Finlay Currie
Date of birth: 1878-01-19
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
Ben-Hur
1959-11-18
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse
Murder at the Gallop
1963-05-09
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965-10-03
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor
Corridors of Blood
1963-06-05
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting wit
People Will Talk
1951-08-29
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy
Treasure Island
1950-07-19
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey an
Quo Vadis
1951-11-08
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg
My Old Dutch
1934-10-01
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the fam
Billy Liar
1963-08-15
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertake
Ivanhoe
1952-07-31
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the f
The Improper Duchess
1936-01-17
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions,
Me and Marlborough
1935-07-22
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Great Expectations
1946-12-26
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefa
Solomon and Sheba
1959-10-27
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-
Kidnapped
1960-02-24
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventure
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960-07-21
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone o
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952-12-22
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band thr
The Edge of the World
1937-09-10
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating t
Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed
6.5 Special
1958-03-01
A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides
The Brothers
1947-05-07
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the mid
So Evil My Love
1948-08-02
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent
The History of Mr. Polly
1949-02-08
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry
School for Secrets
1946-12-23
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945-11-16
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to
Walk East on Beacon
1952-06-01
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953-10-26
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots
Thunder Rock
1942-12-04
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lig
Francis of Assisi
1961-07-12
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army
Seven Waves Away
1957-03-12
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboa
Joseph and His Brethren
1961-08-23
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of p
Saint Joan
1957-05-08
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan o
Third Party Risk
1954-10-08
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or a
The Mudlark
1950-10-03
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Captain Lightfoot
1955-03-26
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, a
My Daughter Joy
1950-08-21
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of
The Little Hut
1957-05-03
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best frie
Rome Express
1932-10-31
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Pari
The Angel Wore Red
1960-04-14
A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himsel
The Inspector
1962-05-24
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palesti
Kangaroo
1952-05-16
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swi
The Bells Go Down
1943-05-16
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service)
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965-05-26
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948-09-27
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the no
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953-02-04
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
Undercover
1943-07-26
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activi
Make Me an Offer!
1954-12-08
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he st
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948-10-26
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose
Hand in Hand
1961-02-06
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to
In the Zone
1946-01-02
Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
Mister Cinders
1935-01-12
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who even
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948-10-06
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Princess Charming
1934-04-24
Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her li
Clue of the Silver Key
1961-08-01
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Who Was Maddox?
1964-06-01
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who h
Little Friend
1934-11-18
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
Warn That Man
1943-07-13
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at t
The Good Companions
1933-02-28
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failin
49th Parallel
1941-11-24
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade c
Heat Wave
1935-05-30
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures
My Brother Jonathan
1948-02-05
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the
King's Rhapsody
1955-06-07
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marria
No Funny Business
1933-03-30
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
Excess Baggage
1933-03-24
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Monkey's Paw
1948-02-18
The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect. Note this should not
Tempest
1958-12-01
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at
Dangerous Exile
1957-12-12
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring
Glamorous Night
1937-04-28
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their ki
The Day Will Dawn
1942-06-08
When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassig
The Black Rose
1950-09-01
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With h
Zarak
1956-12-01
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Gay Love
1934-09-01
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but th
The Big Splash
1935-01-01
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
Brigadoon
1966-10-15
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on
Paradise for Two
1937-12-22
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lew
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938-09-04
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested
Crook's Tour
1940-09-03
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves
Command Performance
1937-08-19
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering d
The Old Man
1931-12-15
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Frightened Lady
1932-03-01
A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to
Trio
1950-10-10
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
West 11
1963-10-08
In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young u
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963-12-11
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When T
The Naked Earth
1958-02-05
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives
Campbell's Kingdom
1957-09-03
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom
Orders Is Orders
1933-07-18
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use
The Cracksman
1963-01-01
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, wh
The End of the Road
1954-01-01
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended fam
The Shipbuilders
1943-12-15
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding
The Amorous Prawn
1962-11-26
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into
Go to Blazes
1962-04-18
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar
Wanted!
1937-08-23
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on th
The Trojan Brothers
1946-02-04
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappi
They Met in the Dark
1943-08-11
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into
Catch as Catch Can
1937-07-01
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on trans
Spring Song
1946-12-23
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
Don Chicago
1945-08-06
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mul
Theatre Royal
1943-07-26
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threat
Rockets Galore
1958-10-19
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the go
Five Golden Hours
1961-02-01
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession unti
It's a Boy
1934-06-07
"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Bar
Vendetta for The Saint
1969-01-05
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An E
Woman to Woman
1947-02-10
A Canadian officer, David Anson, who falls for French dancer Nicolette Bonnett during wartime, has a
The Gay Adventure
1936-11-16
Whisky Galore!
1949-06-16
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Polit