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.

Nacimiento: 1878-01-19, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Fallecimiento: 1968-05-09
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,4 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Ben-Hur como Balthasar
Quo Vadis como Peter

Conocido por

Ben-Hur (1959) — Balthasar
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días (1956) — Whist Partner
Quo Vadis (1951) — Peter
Cadenas rotas (1946) — Abel Magwitch
La isla del tesoro (1950) — Capt. Billy Bones
Cleopatra (1963) — Titus (sin acreditar)
Sé a dónde voy (1945) — Ruairidh Mhór
El rapto de Bunny Lake (1965) — Doll Maker

Filmografía

La venganza del Santo (1969) — Don Pasquale
Les Misérables (1967)
El prisionero (1967) — General
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas (1966) — Dodo
Brigadoon (1966) — Mr. Lundie
El rapto de Bunny Lake (1965) — Doll Maker
Knock on Any Door (1965) — Old Man
Escándalo en Villa Fiorita (1965) — Emcee
Gideon's Way (1965) — General Sir Hector McGregor
Who Was Maddox? (1964) — Alex Campbell
La caída del Imperio romano (1964) — Senator
Las tres vidas de Thomasina (1963) — Grandpa Stirling
Distrito 11 (1963) — Gash
Billy, el embustero (1963) — Duxbury
Cleopatra (1963) — Titus (sin acreditar)
Después del funeral (1963) — Old Enderby
The Cracksman (1963) — Feathers
The Amorous Prawn (1962) — Lochaye
El santo (1962) — Don Pasquale
Man of the World (1962) — Donald
The Inspector (1962) — De Kool
Go to Blazes (1962) — Judge
Traidores a su sangre (1961) — Jacob
Clue of the Silver Key (1961) — Harvey Lane
Francisco de Asís (1961) — The Pope
Hand in Hand (1961) — Mr. Pritchard
Cinco horas doradas (1961) — Father Superior
Danger Man (1960) — 'Jock'
Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn (1960) — Captain Sellers
El ángel vestido de rojo (1960) — Bishop
Secuestrado (1960) — Cluny MacPherson
Ben-Hur (1959) — Balthasar
Salomón y la reina de Saba (1959) — David
Pasillos de sangre (1958) — Supt. Charles Matheson
Tempestad (1958) — Count Grinov
The Naked Earth (1958) — Father Verity
La sombra de la guillotina (1957) — Mr. Patient
La dinastía del petróleo (1957) — Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Santa Juana (1957) — Archbishop of Rheims
La cabaña (1957) — The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
El mar no perdona (1957) — Mr. Wheaton
Zarak (1956) — The Mullah
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días (1956) — Whist Partner
Armchair Theatre (1956) — Professor Syme
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Pasos en la niebla (1955) — Inspector Peters
Rapsodia Real (1955) — King Paul
Orgullo de raza (1955) — Callahan
Make Me an Offer! (1954) — Abe Sparta
Third Party Risk (1954) — Mr. Darius
The End of the Road (1954) — Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, el gran rebelde (1953) — Hamish MacPherson
El tesoro del Cóndor de Oro (1953) — MacDougal
General Electric Theater (1953) — MacMorriss
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) — Col. Randolph
Ivanhoe (1952) — Cedric
Cita a las once (1952) — Professor Albert Kafer
La ley del látigo (1952) — Michael McGuire
Quo Vadis (1951) — Peter
Murmullos en la ciudad (1951) — Shunderson
El torbellino de la vida (1950) — Mr. McLeod
The Mudlark (1950) — John Brown
La rosa negra (1950) — Alfgar
My Daughter Joy (1950) — Sir Thomas McTavish
La isla del tesoro (1950) — Capt. Billy Bones
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) — Uncle Jim
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) — The Marquis of Tullibardine
Coche cama a Trieste (1948) — Alastair McBain
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948) — Sir Joshua Varley
So Evil My Love (1948) — Dr. Krylie
The Monkey's Paw (1948) — Sergeant-Major Morris
My Brother Jonathan (1948) — Dr. Hammond
The Brothers (1947) — Hector Macrae
Woman to Woman (1947) — Theatre Manager
Cadenas rotas (1946) — Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets (1946) — Sir Duncan Wills
Spring Song (1946) — Cobb
The Trojan Brothers (1946) — W.H. Maxwell
In the Zone (1946)
Sé a dónde voy (1945) — Ruairidh Mhór
Don Chicago (1945) — Bugs Mulligan
The Shipbuilders (1943) — McWain
They Met in the Dark (1943) — Merchant Captain
Undercover (1943) — Priest (sin acreditar)
Theatre Royal (1943) — Clement J. Earle
Warn That Man (1943) — Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Bells Go Down (1943) — District Officer McFarlane
Thunder Rock (1942) — Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn (1942) — Capt. Alstad
Los invasores (1941) — The Factor
Crook's Tour (1940) — Tourist on Desert Bus (sin acreditar)
The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938) — Rubin
Paradise for Two (1937) — Creditor
The Edge of the World (1937) — James Gray
Wanted! (1937) — Uncle Mart
Command Performance (1937) — Al, Arthur's Manager
Catch as Catch Can (1937) — Al Parson
Glamorous Night (1937) — Angus MacKintosh
The Gay Adventure (1936) — Porter
The Improper Duchess (1936) — Milton Lee
Me and Marlborough (1935) — Marriage Celebrant (sin acreditar)
Heat Wave (1935) — Captain
Mister Cinders (1935) — Henry Kemp
The Big Splash (1935) — Hartley Bassett
Little Friend (1934) — Grove
My Old Dutch (1934) — Mo
Gay Love (1934) — Highams
It's a Boy (1934) — Publisher
Princess Charming (1934) — Baron Seegman
Orders Is Orders (1933) — Dave
No Funny Business (1933) — Mr Potterton
Excess Baggage (1933) — inspector Toucan
The Good Companions (1933) — Monte Mortimer
El rápido de Roma (1932) — Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady (1932) — Brooks
The Old Man (1931) — Rennett