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.
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Acted in
Les Misérables
1967
The Prisoner
1967
as General
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Dodo
Brigadoon
1966
as Mr. Lundie
United!
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as The Doll Maker
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Emcee
Gideon's Way
1965
as General Sir Hector McGregor
Who Was Maddox?
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Senator
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Grandpa Stirling
West 11
1963
as Gash
Billy Liar
1963
as Duxbury
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Old Enderby
Cleopatra
1963
as Titus
The Cracksman
1963
as Feathers
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lochaye
The Saint
1962
as Don Pasquale
The Inspector
1962
as De Kool
Go to Blazes
1962
as Judge
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Jacob
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
Francis of Assisi
1961
as The Pope
Hand in Hand
1961
as Mr. Pritchard
Five Golden Hours
1961
as Father Superior
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Captain Sellers
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Bishop
Kidnapped
1960
as Cluny MacPherson
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as David
Ben-Hur
1959
as Balthasar
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Supt. Charles Matheson
Tempest
1958
as Count Grinov
Rockets Galore
1958
as Narrator (uncredited)
6.5 Special
1958
as Himself
The Naked Earth
1958
as Father Verity
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Mr. Patient
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Saint Joan
1957
as Archbishop of Rheims
The Little Hut
1957
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Abandon Ship
1957
as Mr. Wheaton
Zarak
1956
as The Mullah
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Whist Partner
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Inspector Peters
King's Rhapsody
1955
as King Paul
Captain Lightfoot
1955
as Callahan
Make Me an Offer!
1954
as Abe Sparta
Third Party Risk
1954
as Mr. Darius
The End of the Road
1954
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Hamish MacPherson
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as MacDougal
General Electric Theater
1953
as MacMorriss
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Col. Randolph
Ivanhoe
1952
as Cedric
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Professor Albert Kafer
Kangaroo
1952
as Michael McGuire
Quo Vadis
1951
as Peter
People Will Talk
1951
as Shunderson
Trio
1950
as Mr. McLeod
The Mudlark
1950
as John Brown
The Black Rose
1950
as Alfgar
My Daughter Joy
1950
as Sir Thomas McTavish
Treasure Island
1950
as Capt. Billy Bones
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Uncle Jim
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Alastair McBain
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Sir Joshua Varley
So Evil My Love
1948
as Dr. Krylie
The Monkey's Paw
1948
as Sergeant-Major Morris
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Dr. Hammond
The Brothers
1947
as Hector Macrae
Great Expectations
1946
as Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets
1946
as Sir Duncan Wills
Spring Song
1946
as Cobb
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as W.H. Maxwell
In the Zone
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
1945
as Bugs Mulligan
The Shipbuilders
1943
as McWain
They Met in the Dark
1943
as Merchant Captain
Undercover
1943
as Priest (uncredited)
Theatre Royal
1943
as Clement J. Earle
Warn That Man
1943
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Bells Go Down
1943
as District Officer McFarlane
Thunder Rock
1942
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Capt. Alstad
49th Parallel
1941
as The Factor
Crook's Tour
1940
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
as Rubin
Paradise for Two
1937
as Creditor
The Edge of the World
1937
as James Gray
Wanted!
1937
as Uncle Mart
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as Al Parson
Glamorous Night
1937
as Angus MacKintosh
Command Performance
1937
as Al, Arthur's Manager
The Improper Duchess
1936
as Milton Lee
Me and Marlborough
1935
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Heat Wave
1935
as Captain
The Big Splash
1935
as Hartley Bassett
Little Friend
1934
as Grove
My Old Dutch
1934
as Mo
Gay Love
1934
as Highams
It's a Boy
1934
as Publisher
Princess Charming
1934
as Baron Seegman
Mister Cinders
1934
as Henry Kemp
Orders Is Orders
1933
as Dave
No Funny Business
1933
as Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
1933
as inspector Toucan
The Good Companions
1933
as Monte Mortimer
Rome Express
1932
as Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady
1932
as Brooks
The Old Man
1931
as Rennett