James Finlayson
Acting
August 26, 1887
Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.
Movies
Saps at Sea
1940
The Toast of New York
1937
Nature in the Wrong
1933
A Tough Winter
1923
For the Defense
1930
Another Fine Mess
1930
Hasty Marriage
1931
Way Out West
1937
A Chump at Oxford
1940
A Punch in the Nose
1926
Wide Open Spaces
1924
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
Pardon Us
1931
The Chimp
1932
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Big Business
1929
Postage Due
1924
To Be or Not to Be
1942
Hollywood
1923
The Soilers
1923