1878-01-19 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
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Vendetta for The Saint | Don Pasquale | 1969-01-05 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Dodo | 1966-12-28 |
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Brigadoon | Mr. Lundie | 1966-10-15 |
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Emcee | 1965-05-26 |
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Bunny Lake Is Missing | The Doll Maker | 1965-10-03 |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire | Senator | 1964-03-24 |
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Who Was Maddox? | 1964-06-01 | |
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West 11 | Gash | 1963-10-08 |
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Cleopatra | Titus | 1963-06-12 |
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The Cracksman | Feathers | 1963-01-01 |
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Billy Liar | Duxbury | 1963-08-15 |
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Murder at the Gallop | Old Enderby | 1963-06-24 |
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The Three Lives of Thomasina | Grandpa Stirling | 1963-12-11 |
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The Amorous Prawn | Lochaye | 1962-11-26 |
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The Inspector | De Kool | 1962-05-24 |
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Go to Blazes | Judge | 1962-04-18 |
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Francis of Assisi | The Pope | 1961-07-12 |
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Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli | Jacob | 1961-08-23 |
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Clue of the Silver Key | Harvey Lane | 1961-08-01 |
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Hand in Hand | Mr. Pritchard | 1961-02-06 |
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Five Golden Hours | Father Superior | 1961-02-01 |
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The Angel Wore Red | Bishop | 1960-04-14 |
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Kidnapped | Cluny MacPherson | 1960-02-24 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Captain Sellers | 1960-07-21 |
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Ben-Hur | Balthasar | 1959-11-18 |
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Solomon and Sheba | David | 1959-12-18 |
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6.5 Special | Himself | 1958-03-01 |
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The Naked Earth | Father Verity | 1958-02-05 |
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Corridors of Blood | Supt. Charles Matheson | 1958-12-01 |
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La tempesta | Count Grinov | 1958-12-01 |
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Rockets Galore | Narrator (uncredited) | 1958-10-19 |
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Dangerous Exile | Mr. Patient | 1957-12-12 |
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Abandon Ship | Mr. Wheaton | 1957-03-12 |
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Saint Joan | Archbishop of Rheims | 1957-05-08 |
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The Little Hut | The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett | 1957-05-03 |
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Campbell's Kingdom | Hyper-religious Old Barfly | 1957-09-03 |
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Zarak | The Mullah | 1956-12-01 |
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Around the World in Eighty Days | Whist Partner | 1956-10-17 |
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Footsteps in the Fog | Inspector Peters | 1955-09-14 |
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King's Rhapsody | King Paul | 1955-06-07 |
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Captain Lightfoot | Callahan | 1955-03-26 |
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The End of the Road | Old 'Mick-Mack' | 1954-01-01 |
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Make Me an Offer! | Abe Sparta | 1954-12-08 |
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Third Party Risk | Mr. Darius | 1954-10-08 |
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue | Hamish MacPherson | 1953-10-26 |
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Treasure of the Golden Condor | MacDougal | 1953-02-04 |
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Walk East on Beacon | Professor Albert Kafer | 1952-06-01 |
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Ivanhoe | Cedric | 1952-07-31 |
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Stars and Stripes Forever | Col. Randolph | 1952-12-22 |
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Kangaroo | Michael McGuire | 1952-05-16 |
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People Will Talk | Shunderson | 1951-08-29 |
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Quo Vadis | Peter | 1951-11-08 |
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Trio | Mr. McLeod | 1950-10-10 |
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Treasure Island | Capt. Billy Bones | 1950-07-19 |
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The Mudlark | John Brown | 1950-10-03 |
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The Black Rose | Alfgar | 1950-09-01 |
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My Daughter Joy | Sir Thomas McTavish | 1950-08-21 |
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Whisky Galore! | Narrator | 1949-06-16 |
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The History of Mr. Polly | Uncle Jim | 1949-02-08 |
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The Monkey's Paw | Sergeant-Major Morris | 1948-02-18 |
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So Evil My Love | Dr. Krylie | 1948-08-02 |
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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | Sir Joshua Varley | 1948-09-27 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie | The Marquis of Tullibardine | 1948-10-26 |
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My Brother Jonathan | Dr. Hammond | 1948-02-05 |
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Sleeping Car to Trieste | Alastair McBain | 1948-10-06 |
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The Brothers | Hector Macrae | 1947-05-07 |
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Woman to Woman | Theatre Manager | 1947-02-10 |
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School for Secrets | Sir Duncan Wills | 1946-12-23 |
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Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | 1946-12-26 |
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The Trojan Brothers | W.H. Maxwell | 1946-02-04 |
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In the Zone | 1946-01-02 | |
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Spring Song | Cobb | 1946-12-23 |
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Don Chicago | Bugs Mulligan | 1945-08-06 |
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I Know Where I'm Going! | Ruairidh Mhór | 1945-11-16 |
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The Shipbuilders | McWain | 1943-12-15 |
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Undercover | Priest (uncredited) | 1943-07-26 |
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They Met in the Dark | Merchant Captain | 1943-08-11 |
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Warn That Man | Captain Andrew Fletcher | 1943-07-13 |
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Theatre Royal | Clement J. Earle | 1943-07-26 |
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The Bells Go Down | District Officer McFarlane | 1943-05-16 |
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The Day Will Dawn | Capt. Alstad | 1942-06-08 |
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Thunder Rock | Capt. Joshua Stuart | 1942-12-04 |
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49th Parallel | The Factor | 1941-11-24 |
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Crook's Tour | Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited) | 1940-09-03 |
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery | Rubin | 1938-09-04 |
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Catch as Catch Can | Al Parson | 1937-07-01 |
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Command Performance | Al, Arthur's Manager | 1937-08-19 |
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Wanted! | Uncle Mart | 1937-08-23 |
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Glamorous Night | Angus MacKintosh | 1937-04-28 |
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Paradise for Two | Creditor | 1937-12-22 |
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The Edge of the World | James Gray | 1937-09-10 |
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The Improper Duchess | Milton Lee | 1936-01-17 |
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The Gay Adventure | Porter | 1936-11-16 |
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Mister Cinders | Henry Kemp | 1935-01-12 |
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Me and Marlborough | Marriage Celebrant (uncredited) | 1935-07-22 |
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The Big Splash | Hartley Bassett | 1935-01-01 |
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Heat Wave | Captain | 1935-05-30 |
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It's a Boy | Publisher | 1934-06-07 |
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Princess Charming | Baron Seegman | 1934-04-24 |
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Gay Love | Highams | 1934-09-01 |
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Little Friend | Grove | 1934-11-18 |
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My Old Dutch | Mo | 1934-10-01 |
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The Good Companions | Monte Mortimer | 1933-02-28 |
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Excess Baggage | inspector Toucan | 1933-03-24 |
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No Funny Business | Mr Potterton | 1933-03-30 |
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Orders Is Orders | Dave | 1933-07-18 |
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Rome Express | Sam, Publicist | 1932-10-31 |
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The Frightened Lady | Brooks | 1932-03-01 |
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The Old Man | Rennett | 1931-12-15 |
