Acting · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Born January 19, 1878
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.
MovieVendetta for The Saint
1969
as Don Pasquale
TVLes Misérables
1967
TVThe Prisoner
1967
as General
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1966
as Dodo
MovieBrigadoon
1966
as Mr. Lundie
MovieBunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as Doll Maker
MovieThe Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Emcee
TVGideon's Way
1965
as General Sir Hector McGregor
MovieWho Was Maddox?
1964
as Alex Campbell
MovieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Senator
MovieThe Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Grandpa Stirling
MovieWest 11
1963
as Gash
MovieBilly Liar
1963
as Duxbury
MovieCleopatra
1963
as Titus (uncredited)
MovieMurder at the Gallop
1963
as Old Enderby
MovieThe Cracksman
1963
as Feathers
MovieThe Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lochaye
TVThe Saint
1962
as Don Pasquale
TVMan of the World
1962
as Donald
MovieThe Inspector
1962
as De Kool
MovieGo to Blazes
1962
as Judge
MovieJoseph and His Brethren
1961
as Jacob
MovieClue of the Silver Key
1961
as Harvey Lane
MovieFrancis of Assisi
1961
as The Pope
MovieHand in Hand
1961
as Mr. Pritchard
MovieFive Golden Hours
1961
as Father Superior
TVDanger Man
1960
as 'Jock'
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Captain Sellers
MovieThe Angel Wore Red
1960
as Bishop
MovieKidnapped
1960
as Cluny MacPherson
MovieBen-Hur
1959
as Balthasar
MovieSolomon and Sheba
1959
as David
MovieCorridors of Blood
1958
as Supt. Charles Matheson
MovieTempest
1958
as Count Grinov
MovieRockets Galore
1958
as Narrator (uncredited)
Movie6.5 Special
1958
as Himself
MovieThe Naked Earth
1958
as Father Verity
MovieDangerous Exile
1957
as Mr. Patient
MovieCampbell's Kingdom
1957
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
MovieSaint Joan
1957
as Archbishop of Rheims
MovieThe Little Hut
1957
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
MovieSeven Waves Away
1957
as Mr. Wheaton
MovieZarak
1956
as The Mullah
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
as Whist Partner
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Professor Syme
TVThe Count of Monte Cristo
1956
MovieFootsteps in the Fog
1955
as Inspector Peters
MovieKing's Rhapsody
1955
as King Paul
MovieCaptain Lightfoot
1955
as Callahan
MovieMake Me an Offer!
1954
as Abe Sparta
MovieThird Party Risk
1954
as Mr. Darius
MovieThe End of the Road
1954
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
MovieRob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Hamish MacPherson
MovieTreasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as MacDougal
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as MacMorriss
MovieStars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Col. Randolph
MovieIvanhoe
1952
as Cedric
MovieWalk East on Beacon
1952
as Professor Albert Kafer
MovieKangaroo
1952
as Michael McGuire
MovieQuo Vadis
1951
as Peter
MoviePeople Will Talk
1951
as Shunderson
MovieTrio
1950
as Mr. McLeod
MovieThe Mudlark
1950
as John Brown
MovieThe Black Rose
1950
as Alfgar
MovieMy Daughter Joy
1950
as Sir Thomas McTavish
MovieTreasure Island
1950
as Capt. Billy Bones
MovieWhisky Galore!
1949
as Narrator
MovieThe History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Uncle Jim
MovieBonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
MovieSleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Alastair McBain
MovieMr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Sir Joshua Varley
MovieSo Evil My Love
1948
as Dr. Krylie
MovieThe Monkey's Paw
1948
as Sergeant-Major Morris
MovieMy Brother Jonathan
1948
as Dr. Hammond
MovieThe Brothers
1947
as Hector Macrae
MovieWoman to Woman
1947
as Theatre Manager
MovieGreat Expectations
1946
as Abel Magwitch
MovieSchool for Secrets
1946
as Sir Duncan Wills
MovieSpring Song
1946
as Cobb
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as W.H. Maxwell
In the Zone
1946
MovieI Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago
1945
as Bugs Mulligan
MovieThe Shipbuilders
1943
as McWain
MovieThey Met in the Dark
1943
as Merchant Captain
MovieUndercover
1943
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieTheatre Royal
1943
as Clement J. Earle
MovieWarn That Man
1943
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
MovieThe Bells Go Down
1943
as District Officer McFarlane
MovieThunder Rock
1942
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
MovieThe Day Will Dawn
1942
as Capt. Alstad
Movie49th Parallel
1941
as The Factor
MovieCrook's Tour
1940
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
as Rubin
MovieParadise for Two
1937
as Creditor
MovieThe Edge of the World
1937
as James Gray
MovieWanted!
1937
as Uncle Mart
MovieCommand Performance
1937
as Al, Arthur's Manager
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as Al Parson
MovieGlamorous Night
1937
as Angus MacKintosh
The Gay Adventure
1936
as Porter
MovieThe Improper Duchess
1936
as Milton Lee
MovieMe and Marlborough
1935
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
MovieHeat Wave
1935
as Captain
MovieMister Cinders
1935
as Henry Kemp
The Big Splash
1935
as Hartley Bassett
MovieLittle Friend
1934
as Grove
MovieMy Old Dutch
1934
as Mo
MovieGay Love
1934
as Highams
It's a Boy
1934
as Publisher
MoviePrincess Charming
1934
as Baron Seegman
MovieOrders Is Orders
1933
as Dave
MovieNo Funny Business
1933
as Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage
1933
as inspector Toucan
MovieThe Good Companions
1933
as Monte Mortimer
MovieRome Express
1932
as Sam, Publicist
MovieThe Frightened Lady
1932
as Brooks
MovieThe Old Man
1931
as Rennett
