Finlay Currie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-01-19

Day of death

1968-05-09 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Finlay Currie

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.

Known For

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • United!

    United!

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Zarak Khan

    Zarak Khan

  • The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

  • Sleeping Car to Trieste

    Sleeping Car to Trieste

  • Man of the World

    Man of the World

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

  • The Three Lives of Thomasina

    The Three Lives of Thomasina

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Amorous Prawn

    The Amorous Prawn

  • Dangerous Exile

    Dangerous Exile

  • The Little Hut

    The Little Hut

  • School for Secrets

    School for Secrets

  • Abandon Ship

    Abandon Ship

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

  • West 11

    West 11

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

  • Billy Liar

    Billy Liar

  • Captain Lightfoot

    Captain Lightfoot

  • The Black Rose

    The Black Rose

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • The Edge of the World

    The Edge of the World

  • Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour

  • So Evil My Love

    So Evil My Love

  • The History of Mr. Polly

    The History of Mr. Polly

  • The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

  • It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • Corridors of Blood

    Corridors of Blood

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

  • Walk East on Beacon

    Walk East on Beacon

  • The Inspector

    The Inspector

  • People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

  • Vendetta for The Saint

    Vendetta for The Saint

  • Command Performance

    Command Performance

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Trio

    Trio

  • Rome Express

    Rome Express

  • Joseph and His Brethren

    Joseph and His Brethren

  • Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba

  • Mister Cinders

    Mister Cinders

  • Hand in Hand

    Hand in Hand

  • Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

  • The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

  • Catch as Catch Can

    Catch as Catch Can

  • My Daughter Joy

    My Daughter Joy

  • The End of the Road

    The End of the Road

  • Warn That Man

    Warn That Man

  • Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

    Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

    The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

  • My Old Dutch

    My Old Dutch

  • Don Chicago

    Don Chicago

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop

  • Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Bonnie Prince Charlie

  • The Cracksman

    The Cracksman

  • Third Party Risk

    Third Party Risk

  • Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

  • Five Golden Hours

    Five Golden Hours

  • The Shipbuilders

    The Shipbuilders

  • Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

  • The Gay Adventure

    The Gay Adventure

  • Treasure of the Golden Condor

    Treasure of the Golden Condor

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

  • Theatre Royal

    Theatre Royal

  • I Know Where I'm Going!

    I Know Where I'm Going!

  • Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

  • Wanted!

    Wanted!

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

  • Me and Marlborough

    Me and Marlborough

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother Jonathan

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • Princess Charming

    Princess Charming

  • The Improper Duchess

    The Improper Duchess

  • The Claydon Treasure Mystery

    The Claydon Treasure Mystery

  • No Funny Business

    No Funny Business

  • Who Was Maddox?

    Who Was Maddox?

  • Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog

  • Orders Is Orders

    Orders Is Orders

  • They Met in the Dark

    They Met in the Dark

  • Undercover

    Undercover

  • The Frightened Lady

    The Frightened Lady

  • The Naked Earth

    The Naked Earth

  • Glamorous Night

    Glamorous Night

  • Gay Love

    Gay Love

  • 6.5 Special

    6.5 Special

  • 49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

  • Little Friend

    Little Friend

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

    Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

  • The Big Splash

    The Big Splash

  • In the Zone

    In the Zone

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • Make Me an Offer!

    Make Me an Offer!

  • Paradise for Two

    Paradise for Two

  • Thunder Rock

    Thunder Rock

  • Stars and Stripes Forever

    Stars and Stripes Forever

  • Rockets Galore

    Rockets Galore

  • King's Rhapsody

    King's Rhapsody

  • The Old Man

    The Old Man

  • Clue of the Silver Key

    Clue of the Silver Key

  • Brigadoon

    Brigadoon

  • Spring Song

    Spring Song

  • The Trojan Brothers

    The Trojan Brothers