James Finlayson

James Finlayson

James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, an…

Filmography

To Be or Not to Be

1942 · Movie

as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Movie

as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

Bonnie Scotland

1935 · Movie

as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

1931 · Movie

as Schoolteacher

The Flying Deuces

1939 · Movie

as Jailor

1920 · Movie

as Man Who Made Good

Playing at Politics

1931 · Movie

as Criado

1951 · Movie

as Cabby (uncredited)

1938 · Movie

as Man on Stairs

1937 · Movie

as Mickey Finn

The Devil's Brother

1933 · Movie

as Lord Rocburg

1931 · Movie

as Father of the bride (uncredited)

1925 · Movie

as The Floorwalker

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Movie

as General

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Movie

as Constable (uncredited)

1927 · Movie

as Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

1940 · Movie

as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

1937 · Movie

as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

1923 · Movie

as General Sappovitch

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 · Movie

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Movie

as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Roughest Africa

1923 · Movie

as Hans Downe

Scorching Sands

1923 · Movie

as James

1936 · Movie

as Finn