Acting
Finlay Currie
EN, DE, IT cinema · 109 credits
Born
19 January 1878
Died
9 May 1968 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also known as William 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 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
Filmography
Vendetta for The Saint
as Don Pasquale
Brigadoon
as Mr. Lundie
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Doll Maker
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Senator
Who Was Maddox?
as Alex Campbell
Murder at the Gallop
as Old Enderby
Billy Liar
as Duxbury
West 11
as Gash
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Grandpa Stirling
The Cracksman
as Feathers
Cleopatra
as Titus (uncredited)
The Inspector
as De Kool
The Amorous Prawn
as Lochaye
Go to Blazes
as Judge
Francis of Assisi
as The Pope
Hand in Hand
as Mr. Pritchard
Clue of the Silver Key
as Harvey Lane
Five Golden Hours
as Father Superior
Kidnapped
as Cluny MacPherson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Captain Sellers
The Angel Wore Red
as Bishop
Ben-Hur
as Balthasar
Solomon and Sheba
as David
Corridors of Blood
as Supt. Charles Matheson
6.5 Special
as Himself
Tempest
as Count Grinov
The Naked Earth
as Father Verity
Rockets Galore
as Narrator (uncredited)
Seven Waves Away
as Mr. Wheaton
Saint Joan
as Archbishop of Rheims
The Little Hut
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Dangerous Exile
as Mr. Patient
Campbell's Kingdom
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Around the World in 80 Days
as Whist Partner
Zarak
as The Mullah
Footsteps in the Fog
as Inspector Peters
Captain Lightfoot
as Callahan
King's Rhapsody
as King Paul
Third Party Risk
as Mr. Darius
Make Me an Offer!
as Abe Sparta
The End of the Road
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as Hamish MacPherson
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as MacDougal
Ivanhoe
as Cedric
Stars and Stripes Forever
as Col. Randolph
Walk East on Beacon
as Professor Albert Kafer
Kangaroo
as Michael McGuire
People Will Talk
as Shunderson
Quo Vadis
as Peter
Treasure Island
as Capt. Billy Bones
The Mudlark
as John Brown
My Daughter Joy
as Sir Thomas McTavish
The Black Rose
as Alfgar
Trio
as Mr. McLeod
The History of Mr. Polly
as Uncle Jim
Whisky Galore!
as Narrator
So Evil My Love
as Dr. Krylie
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as Sir Joshua Varley
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
as Alastair McBain
My Brother Jonathan
as Dr. Hammond
The Monkey's Paw
as Sergeant-Major Morris
The Brothers
as Hector Macrae
Woman to Woman
as Theatre Manager
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets
as Sir Duncan Wills
The Trojan Brothers
1946
The Trojan Brothers
as W.H. Maxwell
Spring Song
as Cobb
I Know Where I'm Going!
as Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
1945
Don Chicago
as Bugs Mulligan
The Bells Go Down
as District Officer McFarlane
Undercover
as Priest (uncredited)
Warn That Man
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Shipbuilders
as McWain
They Met in the Dark
as Merchant Captain
Theatre Royal
as Clement J. Earle
Thunder Rock
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn
as Capt. Alstad
49th Parallel
as The Factor
Crook's Tour
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Edge of the World
as James Gray
Glamorous Night
as Angus MacKintosh
Paradise for Two
as Creditor
Command Performance
as Al, Arthur's Manager
Wanted!
as Uncle Mart
The Improper Duchess
as Milton Lee
Me and Marlborough
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Mister Cinders
as Henry Kemp
Heat Wave
as Captain
The Big Splash
1935
The Big Splash
as Hartley Bassett
Princess Charming
as Baron Seegman
Little Friend
as Grove
Gay Love
as Highams
It's a Boy
1934
It's a Boy
as Publisher
The Good Companions
as Monte Mortimer
No Funny Business
as Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
1933
Excess Baggage
as inspector Toucan
Rome Express
as Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady
as Brooks
The Old Man
as Rennett