Finlay Currie
Born
January 19, 1878
Died
May 9, 1968 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
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Vendetta for The Saint
Don Pasquale
1969
Les Misérables
(8 episodes)
1967
The Prisoner
General · (1 episode)
1967
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo
1966
Brigadoon
Mr. Lundie
1966
United!
(149 episodes)
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Doll Maker
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Emcee
1965
Gideon's Way
General Sir Hector McGregor · (1 episode)
1965
Who Was Maddox?
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Senator
1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
1963
West 11
Gash
1963
Billy Liar
Duxbury
1963
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
1963
Cleopatra
Titus
1963
The Cracksman
Feathers
1963
The Amorous Prawn
Lochaye
1962
The Saint
Don Pasquale · (1 episode)
1962
The Inspector
De Kool
1962
Go to Blazes
Judge
1962
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
1961
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
1961
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
1961
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
1961
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
1960
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
1960
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
1960
Solomon and Sheba
David
1959
Ben-Hur
Balthasar
1959
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
1958
Tempest
Count Grinov
1958
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
1958
6.5 Special
Himself
1958
The Naked Earth
Father Verity
1958
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
1957
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
1957
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
1957
Abandon Ship
Mr. Wheaton
1957
Zarak
The Mullah
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Whist Partner
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1 episode)
1956
Footsteps in the Fog
Inspector Peters
1955
King's Rhapsody
King Paul
1955
Captain Lightfoot
Callahan
1955
Make Me an Offer!
Abe Sparta
1954
Third Party Risk
Mr. Darius
1954
The End of the Road
Old 'Mick-Mack'
1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Hamish MacPherson
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
MacDougal
1953
General Electric Theater
MacMorriss · (1 episode)
1953
Stars and Stripes Forever
Col. Randolph
1952
Ivanhoe
Cedric
1952
Walk East on Beacon
Professor Albert Kafer
1952
Kangaroo
Michael McGuire
1952
Quo Vadis
Peter
1951
People Will Talk
Shunderson
1951
Trio
Mr. McLeod
1950
The Mudlark
John Brown
1950
The Black Rose
Alfgar
1950
My Daughter Joy
Sir Thomas McTavish
1950
Treasure Island
Capt. Billy Bones
1950
Whisky Galore!
Narrator
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
Uncle Jim
1949
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
1948
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
1948
The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris
1948
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
1948
The Brothers
Hector Macrae
1947
Woman to Woman
Theatre Manager
1947
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
1946
School for Secrets
Sir Duncan Wills
1946
Spring Song
Cobb
1946
The Trojan Brothers
W.H. Maxwell
1946
In the Zone
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ruairidh Mhór
1945
Don Chicago
Bugs Mulligan
1945
The Shipbuilders
McWain
1943
They Met in the Dark
Merchant Captain
1943
Undercover
Priest (uncredited)
1943
Theatre Royal
Clement J. Earle
1943
Warn That Man
Captain Andrew Fletcher
1943
The Bells Go Down
District Officer McFarlane
1943
Thunder Rock
Capt. Joshua Stuart
1942
The Day Will Dawn
Capt. Alstad
1942
49th Parallel
The Factor
1941
Crook's Tour
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
1940
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Rubin
1938
Paradise for Two
Creditor
1937
The Edge of the World
James Gray
1937
Wanted!
Uncle Mart
1937
Command Performance
Al, Arthur's Manager
1937
Catch as Catch Can
Al Parson
1937
Glamorous Night
Angus MacKintosh
1937
The Gay Adventure
Porter
1936
The Improper Duchess
Milton Lee
1936
Me and Marlborough
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
1935
Heat Wave
Captain
1935
Mister Cinders
Henry Kemp
1935
The Big Splash
Hartley Bassett
1935
Little Friend
Grove
1934
My Old Dutch
Mo
1934
Gay Love
Highams
1934
It's a Boy
Publisher
1934
Princess Charming
Baron Seegman
1934
Orders Is Orders
Dave
1933
No Funny Business
Mr Potterton
1933
Excess Baggage
inspector Toucan
1933
The Good Companions
Monte Mortimer
1933
Rome Express
Sam, Publicist
1932
The Frightened Lady
Brooks
1932
The Old Man
Rennett
1931