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Finlay Currie
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Finlay Currie
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1878-01-19,Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.889

Ben-Hur
1959-11-18

Murder at the Gallop

7.1

Murder at the Gallop
1963-05-09

Bunny Lake Is Missing

7.2

Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965-10-03

Around the World in 80 Days

6.655

Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17

Corridors of Blood

6.2

Corridors of Blood
1958-12-01

People Will Talk

7.128

People Will Talk
1951-08-29

Treasure Island

6.6

Treasure Island
1950-07-19

7.105

Quo Vadis
1951-11-08

4

My Old Dutch
1934-10-01

6.824

Billy Liar
1963-08-15

6.824

Ivanhoe
1952-07-31

The Improper Duchess

9

The Improper Duchess
1936-01-17

Me and Marlborough

5.6

Me and Marlborough
1935-07-22

Great Expectations

7.3

Great Expectations
1946-12-26

Solomon and Sheba

6.429

Solomon and Sheba
1959-10-27

6.617

Kidnapped
1960-02-24

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

5.814

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960-07-21

Stars and Stripes Forever

7

Stars and Stripes Forever
1952-12-22

The Edge of the World

7.28

The Edge of the World
1937-09-10

Footsteps in the Fog

7

Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14

10

6.5 Special
1958-03-01

5.4

The Brothers
1947-05-07

The Fall of the Roman Empire

6.5

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964-03-24

So Evil My Love

6.4

So Evil My Love
1948-08-02

The History of Mr. Polly

7.6

The History of Mr. Polly
1949-02-08

School for Secrets

7.2

School for Secrets
1946-12-23

I Know Where I'm Going!

7.1

I Know Where I'm Going!
1945-11-16

Walk East on Beacon

5.3

Walk East on Beacon
1952-06-01

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

5.219

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953-10-26

6.286

Thunder Rock
1942-12-04

Francis of Assisi

7.719

Francis of Assisi
1961-07-12

Seven Waves Away

7.54

Seven Waves Away
1957-03-12

Joseph and His Brethren

6.15

Joseph and His Brethren
1961-08-23

6.519

Saint Joan
1957-05-08

Third Party Risk

4.722

Third Party Risk
1954-10-08

6.6

The Mudlark
1950-10-03

Captain Lightfoot

6.425

Captain Lightfoot
1955-03-26

My Daughter Joy

9

My Daughter Joy
1950-08-21

6.4

The Little Hut
1957-05-03

6.063

Rome Express
1932-10-31

The Angel Wore Red

5

The Angel Wore Red
1960-04-14

7.136

The Inspector
1962-05-24

5.667

Kangaroo
1952-05-16

The Bells Go Down

7.2

The Bells Go Down
1943-05-16

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

4.5

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965-05-26

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

7.611

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948-09-27

Treasure of the Golden Condor

6.286

Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953-02-04

6.063

Undercover
1943-07-26

Make Me an Offer!

7.4

Make Me an Offer!
1954-12-08

Bonnie Prince Charlie

5.5

Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948-10-26

7.182

Hand in Hand
1961-02-06

0

In the Zone
1946-01-02

8

Mister Cinders
1935-01-12

Sleeping Car to Trieste

6.85

Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948-10-06

Princess Charming

6.75

Princess Charming
1934-04-24

Clue of the Silver Key

7

Clue of the Silver Key
1961-08-01

Who Was Maddox?

7.7

Who Was Maddox?
1964-06-01

5

Little Friend
1934-11-18

5.625

Warn That Man
1943-07-13

The Good Companions

6.4

The Good Companions
1933-02-28

6.963

49th Parallel
1941-11-24

10

Heat Wave
1935-05-30

My Brother Jonathan

6.833

My Brother Jonathan
1948-02-05

King's Rhapsody

5.333

King's Rhapsody
1955-06-07

No Funny Business

10

No Funny Business
1933-03-30

10

Excess Baggage
1933-03-24

The Monkey's Paw

0

The Monkey's Paw
1948-02-18

6.5

Tempest
1958-12-01

Dangerous Exile

6.333

Dangerous Exile
1957-12-12

Glamorous Night

7.5

Glamorous Night
1937-04-28

The Day Will Dawn

6

The Day Will Dawn
1942-06-08

6.7

The Black Rose
1950-09-01

5.429

Zarak
1956-12-01

8

Gay Love
1934-09-01

9

The Big Splash
1935-01-01

7

Brigadoon
1966-10-15

Paradise for Two

7

Paradise for Two
1937-12-22

Alice in Wonderland

5.9

Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

10

The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938-09-04

5.967

Crook's Tour
1940-09-03

Command Performance

7.667

Command Performance
1937-08-19

7

The Old Man
1931-12-15

The Frightened Lady

9

The Frightened Lady
1932-03-01

6.385

Trio
1950-10-10

6.929

West 11
1963-10-08

The Three Lives of Thomasina

6.806

The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963-12-11

The Naked Earth

10

The Naked Earth
1958-02-05

Campbell's Kingdom

6

Campbell's Kingdom
1957-09-03

Orders Is Orders

0

Orders Is Orders
1933-07-18

6.583

The Cracksman
1963-01-01

The End of the Road

6.5

The End of the Road
1954-01-01

The Shipbuilders

6.5

The Shipbuilders
1943-12-15

The Amorous Prawn

6.5

The Amorous Prawn
1962-11-26

6.35

Go to Blazes
1962-04-18

7.058

Cleopatra
1963-06-12

9

Wanted!
1937-08-23

The Trojan Brothers

6.5

The Trojan Brothers
1946-02-04

They Met in the Dark

6.357

They Met in the Dark
1943-08-11

Catch as Catch Can

9

Catch as Catch Can
1937-07-01

7.333

Spring Song
1946-12-23

6.5

Don Chicago
1945-08-06

4.667

Theatre Royal
1943-07-26

6.429

Rockets Galore
1958-10-19

Five Golden Hours

7.333

Five Golden Hours
1961-02-01

10

It's a Boy
1934-06-07

Vendetta for The Saint

6.9

Vendetta for The Saint
1969-01-05

6.5

Woman to Woman
1947-02-10

The Gay Adventure

9

The Gay Adventure
1936-11-16

6.816

Whisky Galore!
1949-06-16

7.748

The Prisoner
1967-09-29

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Count of Monte Cristo

5.167

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956-02-20

7

United!
1965-10-04

5.5

Les Misérables
1967-10-22

7.366

The Saint
1962-10-04

Man of the World

7.2

Man of the World
1962-09-29

7.4

Danger Man
1960-09-11

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08