Vendetta for The Saint
1969 · Movie
as Don Pasquale
Finlay Currie
1878-01-19
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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
The Prisoner
1967 · TV Show
as General
Les Misérables
1967 · TV Show
Brigadoon
1966 · Movie
as Mr. Lundie
Alice in Wonderland
1966 · Movie
as Dodo
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Movie
as Doll Maker
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965 · Movie
as Emcee
Gideon's Way
1965 · TV Show
as General Sir Hector McGregor
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Knock on Any Door
1965 · TV Show
as Old Man
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Movie
as Senator
Who Was Maddox?
1964 · Movie
as Alex Campbell
Murder at the Gallop
1963 · Movie
as Old Enderby
Billy Liar
1963 · Movie
as Duxbury
West 11
1963 · Movie
as Gash
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 · Movie
as Grandpa Stirling
The Cracksman
1963 · Movie
as Feathers
Cleopatra
1963 · Movie
as Titus (uncredited)
The Inspector
1962 · Movie
as De Kool
The Amorous Prawn
1962 · Movie
as Lochaye
Go to Blazes
1962 · Movie
as Judge
The Saint
1962 · TV Show
as Don Pasquale
Man of the World
1962 · TV Show
as Donald
Francis of Assisi
1961 · Movie
as The Pope
Joseph and His Brethren
1961 · Movie
as Jacob
Hand in Hand
1961 · Movie
as Mr. Pritchard
Clue of the Silver Key
1961 · Movie
as Harvey Lane
Five Golden Hours
1961 · Movie
as Father Superior
Kidnapped
1960 · Movie
as Cluny MacPherson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · Movie
as Captain Sellers
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Movie
as Bishop
Danger Man
1960 · TV Show
as 'Jock'
Ben-Hur
1959 · Movie
as Balthasar
Solomon and Sheba
1959 · Movie
as David
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Movie
as Supt. Charles Matheson
6.5 Special
1958 · Movie
as Himself
Tempest
1958 · Movie
as Count Grinov
The Naked Earth
1958 · Movie
as Father Verity
Rockets Galore
1958 · Movie
as Narrator (uncredited)
Seven Waves Away
1957 · Movie
as Mr. Wheaton
Saint Joan
1957 · Movie
as Archbishop of Rheims
The Little Hut
1957 · Movie
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Dangerous Exile
1957 · Movie
as Mr. Patient
Campbell's Kingdom
1957 · Movie
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
as Whist Partner
Zarak
1956 · Movie
as The Mullah
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 · TV Show
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV Show
as Professor Syme
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Movie
as Inspector Peters
Captain Lightfoot
1955 · Movie
as Callahan
King's Rhapsody
1955 · Movie
as King Paul
Third Party Risk
1954 · Movie
as Mr. Darius
Make Me an Offer!
1954 · Movie
as Abe Sparta
The End of the Road
1954 · Movie
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 · Movie
as Hamish MacPherson
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953 · Movie
as MacDougal
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as MacMorriss
Ivanhoe
1952 · Movie
as Cedric
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Movie
as Col. Randolph
Walk East on Beacon
1952 · Movie
as Professor Albert Kafer
Kangaroo
1952 · Movie
as Michael McGuire
People Will Talk
1951 · Movie
as Shunderson
Quo Vadis
1951 · Movie
as Peter
Treasure Island
1950 · Movie
as Capt. Billy Bones
The Mudlark
1950 · Movie
as John Brown
My Daughter Joy
1950 · Movie
as Sir Thomas McTavish
The Black Rose
1950 · Movie
as Alfgar
Trio
1950 · Movie
as Mr. McLeod
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · Movie
as Uncle Jim
Whisky Galore!
1949 · Movie
as Narrator
So Evil My Love
1948 · Movie
as Dr. Krylie
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948 · Movie
as Sir Joshua Varley
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948 · Movie
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Movie
as Alastair McBain
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Movie
as Dr. Hammond
The Monkey's Paw
1948 · Movie
as Sergeant-Major Morris
The Brothers
1947 · Movie
as Hector Macrae
Woman to Woman
1947 · Movie
as Theatre Manager
Great Expectations
1946 · Movie
as Abel Magwitch
School for Secrets
1946 · Movie
as Sir Duncan Wills
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In the Zone
1946 · Movie
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The Trojan Brothers
1946 · Movie
as W.H. Maxwell
Spring Song
1946 · Movie
as Cobb
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945 · Movie
as Ruairidh Mhór
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Don Chicago
1945 · Movie
as Bugs Mulligan
The Bells Go Down
1943 · Movie
as District Officer McFarlane
Undercover
1943 · Movie
as Priest (uncredited)
Warn That Man
1943 · Movie
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
The Shipbuilders
1943 · Movie
as McWain
They Met in the Dark
1943 · Movie
as Merchant Captain
Theatre Royal
1943 · Movie
as Clement J. Earle
Thunder Rock
1942 · Movie
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Movie
as Capt. Alstad
49th Parallel
1941 · Movie
as The Factor
Crook's Tour
1940 · Movie
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938 · Movie
as Rubin
The Edge of the World
1937 · Movie
as James Gray
Glamorous Night
1937 · Movie
as Angus MacKintosh
Paradise for Two
1937 · Movie
as Creditor
Command Performance
1937 · Movie
as Al, Arthur's Manager
Wanted!
1937 · Movie
as Uncle Mart
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Catch as Catch Can
1937 · Movie
as Al Parson
The Improper Duchess
1936 · Movie
as Milton Lee
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The Gay Adventure
1936 · Movie
as Porter
Me and Marlborough
1935 · Movie
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Mister Cinders
1935 · Movie
as Henry Kemp
Heat Wave
1935 · Movie
as Captain
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The Big Splash
1935 · Movie
as Hartley Bassett
My Old Dutch
1934 · Movie
as Mo
Princess Charming
1934 · Movie
as Baron Seegman
Little Friend
1934 · Movie
as Grove
Gay Love
1934 · Movie
as Highams
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It's a Boy
1934 · Movie
as Publisher
The Good Companions
1933 · Movie
as Monte Mortimer
No Funny Business
1933 · Movie
as Mr Potterton
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Excess Baggage
1933 · Movie
as inspector Toucan
Orders Is Orders
1933 · Movie
as Dave
Rome Express
1932 · Movie
as Sam, Publicist
The Frightened Lady
1932 · Movie
as Brooks
The Old Man
1931 · Movie
as Rennett
