James Finlayson

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Acting

James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.

Filmography

• Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
• The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
• Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
• The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
• The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
• The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
• The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
• Here We Go Again (1952)
• The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
• Royal Wedding (1951)
• Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
• The Perils of Pauline (1947)
• Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
• She-Wolf of London (1946)
• Yanks Ahoy (1943)
• Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
• Wedding Yells (1942)
• To Be or Not to Be (1942)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Saps at Sea (1940)
• A Chump at Oxford (1940)
• The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
• Raffles (1939)
• The Flying Deuces (1939)
• Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
• Dog-Gone (1939)
• Block-Heads (1938)
• Angel (1937)
• All Over Town (1937)
• The Toast of New York (1937)
• Pick a Star (1937)
• Way Out West (1937)
• Our Relations (1936)
• The Bohemian Girl (1936)
• MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
• Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
• Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
• Bonnie Scotland (1935)
• Thicker Than Water (1935)
• Father and Son (1935)
• Dick Turpin (1933)
• So This Is Harris! (1933)
• The Gay Nighties (1933)
• Mush and Milk (1933)
• The Druggist's Dilemma (1933)
• The Devil's Brother (1933)
• His Silent Racket (1933)
• Me and My Pal (1933)
• Nature in the Wrong (1933)
• Jitters the Butler (1932)
• Boy Oh Boy! (1932)
• The Millionaire Cat (1932)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• The Iceman's Ball (1932)
• Thunder Below (1932)
• The Chimp (1932)
• Hasty Marriage (1931)
• Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
• One Good Turn (1931)
• False Roomers (1931)
• Beach Pajamas (1931)
• Pardon Us (1931)
• Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
• One of the Smiths (1931)
• Our Wife (1931)
• Playing at Politics (1931)
• Second Hand Kisses (1931)
• Chickens Come Home (1931)
• Don't Leave Home (1930)
• Another Fine Mess (1930)
• The prince of the dollar (1930)
• Gold Diggers (1930)
• Dollar Dizzy (1930)
• For the Defense (1930)
• The Dawn Patrol (1930)
• Young Eagles (1930)
• Thieves (1930)
• Night Owls (1930)
• Wall Street (1929)
• The Hoose-Gow (1929)
• Hard to Get (1929)
• Men O' War (1929)
• Two Weeks Off (1929)
• Big Business (1929)
• Liberty (1929)
• Fast Freight (1929)
• Show Girl (1928)
• Lady Be Good (1928)
• Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
• Bachelor’s Paradise (1928)
• Galloping Ghosts (1928)
• Flying Elephants (1928)
• Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
• Fighting Fathers (1927)
• Do Detectives Think? (1927)
• Hats Off (1927)
• Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
• The Second 100 Years (1927)
• Sugar Daddies (1927)
• With Love and Hisses (1927)
• Don't Tell Everything (1927)
• Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
• No Man's Law (1927)
• Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
• One Hour Married (1927)
• Seeing the World (1927)
• Anything Once! (1927)
• The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
• Raggedy Rose (1926)
• Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
• Merry Widower (1926)
• Thundering Fleas (1926)
• Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926)
• Wife Tamers (1926)
• Dizzy Daddies (1926)
• Madame Mystery (1926)
• What's the World Coming To? (1926)
• A Punch in the Nose (1926)
• Flaming Flappers (1925)
• The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
• Moonlight and Noses (1925)
• Unfriendly Enemies (1925)
• Mary, Queen of Tots (1925)
• Madame Sans Jane (1925)
• Innocent Husbands (1925)
• Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
• Chasing the Chaser (1925)
• Thundering Landlords (1925)
• In the Grease (1925)
• Tell It to a Policeman (1925)
• Sure-Mike! (1925)
• Welcome Home (1925)
• The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
• Hard Boiled (1925)
• Change the Needle (1925)
• Short Kilts (1924)
• Why Husbands Go Mad (1924)
• Wide Open Spaces (1924)
• Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
• Near Dublin (1924)
• Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
• Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
• Postage Due (1924)
• Smithy (1924)
• Mother's Joy (1923)
• Fully Insured (1923)
• Scorching Sands (1923)
• The Soilers (1923)
• The Whole Truth (1923)
• Frozen Hearts (1923)
• Jus' Passin' Through (1923)
• Roughest Africa (1923)
• A Man About Town (1923)
• Pitfalls of a Big City (1923)
• Hollywood (1923)
• The Mystery Man (1923)
• Oranges and Lemons (1923)
• Jack Frost (1923)
• Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923)
• Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)
• Pick and Shovel (1923)
• Sold at Auction! (1923)
• White Wings (1923)
• California or Bust (1923)
• The Noon Whistle (1923)
• Before the Public (1923)
• A Tough Winter (1923)
• Newly Rich (1922)
• The Crossroads of New York (1922)
• Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921)
• She Sighed by the Seaside (1921)
• A Small Town Idol (1921)
• Love, Honor and Behave (1920)
• Don't Weaken! (1920)
• Married Life (1920)
• Down on the Farm (1920)
• Up in Alf's Place (1919)
• Trying to Get Along (1919)
• Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
• In Dutch (1918)
• The World of Laurel and Hardy