Finlay Currie
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Vendetta for The Saint
1969
Les Misérables
1967
The Prisoner
1967
Alice in Wonderland
1966
Brigadoon
1966
United!
United!
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
Who Was Maddox?
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
West 11
1963
Billy Liar
1963
Cleopatra
1963
Murder at the Gallop
1963
The Cracksman
1963
The Amorous Prawn
1962
The Saint
1962
Man of the World
1962
The Inspector
1962
Go to Blazes
1962
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
Francis of Assisi
1961
Hand in Hand
1961
Five Golden Hours
1961
Danger Man
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
The Angel Wore Red
1960
Kidnapped
1960
Ben-Hur
1959
Solomon and Sheba
1959
Corridors of Blood
1958
Tempest
1958
Rockets Galore
1958
The Naked Earth
1958
Dangerous Exile
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Saint Joan
1957
The Little Hut
1957
Seven Waves Away
1957
Zarak
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
King's Rhapsody
1955
Captain Lightfoot
1955
Make Me an Offer!
1954
Third Party Risk
1954
The End of the Road
1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
Ivanhoe
1952
Walk East on Beacon
1952
Kangaroo
1952
Quo Vadis
1951
People Will Talk
1951
Trio
1950
The Mudlark
1950
The Black Rose
1950
My Daughter Joy
1950
Treasure Island
1950
Whisky Galore!
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
So Evil My Love
1948
The Monkey's Paw
1948
My Brother Jonathan
1948
The Brothers
1947
Woman to Woman
1947
Great Expectations
1946
School for Secrets
1946
Spring Song
1946
The Trojan Brothers
The Trojan Brothers
1946