James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.
Movies
The Flying Deuces
Jailor
Way Out West
Mickey Finn
Block-Heads
Man on Stairs
Pack Up Your Troubles
General
Our Relations
Finn
Saps at Sea
Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
Liberty
Store keeper
Flying Elephants
Saxophonus
Sugar Daddies
Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
Me and My Pal
Peter Cucumber
Men O'War
Soda jerk
Our Wife
Father of the bride
Night Owls
Meadows
One Good Turn
A Community Player
The Hoose-Gow
Governor
Another Fine Mess
Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
Do Detectives Think?
Judge Foozle
Thundering Fleas
Justice of the Peace
With Love and Hisses
Captain Bustle
Thicker Than Water
Auction Manager
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Chickens Come Home
Butler
The Second Hundred Years
Browne Van Dyke
Love 'Em and Weep
Titus Tillsbury
The Bohemian Girl
Captain Finn
The Devil's Brother
Lord Rocburg
Oranges and Lemons
Worker
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Hillory, the new husband
Mush and Milk
Mr. Brown, the banker
Zeb vs. Paprika
Major Glanders Botts
Hasty Marriage
Kitty's Father
The Gay Nighties
Mr. Amos Pipp
Thieves
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
In the Grease
Father
All Over Town
MacDougal
Roughest Africa
Hans Downe
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Raggedy Rose
Simpson Sniffle
A Small Town Idol
J. Wellington Jones
Anything Once!
Mabel's Boss
California or Bust
Campground neighbor
Sold at Auction
The Man Who WAS Sold
White Wings
Dental Patient
Scorching Sands
James
A Man About Town
Humko, Store Detective
No Man's Law
Jack Belcher
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee Haw
Seeing the World
'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
For the Defense
Parrott
Frozen Hearts
General Sappovitch
The Whole Truth
Defense lawyer
Chasing the Chaser
Gilroy (the husband)
Should Tall Men Marry?
Joe Skittle
Hollywood Cavalcade
Keystone Cop
Short Kilts
McGregor's Son
Big Business
Homeowner
Thunder Below
Scotty
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Miles Sandwich
Don't Weaken!
Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
Dollar Dizzy
House Detective (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Commander's Officer (uncredited)
Young Eagles
Scotty
Down on the Farm
The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
Innocent Husbands
The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Dean of Pinkham University
Second Hand Kisses
Jimmy Finlayson
A Chump at Oxford
Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
The Chimp
Ringmaster
Playing at Politics
Criado
Raffles
Hansom Cab Driver
Sure-Mike!
The Floorwalker
Grand Canyon Trail
Sheriff
Bonnie Scotland
Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
Smithy
Sergeant
What's the World Coming To?
The Father-in-Law
Don't Tell Everything
Lawyer Goldblum
The Caretaker's Daughter
The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
Moonlight and Noses
Professor Sniff
Fully Insured
The Foreman
Dick Turpin
Jeremy
Near Dublin
Sir Patrick
Fast Freight
Spooky Wall Painting
Pardon Us
Schoolteacher
Foreign Correspondent
Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
Madame Mystery
Struggling Author
The Dawn Patrol
Field Sergeant
The Druggist's Dilemma
Andrew Finch
Royal Wedding
Cabby (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
Comic Chef
Hats Off
Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
Two Weeks Off
Pa Weaver
Wide Open Spaces
Jack McQueen
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Dog-Gone
Mr. Jones
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Before the Public
Tell It to a Policeman
The Great Victor Herbert
Lamplighter
In Dutch
Lady Be Good
Trelawney West
One of the Smiths
Wine Brewer (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
Up in Alf's Place
The Dancing Instructor
His Silent Racket
James
Flaming Flappers
Two Sisters from Boston
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Pick a Star
Director
So This Is Harris!
Golf Pro
The Soilers
Smacknamara
Pick and Shovel
The Foreman
Brothers Under the Chin
False Roomers
Landlord
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Manager
Wall Street
Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
Jitters the Butler
Phineas P. McPhinn
Postage Due
Postal Inspector Hawke
One Hour Married
A Tough Winter
Life Hesitates at 40
Dr. James Finlayson
Manhattan Monkey Business
Joyce's Father
Hollywood
James Finlayson
The Haunted Honeymoon
To Be or Not to Be
Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
Thundering Landlords
The Landlord
Madame Sans Jane
Unfriendly Enemies
The Cameraman
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Vivien's Suitor
The Iceman's Ball
Commissioner Walters
A Punch in the Nose
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Jack Frost
Wicked Man from the Wicked City
Why Husbands Go Mad
Hard Boiled
Merry Widower
The Hunter
Forgotten Sweeties
Newly Rich
Nature in the Wrong
Voice of lion (uncredited)
The prince of the dollar
Gold Diggers
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
The Hired Man
Pitfalls of a Big City
The Hired Man
The Crossroads of New York
Lawyer
Show Girl
Mr. Dugan
Wife Tamers
The Waiter
Beach Pajamas
Don't Leave Home
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Pa Slocum
Dizzy Daddies
Jonathan Haig
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
She Sighed by the Seaside
1st Suitor
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
Angel
Wedding Yells
Hammerhead Nahl
The Toast of New York
Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Plato's Rival
Here We Go Again
Plato's Rival
Mother's Joy
Baron Buttontop
The Mystery Man
The Noon Whistle
The Nickel-Hopper
Rupert
Hard to Get
Pa Martin