Finlay Currie
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieVendetta for The Saint
1969
Don Pasquale
tvThe Prisoner
1967
General
movieBrigadoon
1966
Mr. Lundie
movieBunny Lake Is Missing
1965
Doll Maker
tvGideon's Way
1965
General Sir Hector McGregor
movieWho Was Maddox?
1964
Alex Campbell
movieThe Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
Grandpa Stirling
movieWest 11
1963
Gash
movieBilly Liar
1963
Duxbury
movieCleopatra
1963
Titus (uncredited)
movieMurder at the Gallop
1963
Old Enderby
movieThe Cracksman
1963
Feathers
movieThe Amorous Prawn
1962
Lochaye
tvThe Saint
1962
Don Pasquale
tvMan of the World
1962
Donald
movieThe Inspector
1962
De Kool
movieClue of the Silver Key
1961
Harvey Lane
movieFrancis of Assisi
1961
The Pope
movieHand in Hand
1961
Mr. Pritchard
movieFive Golden Hours
1961
Father Superior
tvDanger Man
1960
'Jock'
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Captain Sellers
movieKidnapped
1960
Cluny MacPherson
movieBen-Hur
1959
Balthasar
movieCorridors of Blood
1958
Supt. Charles Matheson
movieTempest
1958
Count Grinov
movieRockets Galore
1958
Narrator (uncredited)
movie6.5 Special
1958
Himself
movieThe Naked Earth
1958
Father Verity
movieDangerous Exile
1957
Mr. Patient
movieCampbell's Kingdom
1957
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
movieSaint Joan
1957
Archbishop of Rheims
movieThe Little Hut
1957
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
movieSeven Waves Away
1957
Mr. Wheaton
movieZarak
1956
The Mullah
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
Whist Partner
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Professor Syme
movieFootsteps in the Fog
1955
Inspector Peters
movieKing's Rhapsody
1955
King Paul
movieCaptain Lightfoot
1955
Callahan
movieMake Me an Offer!
1954
Abe Sparta
movieThird Party Risk
1954
Mr. Darius
movieThe End of the Road
1954
Old 'Mick-Mack'
movieRob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
Hamish MacPherson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
MacMorriss
movieStars and Stripes Forever
1952
Col. Randolph
movieIvanhoe
1952
Cedric
movieWalk East on Beacon
1952
Professor Albert Kafer
movieKangaroo
1952
Michael McGuire
movieQuo Vadis
1951
Peter
moviePeople Will Talk
1951
Shunderson
movieTrio
1950
Mr. McLeod
movieThe Mudlark
1950
John Brown
movieThe Black Rose
1950
Alfgar
movieMy Daughter Joy
1950
Sir Thomas McTavish
movieTreasure Island
1950
Capt. Billy Bones
movieWhisky Galore!
1949
Narrator
movieThe History of Mr. Polly
1949
Uncle Jim
movieBonnie Prince Charlie
1948
The Marquis of Tullibardine
movieSleeping Car to Trieste
1948
Alastair McBain
movieMr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
Sir Joshua Varley
movieSo Evil My Love
1948
Dr. Krylie
movieThe Monkey's Paw
1948
Sergeant-Major Morris
movieMy Brother Jonathan
1948
Dr. Hammond
movieThe Brothers
1947
Hector Macrae
movieWoman to Woman
1947
Theatre Manager
movieGreat Expectations
1946
Abel Magwitch
movieSchool for Secrets
1946
Sir Duncan Wills
The Trojan Brothers
1946
W.H. Maxwell
movieI Know Where I'm Going!
1945
Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
1945
Bugs Mulligan
movieThey Met in the Dark
1943
Merchant Captain
movieUndercover
1943
Priest (uncredited)
movieTheatre Royal
1943
Clement J. Earle
movieWarn That Man
1943
Captain Andrew Fletcher
movieThe Bells Go Down
1943
District Officer McFarlane
movieThunder Rock
1942
Capt. Joshua Stuart
movieThe Day Will Dawn
1942
Capt. Alstad
movie49th Parallel
1941
The Factor
movieCrook's Tour
1940
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
movieParadise for Two
1937
Creditor
movieThe Edge of the World
1937
James Gray
movieWanted!
1937
Uncle Mart
movieCommand Performance
1937
Al, Arthur's Manager
movieGlamorous Night
1937
Angus MacKintosh
movieThe Improper Duchess
1936
Milton Lee
movieMe and Marlborough
1935
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
movieHeat Wave
1935
Captain
movieMister Cinders
1935
Henry Kemp
The Big Splash
1935
Hartley Bassett
movieGay Love
1934
Highams
It's a Boy
1934
Publisher
moviePrincess Charming
1934
Baron Seegman
movieNo Funny Business
1933
Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
1933
inspector Toucan
movieThe Good Companions
1933
Monte Mortimer
movieRome Express
1932
Sam, Publicist
movieThe Old Man
1931
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