Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Curries 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 Leans 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 Taylors embittered father in MGMs 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. Cronins novel, Shannons Way. Curries 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.

Films indisponible à partir de Finlay Currie

Murder at the Gallop

Old Enderby

Film 1963

My Old Dutch

Mo

Film 1934

The Improper Duchess

Milton Lee

Film 1936

Me and Marlborough

Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)

Film 1935

Stars and Stripes Forever

Col. Randolph

Film 1952

The Edge of the World

James Gray

Film 1937

6.5 Special

Himself

Film 1958

The Brothers

Hector Macrae

Film 1947

So Evil My Love

Dr. Krylie

Film 1948

Walk East on Beacon

Professor Albert Kafer

Film 1952

Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

Hamish MacPherson

Film 1953

Thunder Rock

Capt. Joshua Stuart

Film 1942

Francis of Assisi

The Pope

Film 1961

Third Party Risk

Mr. Darius

Film 1954

The Mudlark

John Brown

Film 1950

Captain Lightfoot

Callahan

Film 1955

My Daughter Joy

Sir Thomas McTavish

Film 1950

The Little Hut

The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett

Film 1957

Rome Express

Sam, Publicist

Film 1932

The Angel Wore Red

Bishop

Film 1960

The Inspector

De Kool

Film 1962

Kangaroo

Michael McGuire

Film 1952

The Bells Go Down

District Officer McFarlane

Film 1943

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Sir Joshua Varley

Film 1948

Treasure of the Golden Condor

MacDougal

Film 1953

Undercover

Priest (uncredited)

Film 1943

Make Me an Offer!

Abe Sparta

Film 1954

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Marquis of Tullibardine

Film 1948

Hand in Hand

Mr. Pritchard

Film 1961

In the Zone

Film 1946

Mister Cinders

Henry Kemp

Film 1934

Princess Charming

Baron Seegman

Film 1934

Clue of the Silver Key

Film 1961

Who Was Maddox?

Film 1964

Little Friend

Grove

Film 1934

Warn That Man

Captain Andrew Fletcher

Film 1943

The Good Companions

Monte Mortimer

Film 1933

Heat Wave

Captain

Film 1935

My Brother Jonathan

Dr. Hammond

Film 1948

King's Rhapsody

King Paul

Film 1955

Excess Baggage

inspector Toucan

Film 1933

No Funny Business

Mr Potterton

Film 1933

The Monkey's Paw

Sergeant-Major Morris

Film 1948

Dangerous Exile

Mr. Patient

Film 1957

Glamorous Night

Angus MacKintosh

Film 1937

Gay Love

Highams

Film 1934

The Big Splash

Hartley Bassett

Film 1935

Brigadoon

Mr. Lundie

Film 1966

Paradise for Two

Creditor

Film 1937

The Claydon Treasure Mystery

Rubin

Film 1938

Crook's Tour

Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)

Film 1940

Command Performance

Al, Arthur's Manager

Film 1937

The Old Man

Rennett

Film 1931

The Frightened Lady

Brooks

Film 1932

Trio

Mr. McLeod

Film 1950

The Three Lives of Thomasina

Grandpa Stirling

Film 1963

The Naked Earth

Father Verity

Film 1958

Campbell's Kingdom

Hyper-religious Old Barfly

Film 1957

The Cracksman

Feathers

Film 1963

The End of the Road

Old 'Mick-Mack'

Film 1954

The Shipbuilders

McWain

Film 1943

The Amorous Prawn

Lochaye

Film 1962

Go to Blazes

Judge

Film 1962

Wanted!

Uncle Mart

Film 1937

The Trojan Brothers

W.H. Maxwell

Film 1946

They Met in the Dark

Merchant Captain

Film 1943

Catch as Catch Can

Al Parson

Film 1937

Spring Song

Cobb

Film 1946

Don Chicago

Bugs Mulligan

Film 1945

Theatre Royal

Clement J. Earle

Film 1943

Rockets Galore

Narrator (uncredited)

Film 1958

Five Golden Hours

Father Superior

Film 1961

It's a Boy

Publisher

Film 1934

Séries TV indisponible à partir de Finlay Currie

The Count of Monte Cristo

Tv 1956

United!

Tv 1965

Les Misérables

Tv 1967

The Saint

Don Pasquale

Tv 1962