Finlay Currie

Actor Jan 19 (died age 90) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1931–1969 (38 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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), base…

Known For

Film

Ben-Hur

Balthasar

Film

Cleopatra

Titus (uncredited)

Film

Quo Vadis

Peter

Film

Great Expectations

Abel Magwitch

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Whist Partner

Film

Bunny Lake Is Missing

The Doll Maker

Film

Murder at the Gallop

Old Enderby

Film

I Know Where I'm Going!

Ruairidh Mhór

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (109)

Vendetta for The Saint

as Don Pasquale

Alice in Wonderland

as Dodo

Brigadoon

as Mr. Lundie

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

as The Doll Maker

7.2

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

as Emcee

Who Was Maddox?

as Alex Campbell

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

as Senator

6.5

Cleopatra

1963

as Titus (uncredited)

7.0

The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963

as Grandpa Stirling

6.8

Corridors of Blood

1963

as Supt. Charles Matheson

Murder at the Gallop

as Old Enderby

Billy Liar

as Duxbury

West 11

as Gash

The Cracksman

as Feathers

The Inspector

as De Kool

The Amorous Prawn

as Lochaye

Go to Blazes

as Judge

Five Golden Hours

as Father Superior

Joseph and His Brethren

as Jacob

Francis of Assisi

as The Pope

Hand in Hand

as Mr. Pritchard

Clue of the Silver Key

as Harvey Lane

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

Tempest

as Count Grinov

6.5 Special

as Himself

The Naked Earth

1958

as Father Verity

Rockets Galore

1958

as Narrator (uncredited)

6.0

Campbell's Kingdom

1957

as Hyper-religious Old Barfly

Seven Waves Away

as Mr. Wheaton

Saint Joan

as Archbishop of Rheims

6.5

The Little Hut

1957

as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett

6.5

Dangerous Exile

1957

as Mr. Patient

6.2

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

1953

as Hamish MacPherson

4.9

Treasure of the Golden Condor

as MacDougal

Ivanhoe

as Cedric

Kangaroo

as Michael McGuire

Stars and Stripes Forever

1952

as Col. Randolph

6.9

Walk East on Beacon

1952

as Professor Albert Kafer

Quo Vadis

as Peter

People Will Talk

as Shunderson

Treasure Island

as Capt. Billy Bones

Trio

as Mr. McLeod

The Mudlark

as John Brown

My Daughter Joy

as Sir Thomas McTavish

The Black Rose

as Alfgar

Whisky Galore!

as Narrator

The History of Mr. Polly

1949

as Uncle Jim

7.4

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948

as The Marquis of Tullibardine

4.7

The Monkey's Paw

1948

as Sergeant-Major Morris

My Brother Jonathan

as Dr. Hammond

So Evil My Love

as Dr. Krylie

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

1948

as Sir Joshua Varley

7.7

Sleeping Car to Trieste

1948

as Alastair McBain

6.7

Woman to Woman

1947

as Theatre Manager

The Brothers

as Hector Macrae

School for Secrets

as Sir Duncan Wills

Spring Song

as Cobb

Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch

The Trojan Brothers

as W.H. Maxwell

In the Zone

I Know Where I'm Going!

as Ruairidh Mhór

Don Chicago

as Bugs Mulligan

Undercover

as Priest (uncredited)

5.8

Warn That Man

1943

as Captain Andrew Fletcher

They Met in the Dark

as Merchant Captain

Theatre Royal

as Clement J. Earle

The Shipbuilders

as McWain

The Bells Go Down

as District Officer McFarlane

The Day Will Dawn

as Capt. Alstad

Thunder Rock

as Capt. Joshua Stuart

49th Parallel

as The Factor

Crook's Tour

as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)

5.7

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

1938

as Rubin

The Edge of the World

as James Gray

Paradise for Two

as Creditor

Wanted!

as Uncle Mart

Glamorous Night

1937

as Angus MacKintosh

6.0

Command Performance

1937

as Al, Arthur's Manager

6.5

Catch as Catch Can

1937

as Al Parson

The Improper Duchess

1936

as Milton Lee

The Gay Adventure

1936

as Porter

Me and Marlborough

1935

as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)

5.0

The Big Splash

1935

as Hartley Bassett

Mister Cinders

1935

as Henry Kemp

Heat Wave

1935

as Captain

Little Friend

1934

as Grove

3.5

Gay Love

1934

as Highams

It's a Boy

1934

as Publisher

Princess Charming

as Baron Seegman

My Old Dutch

as Mo

Excess Baggage

as inspector Toucan

No Funny Business

1933

as Mr Potterton

The Good Companions

1933

as Monte Mortimer

5.8

Orders Is Orders

1933

as Dave

The Frightened Lady

1932

as Brooks

Rome Express

1932

as Sam, Publicist

6.0

The Old Man

1931

as Rennett

Television (10)

The Prisoner

as General

Les Misérables

Gideon's Way

as General Sir Hector McGregor

United!

The Saint

as Don Pasquale

Man of the World

as Donald

Danger Man

as 'Jock'

The Count of Monte Cristo

Armchair Theatre

as Professor Syme

General Electric Theater

1953

as MacMorriss

6.4