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.
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Filmography (119)
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
The Prisoner
1967
Les Misérables
1967
Brigadoon
1966
Alice in Wonderland
1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
United!
1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Who Was Maddox?
1964
Murder at the Gallop
1963
Billy Liar
1963
West 11
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
The Cracksman
1963
Cleopatra
1963
The Inspector
1962
The Amorous Prawn
1962
Go to Blazes
1962
The Saint
1962
Man of the World
1962
Francis of Assisi
1961
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
Hand in Hand
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
Five Golden Hours
1961
Kidnapped
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
The Angel Wore Red
1960
Danger Man
1960
Ben-Hur
1959
Solomon and Sheba
1959
Corridors of Blood
1958
6.5 Special
1958
Tempest
1958
The Naked Earth
1958
Rockets Galore
1958
Seven Waves Away
1957
Saint Joan
1957
The Little Hut
1957
Dangerous Exile
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Zarak
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
Captain Lightfoot
1955
King's Rhapsody
1955
Third Party Risk
1954
Make Me an Offer!
1954
The End of the Road
1954
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Ivanhoe
1952
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
Walk East on Beacon
1952
Kangaroo
1952
People Will Talk
1951
Quo Vadis
1951
Treasure Island
1950
The Mudlark
1950
My Daughter Joy
1950
The Black Rose
1950
Trio
1950
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
Whisky Galore!
1949
So Evil My Love
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
My Brother Jonathan
1948
The Monkey's Paw
1948
The Brothers
1947
Woman to Woman
1947
Great Expectations
1946
School for Secrets
1946
In the Zone
1946
The Trojan Brothers
1946
Spring Song
1946
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
Don Chicago
1945
The Bells Go Down
1943
Undercover
1943
Warn That Man
1943
The Shipbuilders
1943
They Met in the Dark
1943
Theatre Royal
1943
Thunder Rock
1942
The Day Will Dawn
1942
49th Parallel
1941
Crook's Tour
1940
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
The Edge of the World
1937
Glamorous Night
1937
Paradise for Two
1937
Command Performance
1937
Wanted!
1937
Catch as Catch Can
1937
The Improper Duchess
1936
The Gay Adventure
1936
Me and Marlborough
1935
Mister Cinders
1935
Heat Wave
1935
The Big Splash
1935
My Old Dutch
1934
Princess Charming
1934
Little Friend
1934
Gay Love
1934
It's a Boy
1934
The Good Companions
1933
Excess Baggage
1933
No Funny Business
1933
Orders Is Orders
1933
Rome Express
1932
The Frightened Lady
1932
The Old Man
1931
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