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