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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Movies (109)
Vendetta for The Saint
1969 · Don Pasquale
Alice in Wonderland
1966 · Dodo
Brigadoon
1966 · Mr. Lundie
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Doll Maker
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965 · Emcee
Who Was Maddox?
1964 · Alex Campbell
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Senator
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 · Grandpa Stirling
West 11
1963 · Gash
Billy Liar
1963 · Duxbury
Cleopatra
1963 · Titus (uncredited)
Murder at the Gallop
1963 · Old Enderby
The Cracksman
1963 · Feathers
The Amorous Prawn
1962 · Lochaye
The Inspector
1962 · De Kool
Go to Blazes
1962 · Judge
Joseph and His Brethren
1961 · Jacob
Clue of the Silver Key
1961 · Harvey Lane
Francis of Assisi
1961 · The Pope
Hand in Hand
1961 · Mr. Pritchard
Five Golden Hours
1961 · Father Superior
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · Captain Sellers
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Bishop
Kidnapped
1960 · Cluny MacPherson
Ben-Hur
1959 · Balthasar
Solomon and Sheba
1959 · David
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Supt. Charles Matheson
Tempest
1958 · Count Grinov
Rockets Galore
1958 · Narrator (uncredited)
6.5 Special
1958 · Himself
The Naked Earth
1958 · Father Verity
Dangerous Exile
1957 · Mr. Patient
Campbell's Kingdom
1957 · Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Saint Joan
1957 · Archbishop of Rheims
The Little Hut
1957 · The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Seven Waves Away
1957 · Mr. Wheaton
Zarak
1956 · The Mullah
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Whist Partner
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Inspector Peters
King's Rhapsody
1955 · King Paul
Captain Lightfoot
1955 · Callahan
Make Me an Offer!
1954 · Abe Sparta
Third Party Risk
1954 · Mr. Darius
The End of the Road
1954 · Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 · Hamish MacPherson
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953 · MacDougal
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Col. Randolph
Ivanhoe
1952 · Cedric
Walk East on Beacon
1952 · Professor Albert Kafer
Kangaroo
1952 · Michael McGuire
Quo Vadis
1951 · Peter
People Will Talk
1951 · Shunderson
Trio
1950 · Mr. McLeod
The Mudlark
1950 · John Brown
The Black Rose
1950 · Alfgar
My Daughter Joy
1950 · Sir Thomas McTavish
Treasure Island
1950 · Capt. Billy Bones
Whisky Galore!
1949 · Narrator
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · Uncle Jim
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 · The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Alastair McBain
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948 · Sir Joshua Varley
So Evil My Love
1948 · Dr. Krylie
The Monkey's Paw
1948 · Sergeant-Major Morris
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Dr. Hammond
The Brothers
1947 · Hector Macrae
Woman to Woman
1947 · Theatre Manager
Great Expectations
1946 · Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets
1946 · Sir Duncan Wills
Spring Song
1946 · Cobb
The Trojan Brothers
1946 · W.H. Maxwell
In the Zone
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
1945 · Bugs Mulligan
The Shipbuilders
1943 · McWain
They Met in the Dark
1943 · Merchant Captain
Undercover
1943 · Priest (uncredited)
Theatre Royal
1943 · Clement J. Earle
Warn That Man
1943 · Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Bells Go Down
1943 · District Officer McFarlane
Thunder Rock
1942 · Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Capt. Alstad
49th Parallel
1941 · The Factor
Crook's Tour
1940 · Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938 · Rubin
Paradise for Two
1937 · Creditor
The Edge of the World
1937 · James Gray
Wanted!
1937 · Uncle Mart
Command Performance
1937 · Al, Arthur's Manager
Catch as Catch Can
1937 · Al Parson
Glamorous Night
1937 · Angus MacKintosh
The Gay Adventure
1936 · Porter
The Improper Duchess
1936 · Milton Lee
Me and Marlborough
1935 · Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Heat Wave
1935 · Captain
Mister Cinders
1935 · Henry Kemp
The Big Splash
1935 · Hartley Bassett
Little Friend
1934 · Grove
My Old Dutch
1934 · Mo
Gay Love
1934 · Highams
It's a Boy
1934 · Publisher
Princess Charming
1934 · Baron Seegman
Orders Is Orders
1933 · Dave
No Funny Business
1933 · Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
1933 · inspector Toucan
The Good Companions
1933 · Monte Mortimer
Rome Express
1932 · Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady
1932 · Brooks
The Old Man
1931 · Rennett
TV shows (10)
Les Misérables
1967
The Prisoner
1967 · General
Knock on Any Door
1965 · Old Man
Gideon's Way
1965 · General Sir Hector McGregor
The Saint
1962 · Don Pasquale
Man of the World
1962 · Donald
Danger Man
1960 · 'Jock'
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Professor Syme
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
General Electric Theater
1953 · MacMorriss