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Finlay Currie
Born · January 19, 1878
Died · May 9, 1968 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Bio
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.
Vendetta for the Saint
Don Pasquale
6.7
1969
Les Misérables
(8 episodes)
4.0
1967
The Prisoner
General · (1 episode)
7.8
1967
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo
7.3
1966
Brigadoon
Mr. Lundie
7.0
1966
United!
(149 episodes)
0.0
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Doll Maker
7.2
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Emcee
4.8
1965
Gideon's Way
General Sir Hector McGregor · (1 episode)
6.8
1965
Who Was Maddox?
8.5
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Senator
6.5
1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
6.8
1963
West 11
Gash
6.9
1963
Billy Liar
Duxbury
6.9
1963
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
7.0
1963
Cleopatra
Titus
7.0
1963
The Cracksman
Feathers
6.3
1963
The Amorous Prawn
Lochaye
6.3
1962
The Saint
Don Pasquale · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
The Inspector
De Kool
6.7
1962
Go to Blazes
Judge
6.3
1962
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
5.8
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
7.0
1961
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
7.6
1961
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
7.2
1961
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
6.0
1961
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
5.8
1960
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
5.3
1960
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
6.4
1960
Solomon and Sheba
David
6.4
1959
Ben-Hur
Balthasar
7.9
1959
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
6.1
1958
Tempest
Count Grinov
6.0
1958
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
6.0
1958
6.5 Special
Himself
0.0
1958
The Naked Earth
Father Verity
0.0
1958
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
6.2
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
5.6
1957
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
6.5
1957
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
6.5
1957
Abandon Ship
Mr. Wheaton
7.4
1957
Zarak
The Mullah
4.7
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Whist Partner
6.6
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1 episode)
4.4
1956
Footsteps in the Fog
Inspector Peters
7.0
1955
King's Rhapsody
King Paul
3.0
1955
Captain Lightfoot
Callahan
6.3
1955
Make Me an Offer!
Abe Sparta
6.7
1954
Third Party Risk
Mr. Darius
4.6
1954
The End of the Road
Old 'Mick-Mack'
6.0
1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Hamish MacPherson
5.1
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
MacDougal
6.2
1953
General Electric Theater
MacMorriss · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Stars and Stripes Forever
Col. Randolph
6.9
1952
Ivanhoe
Cedric
6.8
1952
Walk East on Beacon
Professor Albert Kafer
5.1
1952
Kangaroo
Michael McGuire
5.2
1952
Quo Vadis
Peter
7.1
1951
People Will Talk
Shunderson
7.1
1951
Trio
Mr. McLeod
6.3
1950
The Mudlark
John Brown
6.5
1950
The Black Rose
Alfgar
6.5
1950
My Daughter Joy
Sir Thomas McTavish
0.0
1950
Treasure Island
Capt. Billy Bones
6.6
1950
The History of Mr. Polly
Uncle Jim
7.4
1949
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
4.7
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
6.7
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
7.7
1948
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
6.3
1948
The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris
0.0
1948
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
6.6
1948
The Brothers
Hector Macrae
5.2
1947
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
7.3
1946
School for Secrets
Sir Duncan Wills
7.0
1946
Spring Song
Cobb
6.0
1946
The Trojan Brothers
W.H. Maxwell
5.0
1946
In the Zone
0.0
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ruairidh Mhór
7.1
1945
Don Chicago
Bugs Mulligan
4.0
1945
The Shipbuilders
McWain
6.0
1943
They Met in the Dark
Merchant Captain
6.3
1943
Undercover
Priest (uncredited)
5.8
1943
Theatre Royal
Clement J. Earle
3.5
1943
Warn That Man
Captain Andrew Fletcher
5.3
1943
The Bells Go Down
District Officer McFarlane
6.8
1943
Thunder Rock
Capt. Joshua Stuart
6.1
1942
The Day Will Dawn
Capt. Alstad
5.6
1942
49th Parallel
The Factor
7.0
1941
Crook's Tour
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
5.7
1940
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Rubin
0.0
1938
Paradise for Two
Creditor
5.0
1937
The Edge of the World
James Gray
7.2
1937
Wanted!
Uncle Mart
0.0
1937
Command Performance
Al, Arthur's Manager
6.5
1937
Catch as Catch Can
Al Parson
0.0
1937
Glamorous Night
Angus MacKintosh
6.0
1937
The Improper Duchess
Milton Lee
0.0
1936
Me and Marlborough
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
4.5
1935
Heat Wave
Captain
0.0
1935
The Big Splash
Hartley Bassett
0.0
1935
Little Friend
Grove
3.5
1934
My Old Dutch
Mo
0.0
1934
Gay Love
Highams
0.0
1934
It's a Boy
Publisher
0.0
1934
Princess Charming
Baron Seegman
7.0
1934
Mister Cinders
Henry Kemp
0.0
1934
Orders Is Orders
Dave
0.0
1933
No Funny Business
Mr Potterton
0.0
1933
Excess Baggage
inspector Toucan
0.0
1933
The Good Companions
Monte Mortimer
5.8
1933
Rome Express
Sam, Publicist
6.2
1932
The Frightened Lady
Brooks
0.0
1932
The Old Man
Rennett
0.0
1931