Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television.
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 (Movies)
Vendetta for The Saint
Character:Don Pasquale
Release Date:05/01/1969
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Dodo
Release Date:28/12/1966
Brigadoon
Character:Mr. Lundie
Release Date:15/10/1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Character:The Doll Maker
Release Date:03/10/1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Character:Emcee
Release Date:26/05/1965
Who Was Maddox?
Character:Alex Campbell
Release Date:01/06/1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Senator
Release Date:24/03/1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Character:Grandpa Stirling
Release Date:11/12/1963
West 11
Character:Gash
Release Date:08/10/1963
Billy Liar
Character:Duxbury
Release Date:15/08/1963
Cleopatra
Character:Titus
Release Date:12/06/1963
Corridors of Blood
Character:Supt. Charles Matheson
Release Date:05/06/1963
Murder at the Gallop
Character:Old Enderby
Release Date:09/05/1963
The Cracksman
Character:Feathers
Release Date:01/01/1963
The Amorous Prawn
Character:Lochaye
Release Date:26/11/1962
The Inspector
Character:De Kool
Release Date:24/05/1962
Go to Blazes
Character:Judge
Release Date:18/04/1962
Joseph and His Brethren
Character:Jacob
Release Date:23/08/1961
Clue of the Silver Key
Character:Harvey Lane
Release Date:01/08/1961
Francis of Assisi
Character:The Pope
Release Date:12/07/1961
Hand in Hand
Character:Mr. Pritchard
Release Date:06/02/1961
Five Golden Hours
Character:Father Superior
Release Date:01/02/1961
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character:Captain Sellers
Release Date:21/07/1960
The Angel Wore Red
Character:Bishop
Release Date:14/04/1960
Kidnapped
Character:Cluny MacPherson
Release Date:24/02/1960
Ben-Hur
Character:Balthasar
Release Date:18/11/1959
Solomon and Sheba
Character:David
Release Date:27/10/1959
Tempest
Character:Count Grinov
Release Date:01/12/1958
Rockets Galore
Character:Narrator (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1958
6.5 Special
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/03/1958
The Naked Earth
Character:Father Verity
Release Date:05/02/1958
Dangerous Exile
Character:Mr. Patient
Release Date:12/12/1957
Campbell's Kingdom
Character:Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Release Date:03/09/1957
Saint Joan
Character:Archbishop of Rheims
Release Date:08/05/1957
The Little Hut
Character:The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Release Date:03/05/1957
Abandon Ship
Character:Mr. Wheaton
Release Date:12/03/1957
Zarak
Character:The Mullah
Release Date:01/12/1956
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:Whist Partner
Release Date:17/10/1956
Footsteps in the Fog
Character:Inspector Peters
Release Date:14/09/1955
King's Rhapsody
Character:King Paul
Release Date:07/06/1955
Captain Lightfoot
Character:Callahan
Release Date:26/03/1955
Make Me an Offer!
Character:Abe Sparta
Release Date:08/12/1954
Third Party Risk
Character:Mr. Darius
Release Date:08/10/1954
The End of the Road
Character:Old 'Mick-Mack'
Release Date:01/01/1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
Character:Hamish MacPherson
Release Date:26/10/1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Character:MacDougal
Release Date:04/02/1953
Stars and Stripes Forever
Character:Col. Randolph
Release Date:22/12/1952
Ivanhoe
Character:Cedric
Release Date:31/07/1952
Walk East on Beacon
Character:Professor Albert Kafer
Release Date:01/06/1952
Kangaroo
Character:Michael McGuire
Release Date:16/05/1952
Quo Vadis
Character:Peter
Release Date:08/11/1951
People Will Talk
Character:Shunderson
Release Date:29/08/1951
Trio
Character:Mr. McLeod
Release Date:10/10/1950
The Mudlark
Character:John Brown
Release Date:03/10/1950
The Black Rose
Character:Alfgar
Release Date:01/09/1950
My Daughter Joy
Character:Sir Thomas McTavish
Release Date:21/08/1950
Treasure Island
Character:Capt. Billy Bones
Release Date:19/07/1950
Whisky Galore!
