currie
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 Di… With 119 credits spanning from 1931 to 1969, Finlay Currie has appeared in 109 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Ben-Hur (1959) — as Balthasar
- Cleopatra (1963) — as Titus (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Whist Partner
- Quo Vadis (1951) — as Peter
- Great Expectations (1946) — as Abel Magwitch
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