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
Balthasar
Ben-Hur
Old Enderby
Murder at the Gallop
The Doll Maker
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Whist Partner
Around the World in 80 Days
Supt. Charles Matheson
Corridors of Blood
Shunderson
People Will Talk
Capt. Billy Bones
Treasure Island
Peter
Quo Vadis
Mo
My Old Dutch
Duxbury
Billy Liar
Cedric
Ivanhoe
Milton Lee
The Improper Duchess
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Me and Marlborough
Abel Magwitch
Great Expectations
David
Solomon and Sheba
Cluny MacPherson
Kidnapped
Captain Sellers
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Col. Randolph
Stars and Stripes Forever
James Gray
The Edge of the World
Inspector Peters
Footsteps in the Fog
Himself
6.5 Special
Hector Macrae
The Brothers
Senator
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Dr. Krylie
So Evil My Love
Uncle Jim
The History of Mr. Polly
Sir Duncan Wills
School for Secrets
Ruairidh Mhór
I Know Where I'm Going!
Professor Albert Kafer
Walk East on Beacon
Hamish MacPherson
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Capt. Joshua Stuart
Thunder Rock
The Pope
Francis of Assisi
Mr. Wheaton
Seven Waves Away
Jacob
Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli
Archbishop of Rheims
Saint Joan
Mr. Darius
Third Party Risk
John Brown
The Mudlark
Callahan
Captain Lightfoot
Sir Thomas McTavish
My Daughter Joy
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
The Little Hut
Sam, Publicist
Rome Express
Bishop
The Angel Wore Red
De Kool
The Inspector
Michael McGuire
Kangaroo
District Officer McFarlane
The Bells Go Down
Emcee
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Sir Joshua Varley
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
MacDougal
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Priest (uncredited)
Undercover
Abe Sparta
Make Me an Offer!
The Marquis of Tullibardine
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Mr. Pritchard
Hand in Hand
In the Zone
Henry Kemp
Mister Cinders
Alastair McBain
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Baron Seegman
Princess Charming
Harvey Lane
Clue of the Silver Key
Alex Campbell
Who Was Maddox?
Grove
Little Friend
Captain Andrew Fletcher
Warn That Man
Monte Mortimer
The Good Companions
The Factor
49th Parallel
Captain
Heat Wave
Dr. Hammond
My Brother Jonathan
King Paul
King's Rhapsody
Mr Potterton
No Funny Business
inspector Toucan
Excess Baggage
Sergeant-Major Morris
The Monkey's Paw
Count Grinov
La tempesta
Mr. Patient
Dangerous Exile
Angus MacKintosh
Glamorous Night
Capt. Alstad
The Day Will Dawn
Alfgar
The Black Rose
The Mullah
Zarak
Highams
Gay Love
Hartley Bassett
The Big Splash
Mr. Lundie
Brigadoon
Creditor
Paradise for Two
Dodo
Alice in Wonderland
Rubin
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Crook's Tour
Al, Arthur's Manager
Command Performance
Rennett
The Old Man
Brooks
The Frightened Lady
Mr. McLeod
Trio
Gash
West 11
Grandpa Stirling
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Father Verity
The Naked Earth
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Campbell's Kingdom
Dave
Orders Is Orders
Feathers
The Cracksman
Old 'Mick-Mack'
The End of the Road
McWain
The Shipbuilders
Lochaye
The Amorous Prawn
Judge
Go to Blazes
Titus (uncredited)
Cleopatra
Uncle Mart
Wanted!
W.H. Maxwell
The Trojan Brothers
Merchant Captain
They Met in the Dark
Al Parson
Catch as Catch Can
Cobb
Spring Song
Bugs Mulligan
Don Chicago
Clement J. Earle
Theatre Royal
Narrator (uncredited)
Rockets Galore
Father Superior
Five Golden Hours
Publisher
It's a Boy
Don Pasquale
Vendetta for The Saint
Theatre Manager
Woman to Woman
Porter
The Gay Adventure
Narrator
Whisky Galore!
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthday
1878-01-19
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
William Finlay Currie