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

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • Don Chicago

    Don Chicago

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba

  • Trio

    Trio

  • West 11

    West 11

  • Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

  • Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

  • Dangerous Exile

    Dangerous Exile

  • The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

  • Abandon Ship

    Abandon Ship

  • United!

    United!

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • Rome Express

    Rome Express

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

  • Hand in Hand

    Hand in Hand

  • Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

  • Glamorous Night

    Glamorous Night

  • Billy Liar

    Billy Liar

  • Captain Lightfoot

    Captain Lightfoot

  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

  • Wanted!

    Wanted!

  • Command Performance

    Command Performance

  • Third Party Risk

    Third Party Risk

  • Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop

  • Man of the World

    Man of the World

  • I Know Where I'm Going!

    I Know Where I'm Going!

  • Gay Love

    Gay Love

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

  • Corridors of Blood

    Corridors of Blood

  • The Inspector

    The Inspector

  • Undercover

    Undercover

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • The Little Hut

    The Little Hut

  • Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

    Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

  • Joseph and His Brethren

    Joseph and His Brethren

  • The Three Lives of Thomasina

    The Three Lives of Thomasina

  • The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog

  • The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

  • So Evil My Love

    So Evil My Love

  • The Black Rose

    The Black Rose

  • School for Secrets

    School for Secrets

  • Princess Charming

    Princess Charming

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • It's a Boy

    It's a Boy

  • Sleeping Car to Trieste

    Sleeping Car to Trieste

  • My Daughter Joy

    My Daughter Joy

  • Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour

  • Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

  • The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

    The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

  • The History of Mr. Polly

    The History of Mr. Polly

  • Vendetta for The Saint

    Vendetta for The Saint

  • Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

  • Woman to Woman

    Woman to Woman

  • Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • The Naked Earth

    The Naked Earth

  • The Edge of the World

    The Edge of the World

  • People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

  • Bonnie Prince Charlie

    Bonnie Prince Charlie

  • The End of the Road

    The End of the Road

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • Who Was Maddox?

    Who Was Maddox?

  • Five Golden Hours

    Five Golden Hours

  • Treasure of the Golden Condor

    Treasure of the Golden Condor

  • Orders Is Orders

    Orders Is Orders

  • No Funny Business

    No Funny Business

  • The Good Companions

    The Good Companions

  • Warn That Man

    Warn That Man

  • The Amorous Prawn

    The Amorous Prawn

  • Walk East on Beacon

    Walk East on Beacon

  • The Gay Adventure

    The Gay Adventure

  • They Met in the Dark

    They Met in the Dark

  • Little Friend

    Little Friend

  • Tempest

    Tempest

  • The Improper Duchess

    The Improper Duchess

  • The Claydon Treasure Mystery

    The Claydon Treasure Mystery

  • Me and Marlborough

    Me and Marlborough

  • My Old Dutch

    My Old Dutch

  • My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother Jonathan

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • 49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

  • Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

    Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

  • The Frightened Lady

    The Frightened Lady

  • 6.5 Special

    6.5 Special

  • Stars and Stripes Forever

    Stars and Stripes Forever

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • The Cracksman

    The Cracksman

  • The Big Splash

    The Big Splash

  • Zarak Khan

    Zarak Khan

  • The Old Man

    The Old Man

  • The Shipbuilders

    The Shipbuilders

  • Paradise for Two

    Paradise for Two

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Thunder Rock

    Thunder Rock

  • Brigadoon

    Brigadoon

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • King's Rhapsody

    King's Rhapsody

  • Theatre Royal

    Theatre Royal

  • Catch as Catch Can

    Catch as Catch Can

  • Rockets Galore

    Rockets Galore

  • Make Me an Offer!

    Make Me an Offer!

  • Spring Song

    Spring Song

  • In the Zone

    In the Zone

  • The Trojan Brothers

    The Trojan Brothers

  • Mister Cinders

    Mister Cinders

  • Clue of the Silver Key

    Clue of the Silver Key