Finlay Currie
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK — Jan 19 1878• Died May 09 1968
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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…
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The Saint
Don Pasquale
Gideon's Way
General Sir Hector McGregor
Danger Man
'Jock'
Ben-Hur
Balthasar
The Prisoner
General
Man of the World
Donald
The Count of Monte Cristo
United!
Cleopatra
Titus (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Whist Partner
Quo Vadis
Peter
Solomon and Sheba
David
General Electric Theater
MacMorriss
Ivanhoe
Cedric
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Senator
Armchair Theatre
Professor Syme
Treasure Island
Capt. Billy Bones
49th Parallel
The Factor
I Know Where I'm Going!
Ruairidh Mhór
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
Zarak
The Mullah
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
People Will Talk
Shunderson
West 11
Gash
The Inspector
De Kool
Whisky Galore!
Narrator
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo
Heat Wave
Captain
The Day Will Dawn
Capt. Alstad
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Emcee
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
Billy Liar
Duxbury
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
The History of Mr. Polly
Uncle Jim
Trio
Mr. McLeod
Go to Blazes
Judge
The Brothers
Hector Macrae
The Mudlark
John Brown
Warn That Man
Captain Andrew Fletcher
Undercover
Priest (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
MacDougal
Les Misérables
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
Don Chicago
Bugs Mulligan
The Shipbuilders
McWain
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
Kangaroo
Michael McGuire
Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Doll Maker
Tempest
Count Grinov
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
Rome Express
Sam, Publicist
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Hamish MacPherson
The Cracksman
Feathers
School for Secrets
Sir Duncan Wills
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
Seven Waves Away
Mr. Wheaton
The Black Rose
Alfgar
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
Footsteps in the Fog
Inspector Peters
Captain Lightfoot
Callahan
Theatre Royal
Clement J. Earle
Spring Song
Cobb
My Daughter Joy
Sir Thomas McTavish
6.5 Special
Himself
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
Third Party Risk
Mr. Darius
Thunder Rock
Capt. Joshua Stuart
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
It's a Boy
Publisher
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
Campbell's Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
The Improper Duchess
Milton Lee
The Amorous Prawn
Lochaye
They Met in the Dark
Merchant Captain
Catch as Catch Can
Al Parson
King's Rhapsody
King Paul
The Good Companions
Monte Mortimer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
Crook's Tour
Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
The Bells Go Down
District Officer McFarlane
Me and Marlborough
Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Princess Charming
Baron Seegman
Orders Is Orders
Dave
Gay Love
Highams
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
The Edge of the World
James Gray
Little Friend
Grove
Brigadoon
Mr. Lundie
Command Performance
Al, Arthur's Manager
Mister Cinders
Henry Kemp
Who Was Maddox?
Alex Campbell
The Frightened Lady
Brooks
My Old Dutch
Mo
The Naked Earth
Father Verity
Stars and Stripes Forever
Col. Randolph
Make Me an Offer!
Abe Sparta
Vendetta for The Saint
Don Pasquale
No Funny Business
Mr Potterton
The Big Splash
Hartley Bassett
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Rubin
The End of the Road
Old 'Mick-Mack'
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
The Trojan Brothers
W.H. Maxwell
Wanted!
Uncle Mart
Paradise for Two
Creditor
In the Zone
Woman to Woman
Theatre Manager
Walk East on Beacon
Professor Albert Kafer
The Monkey's Paw
Sergeant-Major Morris
Glamorous Night
Angus MacKintosh
The Old Man
Rennett
The Gay Adventure
Porter
Excess Baggage
inspector Toucan