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Finlay Currie Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Finlay Currie

Date of Birth:

Jan 20, 1878

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

May 09, 1968

Biography of

Finlay Currie

    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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Filmography of

Finlay Currie

Found 96 Movies in total

Alice in Wonderland

Dodo ( Actor )

... 1966

Brigadoon

Mr. Lundie ( Actor )

... 1966

Bunny Lake Is Missing

The Doll Maker ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

... 1964

... 1964

The Three Lives of Thomasina

Grandpa Stirling ( Actor )

... 1963

West 11

Gash ( Actor )

... 1963

Billy Liar

Duxbury ( Actor )

... 1963

Murder at the Gallop

Old Enderby ( Actor )

... 1963

Cleopatra

Titus ( Actor )

... 1963

The Cracksman

Feathers ( Actor )

... 1963

The Amorous Prawn

Lochaye ( Actor )

... 1962

The Inspector

De Kool ( Actor )

... 1962

Go to Blazes

Judge ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1961

Francis of Assisi

The Pope ( Actor )

... 1961

Hand in Hand

Mr. Pritchard ( Actor )

... 1961

Five Golden Hours

Father Superior ( Actor )

... 1961

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Captain Sellers ( Actor )

... 1960

The Angel Wore Red

Bishop ( Actor )

... 1960

Kidnapped

Cluny MacPherson ( Actor )

... 1960

Solomon and Sheba

David ( Actor )

... 1959

Ben-Hur

Balthasar ( Actor )

... 1959

Tempest

Count Grinov ( Actor )

... 1958

Corridors of Blood

Supt. Charles Matheson ( Actor )

... 1958

Rockets Galore

Narrator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

The Naked Earth

Father Verity ( Actor )

... 1958

Dangerous Exile

Mr. Patient ( Actor )

... 1957

Campbell's Kingdom

Old Man ( Actor )

... 1957

Saint Joan

Archbishop of Rheims ( Actor )

... 1957

The Little Hut

The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett ( Actor )

... 1957

Abandon Ship

Mr. Wheaton ( Actor )

... 1957

Zarak

The Mullah ( Actor )

... 1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

Whist Partner ( Actor )

... 1956

Footsteps in the Fog

Inspector Peters ( Actor )

... 1955

King's Rhapsody

King Paul ( Actor )

... 1955

Captain Lightfoot

Callahan ( Actor )

... 1955

Make Me an Offer!

Abe Sparta ( Actor )

... 1954

Third Party Risk

Mr. Darius ( Actor )

... 1954

The End of the Road

Old 'Mick-Mack' ( Actor )

... 1954

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Hamish MacPherson ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1953

Stars and Stripes Forever

Col. Randolph ( Actor )

... 1952

Ivanhoe

Cedric ( Actor )

... 1952

Walk East on Beacon

Professor Albert Kafer ( Actor )

... 1952

Kangaroo

Michael McGuire ( Actor )

... 1952

Quo Vadis

Peter ( Actor )

... 1951

People Will Talk

Shunderson ( Actor )

... 1951

Trio

Mr. McLeod ( Actor )

... 1950

The Mudlark

John Brown ( Actor )

... 1950

The Black Rose

Alfgar ( Actor )

... 1950

My Daughter Joy

Sir Thomas McTavish ( Actor )

... 1950

Treasure Island

Capt. Billy Bones ( Actor )

... 1950

The History of Mr. Polly

Uncle Jim ( Actor )

... 1949

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Marquis of Tullibardine ( Actor )

... 1948

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Alastair McBain ( Actor )

... 1948

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Sir Joshua Varley ( Actor )

... 1948

So Evil My Love

Dr. Krylie ( Actor )

... 1948

My Brother Jonathan

Dr. Hammond ( Actor )

... 1948

The Brothers

Hector Macrae ( Actor )

... 1947

Great Expectations

Abel Magwitch ( Actor )

... 1946

Spring Song

Cobb ( Actor )

... 1946

School for Secrets

Sir Duncan Wills ( Actor )

... 1946

I Know Where I'm Going!

Ruairidh Mhór ( Actor )

... 1945

The Shipbuilders

McWain ( Actor )

... 1943

They Met in the Dark

Merchant Captain ( Actor )

... 1943

Theatre Royal

Clement J. Earle ( Actor )

... 1943

Undercover

Priest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Warn That Man

Captain Andrew Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1943

The Bells Go Down

District Officer McFarlane ( Actor )

... 1943

Thunder Rock

Capt. Joshua Stuart ( Actor )

... 1942

The Day Will Dawn

Capt. Alstad ( Actor )

... 1942

49th Parallel

The Factor ( Actor )

... 1941

Crook's Tour

Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Paradise for Two

Creditor ( Actor )

... 1937

The Edge of the World

James Gray ( Actor )

... 1937

Wanted!

Uncle Mart ( Actor )

... 1937

Catch as Catch Can

Al Parson ( Actor )

... 1937

Glamorous Night

Angus MacKintosh ( Actor )

... 1937

Command Performance

Al, Arthur's Manager ( Actor )

... 1937

The Improper Duchess

Milton Lee ( Actor )

... 1936

Me and Marlborough

Marriage Celebrant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Little Friend

Grove ( Actor )

... 1934

My Old Dutch

Mo ( Actor )

... 1934

Gay Love

Highams ( Actor )

... 1934

Princess Charming

Baron Seegman ( Actor )

... 1934

Mister Cinders

Henry Kemp ( Actor )

... 1934

Orders Is Orders

Dave ( Actor )

... 1933

No Funny Business

Mr Potterton ( Actor )

... 1933

The Good Companions

Monte Mortimer ( Actor )

... 1933

Rome Express

Sam, Publicist ( Actor )

... 1932

The Frightened Lady

Brooks ( Actor )

... 1932

The Old Man

Rennett ( Actor )

... 1931