Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Vendetta for The Saint
Film · 1969
The Prisoner
Series · 1967
Les Misérables
Series · 1967
Brigadoon
Film · 1966
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Film · 1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Film · 1965
Gideon's Way
Series · 1965
Knock on Any Door
Series · 1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Film · 1964
Who Was Maddox?
Film · 1964
Murder at the Gallop
Film · 1963
Billy Liar
Film · 1963
West 11
Film · 1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Film · 1963
The Cracksman
Film · 1963
Cleopatra
Film · 1963
The Inspector
Film · 1962
The Amorous Prawn
Film · 1962
Go to Blazes
Film · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Man of the World
Series · 1962
Francis of Assisi
Film · 1961
Joseph and His Brethren
Film · 1961
Hand in Hand
Film · 1961
Clue of the Silver Key
Film · 1961
Five Golden Hours
Film · 1961
Kidnapped
Film · 1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Film · 1960
The Angel Wore Red
Film · 1960
Danger Man
Series · 1960
Ben-Hur
Film · 1959
Solomon and Sheba
Film · 1959
Corridors of Blood
Film · 1958
6.5 Special
Film · 1958
Tempest
Film · 1958
The Naked Earth
Film · 1958
Rockets Galore
Film · 1958
Seven Waves Away
Film · 1957
Saint Joan
Film · 1957
The Little Hut
Film · 1957
Dangerous Exile
Film · 1957
Campbell's Kingdom
Film · 1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1956
Zarak
Film · 1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Footsteps in the Fog
Film · 1955
Captain Lightfoot
Film · 1955
King's Rhapsody
Film · 1955
Third Party Risk
Film · 1954
Make Me an Offer!
Film · 1954
The End of the Road
Film · 1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Film · 1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Ivanhoe
Film · 1952
Stars and Stripes Forever
Film · 1952
Walk East on Beacon
Film · 1952
Kangaroo
Film · 1952
People Will Talk
Film · 1951
Quo Vadis
Film · 1951
Treasure Island
Film · 1950
The Mudlark
Film · 1950
My Daughter Joy
Film · 1950
The Black Rose
Film · 1950
Trio
Film · 1950
The History of Mr. Polly
Film · 1949
Whisky Galore!
Film · 1949
So Evil My Love
Film · 1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Film · 1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Film · 1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Film · 1948
My Brother Jonathan
Film · 1948
The Monkey's Paw
Film · 1948
The Brothers
Film · 1947
Woman to Woman
Film · 1947
Great Expectations
Film · 1946
School for Secrets
Film · 1946
In the Zone
Film · 1946
The Trojan Brothers
Film · 1946
Spring Song
Film · 1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
Film · 1945
Don Chicago
Film · 1945
The Bells Go Down
Film · 1943
Undercover
Film · 1943
Warn That Man
Film · 1943
The Shipbuilders
Film · 1943
They Met in the Dark
Film · 1943
Theatre Royal
Film · 1943
Thunder Rock
Film · 1942
The Day Will Dawn
Film · 1942
49th Parallel
Film · 1941
Crook's Tour
Film · 1940
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Film · 1938
The Edge of the World
Film · 1937
Glamorous Night
Film · 1937
Paradise for Two
Film · 1937
Command Performance
Film · 1937
Wanted!
Film · 1937
Catch as Catch Can
Film · 1937
The Improper Duchess
Film · 1936
The Gay Adventure
Film · 1936
Me and Marlborough
Film · 1935
Mister Cinders
Film · 1935
Heat Wave
Film · 1935
The Big Splash
Film · 1935
My Old Dutch
Film · 1934
Princess Charming
Film · 1934
Little Friend
Film · 1934
Gay Love
Film · 1934
It's a Boy
Film · 1934
The Good Companions
Film · 1933
Excess Baggage
Film · 1933
No Funny Business
Film · 1933
Orders Is Orders
Film · 1933
Rome Express
Film · 1932
The Frightened Lady
Film · 1932
The Old Man
Film · 1931