From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Series | Les Misérables | Unknown | 1967-10-22 |
Series | The Prisoner | Unknown | 1967-09-29 |
Movie | Brigadoon | Mr. Lundie | 1966-10-15 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Dodo | 1966-12-28 |
Series | Gideon's Way | Unknown | 1965-03-18 |
Movie | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Emcee | 1965-05-26 |
Movie | Bunny Lake Is Missing | The Doll Maker | 1965-10-03 |
Series | United! | 1965-10-04 | |
Movie | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Senator | 1964-03-24 |
Movie | Who Was Maddox? | 1964-06-01 | |
Movie | Cleopatra | Titus | 1963-06-12 |
Movie | The Cracksman | Feathers | 1963-01-01 |
Movie | Murder at the Gallop | Old Enderby | 1963-06-24 |
Movie | Billy Liar | Duxbury | 1963-08-15 |
Movie | The Three Lives of Thomasina | Grandpa Stirling | 1963-12-11 |
Movie | West 11 | Gash | 1963-10-08 |
Movie | Go to Blazes | Judge | 1962-04-18 |
Movie | The Inspector | De Kool | 1962-05-24 |
Movie | The Amorous Prawn | Lochaye | 1962-11-26 |
Movie | Five Golden Hours | Father Superior | 1961-02-01 |
Movie | Hand in Hand | Mr. Pritchard | 1961-02-06 |
Movie | Joseph and His Brethren | Jacob | 1961-08-23 |
Movie | Francis of Assisi | The Pope | 1961-07-12 |
Movie | Clue of the Silver Key | 1961-08-01 | |
Movie | The Angel Wore Red | Bishop | 1960-04-14 |
Movie | Kidnapped | Cluny MacPherson | 1960-02-24 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Captain Sellers | 1960-07-21 |
Movie | Ben-Hur | Balthasar | 1959-11-18 |
Movie | Solomon and Sheba | David | 1959-12-18 |
Movie | Rockets Galore | Narrator (uncredited) | 1958-10-19 |
Movie | 6.5 Special | Himself | 1958-03-01 |
Movie | Tempest | Count Grinov | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | Corridors of Blood | Supt. Charles Matheson | 1958-12-01 |
Movie | The Little Hut | The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett | 1957-05-03 |
Movie | Abandon Ship | Mr. Wheaton | 1957-03-12 |
Movie | Campbell's Kingdom | Old Man | 1957-09-03 |
Movie | Saint Joan | Archbishop of Rheims | 1957-05-08 |
Movie | Dangerous Exile | Mr. Patient | 1957-12-12 |
Series | The Count of Monte Cristo | Unknown | 1956-02-20 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Whist Partner | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | Zarak | The Mullah | 1956-12-01 |
Movie | Captain Lightfoot | Callahan | 1955-03-26 |
Movie | King's Rhapsody | King Paul | 1955-06-07 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | Footsteps in the Fog | Inspector Peters | 1955-09-14 |
Movie | The End of the Road | Old 'Mick-Mack' | 1954-01-01 |
Movie | Third Party Risk | Mr. Darius | 1954-10-08 |
Movie | Make Me an Offer! | Abe Sparta | 1954-12-08 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Treasure of the Golden Condor | MacDougal | 1953-02-04 |
Movie | Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue | Hamish MacPherson | 1953-10-26 |
Movie | Kangaroo | Michael McGuire | 1952-05-16 |
Movie | Walk East on Beacon! | Professor Albert Kafer | 1952-06-01 |
Movie | Stars and Stripes Forever | Col. Randolph | 1952-12-22 |
Movie | Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1952-07-31 |
Movie | People Will Talk | Shunderson | 1951-08-29 |
Movie | Quo Vadis | Peter | 1951-11-08 |
Movie | My Daughter Joy | Sir Thomas McTavish | 1950-08-21 |
Movie | Treasure Island | Capt. Billy Bones | 1950-07-19 |
Movie | The Black Rose | Alfgar | 1950-09-01 |
Movie | Trio | Mr. McLeod | 1950-10-10 |
Movie | The Mudlark | John Brown | 1950-10-03 |
Movie | The History of Mr. Polly | Uncle Jim | 1949-02-08 |
Movie | So Evil My Love | Dr. Krylie | 1948-08-02 |
Movie | My Brother Jonathan | Dr. Hammond | 1948-02-05 |
Movie | Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | Sir Joshua Varley | 1948-09-27 |
Movie | Bonnie Prince Charlie | The Marquis of Tullibardine | 1948-10-26 |
Movie | Sleeping Car to Trieste | Alastair McBain | 1948-10-06 |
Movie | The Brothers | Hector Macrae | 1947-05-07 |
Movie | The Trojan Brothers | W.H. Maxwell | 1946-02-04 |
Movie | In the Zone | 1946-01-02 | |
Movie | Spring Song | Cobb | 1946-12-23 |
Movie | Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | School for Secrets | Sir Duncan Wills | 1946-12-23 |
Movie | I Know Where I'm Going! | Ruairidh Mhór | 1945-11-16 |
Movie | Warn That Man | Captain Andrew Fletcher | 1943-07-13 |
Movie | The Bells Go Down | District Officer McFarlane | 1943-05-16 |
Movie | Undercover | Priest (uncredited) | 1943-07-26 |
Movie | The Shipbuilders | McWain | 1943-12-15 |
Movie | They Met in the Dark | Merchant Captain | 1943-08-11 |
Movie | Theatre Royal | Clement J. Earle | 1943-07-26 |
Movie | The Day Will Dawn | Capt. Alstad | 1942-06-08 |
Movie | Thunder Rock | Capt. Joshua Stuart | 1942-12-04 |
Movie | 49th Parallel | The Factor | 1941-11-24 |
Movie | Crook's Tour | Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited) | 1940-09-03 |
Movie | The Claydon Treasure Mystery | Rubin | 1938-09-04 |
Movie | Glamorous Night | Angus MacKintosh | 1937-04-28 |
Movie | Wanted! | Uncle Mart | 1937-08-23 |
Movie | Command Performance | Al, Arthur's Manager | 1937-01-01 |
Movie | The Edge of the World | James Gray | 1937-09-10 |
Movie | Paradise for Two | Creditor | 1937-12-22 |
Movie | The Big Splash | Hartley Bassett | 1935-01-01 |
Movie | Me and Marlborough | Marriage Celebrant (uncredited) | 1935-07-22 |
Movie | Heat Wave | Captain | 1935-05-30 |
Movie | Mister Cinders | Henry Kemp | 1934-01-01 |
Movie | Princess Charming | Baron Seegman | 1934-04-24 |
Movie | Gay Love | Highams | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | Little Friend | Grove | 1934-11-18 |
Movie | The Good Companions | Monte Mortimer | 1933-02-28 |
Movie | Excess Baggage | inspector Toucan | 1933-03-24 |
Movie | Orders Is Orders | Dave | 1933-07-18 |
Movie | The Frightened Lady | Brooks | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Rome Express | Sam, Publicist | 1932-10-31 |
Movie | The Old Man | Rennett | 1931-12-15 |