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/06/1949
The History of Mr. Polly
Character:Uncle Jim
Release Date:08/02/1949
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Character:The Marquis of Tullibardine
Release Date:26/10/1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Character:Alastair McBain
Release Date:06/10/1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Character:Sir Joshua Varley
Release Date:27/09/1948
So Evil My Love
Character:Dr. Krylie
Release Date:02/08/1948
The Monkey's Paw
Character:Sergeant-Major Morris
Release Date:18/02/1948
My Brother Jonathan
Character:Dr. Hammond
Release Date:05/02/1948
The Brothers
Character:Hector Macrae
Release Date:07/05/1947
Woman to Woman
Character:Theatre Manager
Release Date:10/02/1947
Great Expectations
Character:Abel Magwitch
Release Date:26/12/1946
School for Secrets
Character:Sir Duncan Wills
Release Date:23/12/1946
Spring Song
Character:Cobb
Release Date:23/12/1946
The Trojan Brothers
Character:W.H. Maxwell
Release Date:04/02/1946
In the Zone
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
Character:Ruairidh Mhór
Release Date:16/11/1945
Don Chicago
Character:Bugs Mulligan
Release Date:06/08/1945
The Shipbuilders
Character:McWain
Release Date:15/12/1943
They Met in the Dark
Character:Merchant Captain
Release Date:11/08/1943
Undercover
Character:Priest (uncredited)
Release Date:26/07/1943
Theatre Royal
Character:Clement J. Earle
Release Date:26/07/1943
Warn That Man
Character:Captain Andrew Fletcher
Release Date:13/07/1943
The Bells Go Down
Character:District Officer McFarlane
Release Date:16/05/1943
Thunder Rock
Character:Capt. Joshua Stuart
Release Date:04/12/1942
The Day Will Dawn
Character:Capt. Alstad
Release Date:08/06/1942
49th Parallel
Character:The Factor
Release Date:24/11/1941
Crook's Tour
Character:Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Release Date:03/09/1940
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Character:Rubin
Release Date:04/09/1938
Paradise for Two
Character:Creditor
Release Date:22/12/1937
The Edge of the World
Character:James Gray
Release Date:10/09/1937
Wanted!
Character:Uncle Mart
Release Date:23/08/1937
Command Performance
Character:Al, Arthur's Manager
Release Date:19/08/1937
Catch as Catch Can
Character:Al Parson
Release Date:01/07/1937
Glamorous Night
Character:Angus MacKintosh
Release Date:28/04/1937
The Gay Adventure
Character:Porter
Release Date:16/11/1936
The Improper Duchess
Character:Milton Lee
Release Date:17/01/1936
Me and Marlborough
Character:Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Release Date:22/07/1935
Heat Wave
Character:Captain
Release Date:30/05/1935
Mister Cinders
Character:Henry Kemp
Release Date:12/01/1935
The Big Splash
Character:Hartley Bassett
Release Date:01/01/1935
Little Friend
Character:Grove
Release Date:18/11/1934
My Old Dutch
Character:Mo
Release Date:01/10/1934
Gay Love
Character:Highams
Release Date:01/09/1934
It's a Boy
Character:Publisher
Release Date:07/06/1934
Princess Charming
Character:Baron Seegman
Release Date:24/04/1934
Orders Is Orders
Character:Dave
Release Date:18/07/1933
No Funny Business
Character:Mr Potterton
Release Date:30/03/1933
Excess Baggage
Character:inspector Toucan
Release Date:24/03/1933
The Good Companions
Character:Monte Mortimer
Release Date:28/02/1933
Rome Express
Character:Sam, Publicist
Release Date:31/10/1932
The Frightened Lady
Character:Brooks
Release Date:01/03/1932
The Old Man
Character:Rennett
Release Date:15/12/1931
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