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Finlay Currie‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Finlay Currie

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Finlay Currie

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1878-01-19

Popularity

star5.7

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

Ben-Hur‌
star7.9
calendar 1959

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days‌
star6.6
calendar 1956

Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood‌
star6.1
calendar 1958

People Will Talk

People Will Talk‌
star7.1
calendar 1951

Treasure Island

Treasure Island‌
star6.5
calendar 1950

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis‌
star7.1
calendar 1951

My Old Dutch

My Old Dutch‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Billy Liar

Billy Liar‌
star6.9
calendar 1963

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

The Improper Duchess

The Improper Duchess‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Me and Marlborough

Me and Marlborough‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

Great Expectations

Great Expectations‌
star7.3
calendar 1946

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Kidnapped

Kidnapped‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‌
star5.8
calendar 1960

Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World‌
star7.2
calendar 1937

Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

6.5 Special

6.5 Special‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Brothers

The Brothers‌
star5.2
calendar 1947

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire‌
star6.5
calendar 1964

So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

The History of Mr. Polly

The History of Mr. Polly‌
star7.7
calendar 1949

School for Secrets

School for Secrets‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon‌
star5.1
calendar 1952

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue‌
star5.1
calendar 1953

Thunder Rock

Thunder Rock‌
star6.1
calendar 1942

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi‌
star7.6
calendar 1961

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Joseph and His Brethren

Joseph and His Brethren‌
star5.8
calendar 1961

Saint Joan

Saint Joan‌
star6.5
calendar 1957

Third Party Risk

Third Party Risk‌
star4.6
calendar 1954

The Mudlark

The Mudlark‌
star6.5
calendar 1950

Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

My Daughter Joy

My Daughter Joy‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Little Hut

The Little Hut‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Rome Express

Rome Express‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

The Angel Wore Red

The Angel Wore Red‌
star5.3
calendar 1960

The Inspector

The Inspector‌
star6.7
calendar 1962

Kangaroo

Kangaroo‌
star5.2
calendar 1952

The Bells Go Down

The Bells Go Down‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill‌
star7.7
calendar 1948

Treasure of the Golden Condor

Treasure of the Golden Condor‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Undercover

Undercover‌
star5.9
calendar 1943

Make Me an Offer!

Make Me an Offer!‌
star6.7
calendar 1954

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand‌
star7.2
calendar 1961

In the Zone

In the Zone‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Mister Cinders

Mister Cinders‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Sleeping Car to Trieste‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

Princess Charming

Princess Charming‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Clue of the Silver Key

Clue of the Silver Key‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Who Was Maddox?

Who Was Maddox?‌
star8.5
calendar 1964

Little Friend

Little Friend‌
star3.5
calendar 1934

Warn That Man

Warn That Man‌
star5.3
calendar 1943

The Good Companions

The Good Companions‌
star5.8
calendar 1933

49th Parallel

49th Parallel‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

Heat Wave

Heat Wave‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

King's Rhapsody

King's Rhapsody‌
star3.0
calendar 1955

Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

No Funny Business

No Funny Business‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey's Paw‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Tempest

Tempest‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

Dangerous Exile

Dangerous Exile‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

Glamorous Night

Glamorous Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn‌
star5.6
calendar 1942

The Black Rose

The Black Rose‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Zarak

Zarak‌
star4.7
calendar 1956

Gay Love

Gay Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Big Splash

The Big Splash‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Brigadoon

Brigadoon‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

Paradise for Two

Paradise for Two‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star7.4
calendar 1966

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

The Claydon Treasure Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

Command Performance

Command Performance‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

The Old Man

The Old Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The Frightened Lady

The Frightened Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Trio

Trio‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

West 11

West 11‌
star6.7
calendar 1963

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Three Lives of Thomasina‌
star6.8
calendar 1963

The Naked Earth

The Naked Earth‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Orders Is Orders

Orders Is Orders‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Cracksman

The Cracksman‌
star6.3
calendar 1963

The End of the Road

The End of the Road‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

The Shipbuilders

The Shipbuilders‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

The Amorous Prawn

The Amorous Prawn‌
star6.3
calendar 1962

Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes‌
star6.3
calendar 1962

Cleopatra

Cleopatra‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Wanted!

Wanted!‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Trojan Brothers

The Trojan Brothers‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark‌
star6.3
calendar 1943

Catch as Catch Can

Catch as Catch Can‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Spring Song

Spring Song‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Don Chicago

Don Chicago‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal‌
star3.5
calendar 1943

Rockets Galore

Rockets Galore‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Five Golden Hours

Five Golden Hours‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

It's a Boy

It's a Boy‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Tv Credits

The Prisoner

The Prisoner‌
star7.8
calendar 1967

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way‌
star6.8
calendar 1965

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo‌
star4.4
calendar 1956

United!

United!‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Les Misérables

Les Misérables‌
star4.0
calendar 1967

The Saint

The Saint‌
star7.3
calendar 1962