7.9
7.9
Ben-Hur
1959
as Balthasar
Finlay Currie
Also known as: William Finlay Currie
Acting
Born:January 19, 1878
Died:May 9, 1968(aged 90)
Birthplace:Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:George Watson's College
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CommunityBiography
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 (103 movies)
7.7
7.7
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Sir Joshua Varley
7.7
7.7
Who Was Maddox?
1964
as Alex Campbell
7.6
7.6
Francis of Assisi
1961
as The Pope
7.4
7.4
Abandon Ship
1957
as Mr. Wheaton
7.4
7.4
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Uncle Jim
7.3
7.3
Great Expectations
1946
as Abel Magwitch
7.2
7.2
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as The Doll Maker
7.2
7.2
The Edge of the World
1937
as James Gray
7.2
7.2
Hand in Hand
1961
as Mr. Pritchard
7.2
7.2
The Bells Go Down
1943
as District Officer McFarlane
7.1
7.1
People Will Talk
1951
as Shunderson
7.1
7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
as Peter
7.0
7.0
The Inspector
1962
as De Kool
7.0
7.0
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Ruairidh Mhór
7.0
7.0
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Old Enderby
7.0
7.0
Princess Charming
1934
as Baron Seegman
7.0
7.0
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
as Harvey Lane
7.0
7.0
School for Secrets
1946
as Sir Duncan Wills
7.0
7.0
Brigadoon
1966
as Mr. Lundie
6.9
6.9
49th Parallel
1941
as The Factor
6.9
6.9
West 11
1963
as Gash
6.9
6.9
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Col. Randolph
6.9
6.9
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Inspector Peters
6.8
6.8
Billy Liar
1963
as Duxbury
6.8
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
as Cedric
6.8
6.8
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Grandpa Stirling
6.7
6.7
Make Me an Offer!
1954
as Abe Sparta
6.7
6.7
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Alastair McBain
6.7
6.7
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
as Don Pasquale
6.6
6.6
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Whist Partner
6.6
6.6
The Black Rose
1950
as Alfgar
6.6
6.6
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Dr. Hammond
6.6
6.6
Treasure Island
1950
as Capt. Billy Bones
6.5
6.5
Command Performance
1937
as Al, Arthur's Manager
6.5
6.5
The Mudlark
1950
as John Brown
6.5
6.5
The Little Hut
1957
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
6.5
6.5
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Senator
6.4
6.4
Saint Joan
1957
as Archbishop of Rheims
6.4
6.4
So Evil My Love
1948
as Dr. Krylie
6.4
6.4
Kidnapped
1960
as Cluny MacPherson
6.3
6.3
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as David
6.3
6.3
The Cracksman
1963
as Feathers
6.3
6.3
They Met in the Dark
1943
as Merchant Captain
6.3
6.3
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lochaye
6.3
6.3
Go to Blazes
1962
as Judge
6.2
6.2
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Mr. Patient
6.2
6.2
Captain Lightfoot
1955
as Callahan
6.2
6.2
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as MacDougal
6.2
6.2
Thunder Rock
1942
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
6.1
6.1
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Supt. Charles Matheson
6.0
6.0
Rome Express
1932
as Sam, Publicist
6.0
6.0
Five Golden Hours
1961
as Father Superior
6.0
6.0
The End of the Road
1954
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
6.0
6.0
Tempest
1958
as Count Grinov
6.0
6.0
The Shipbuilders
1943
as McWain
6.0
6.0
Spring Song
1946
as Cobb
6.0
6.0
Glamorous Night
1937
as Angus MacKintosh
5.9
5.9
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Dodo
5.8
5.8
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Jacob
5.8
5.8
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
5.8
5.8
The Good Companions
1933
as Monte Mortimer
5.8
5.8
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Captain Sellers
5.8
5.8
Undercover
1943
as Priest (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Crook's Tour
1940
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Capt. Alstad
5.3
5.3
Warn That Man
1943
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
5.2
5.2
Kangaroo
1952
as Michael McGuire
5.2
5.2
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Professor Albert Kafer
5.2
5.2
The Brothers
1947
as Hector Macrae
5.0
5.0
Paradise for Two
1937
as Creditor
5.0
5.0
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as W.H. Maxwell
4.9
4.9
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Hamish MacPherson
4.8
4.8
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Bishop
4.7
4.7
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
4.7
4.7
Zarak Khan
1956
as The Mullah
4.6
4.6
Third Party Risk
1954
as Mr. Darius
4.0
4.0
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Emcee
4.0
4.0
My Old Dutch
1934
as Mo
4.0
4.0
Don Chicago
1945
as Bugs Mulligan
3.5
3.5
Theatre Royal
1943
as Clement J. Earle
3.5
3.5
Little Friend
1934
as Grove
3.0
3.0
King's Rhapsody
1955
as King Paul
Wanted!
1937
as Uncle Mart
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as Al Parson
6.5 Special
1958
as Himself
The Improper Duchess
1936
as Milton Lee
Excess Baggage
1933
as inspector Toucan
No Funny Business
1933
as Mr Potterton
The Monkey's Paw
1948
as Sergeant-Major Morris
The Gay Adventure
1936
as Porter
Orders Is Orders
1933
as Dave
The Frightened Lady
1932
as Brooks
The Naked Earth
1958
as Father Verity
In the Zone
1946
Mister Cinders
1935
as Henry Kemp
The Old Man
1931
as Rennett
My Daughter Joy
1950
as Sir Thomas McTavish
Heat Wave
1935
as Captain
Gay Love
1934
as Highams
The Big Splash
1935
as Hartley Bassett
It's a Boy
1934
as Publisher
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
as Rubin
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