Finlay Currie
Born January 19, 1878 (Age: 148)
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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
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as Don Pasquale
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Age: 90
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
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as The Doll Maker
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Age: 87
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
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as Emcee
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Age: 87
Who Was Maddox?
1964
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as Alex Campbell
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Age: 86
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
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as Senator
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Age: 86
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
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as Grandpa Stirling
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Age: 85
West 11
1963
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as Gash
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Age: 85
Billy Liar
1963
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as Duxbury
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Age: 85
Cleopatra
1963
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as Titus (uncredited)
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Age: 85
Corridors of Blood
1963
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as Supt. Charles Matheson
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Age: 85
Murder at the Gallop
1963
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as Old Enderby
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Age: 85
The Cracksman
1963
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as Feathers
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Age: 84
The Amorous Prawn
1962
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as Lochaye
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Age: 84
The Inspector
1962
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as De Kool
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Age: 84
Go to Blazes
1962
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as Judge
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Age: 84
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
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as Jacob
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Age: 83
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
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as Harvey Lane
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Age: 83
Francis of Assisi
1961
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as The Pope
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Age: 83
Hand in Hand
1961
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as Mr. Pritchard
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Age: 83
Five Golden Hours
1961
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as Father Superior
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Age: 83
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
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as Captain Sellers
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Age: 82
The Angel Wore Red
1960
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as Bishop
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Age: 82
Kidnapped
1960
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as Cluny MacPherson
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Age: 82
Ben-Hur
1959
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as Balthasar
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Age: 81
Solomon and Sheba
1959
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as David
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Age: 81
Tempest
1958
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as Count Grinov
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Age: 80
Rockets Galore
1958
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as Narrator (uncredited)
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Age: 80
6.5 Special
1958
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as Himself
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Age: 80
The Naked Earth
1958
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as Father Verity
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Age: 80
Zarak
1956
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as The Mullah
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Age: 78
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as Whist Partner
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Age: 78
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
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as Inspector Peters
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Age: 77
King's Rhapsody
1955
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as King Paul
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Age: 77
Captain Lightfoot
1955
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as Callahan
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Age: 77
Make Me an Offer!
1954
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as Abe Sparta
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Age: 76
Third Party Risk
1954
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as Mr. Darius
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Age: 76
The End of the Road
1954
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as Old 'Mick-Mack'
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Age: 75
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
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as Hamish MacPherson
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Age: 75
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
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as MacDougal
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Age: 75
Trio
1950
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as Mr. McLeod
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Age: 72
The Mudlark
1950
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as John Brown
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Age: 72
The Black Rose
1950
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as Alfgar
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Age: 72
My Daughter Joy
1950
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as Sir Thomas McTavish
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Age: 72
Treasure Island
1950
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as Capt. Billy Bones
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Age: 72
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
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as Ruairidh Mhór
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Age: 67
No Image
Don Chicago
1945
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as Bugs Mulligan
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Age: 67
Thunder Rock
1942
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as Capt. Joshua Stuart
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Age: 64
The Day Will Dawn
1942
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as Capt. Alstad
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Age: 64
49th Parallel
1941
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as The Factor
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Age: 63
Rome Express
1932
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as Sam, Publicist
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Age: 54
The Frightened Lady
1932
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as Brooks
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Age: 54
The Old Man
1931
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as Rennett
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Age: 53