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James Finlayson Acting Filmography (179)

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

1990·Self (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos

1982·Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968·Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964·Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)

Here We Go Again

1952·Plato's Rival

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951·(archive footage)

1951·Cabby (uncredited)

Grand Canyon Trail

The Perils of Pauline

1947·Comic Chef

She-Wolf of London

1946·Constable (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

1946·Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943·(archive footage)

1943·Cook Flynn (uncredited)

To Be or Not to Be

1942·Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

1942·Hammerhead Nahl

1940·Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

1940·Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent

1940·Dutch Peasant (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939·Keystone Cop

1939·Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

1939·Mr. Jones

The Great Victor Herbert

1939·Lamplighter

1938·Man on Stairs

1937·Mickey Finn

1937·Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

The Toast of New York

1937·Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)

1937·MacDougal

The Bohemian Girl

1936·Captain Finn

Thicker Than Water

1935·Auction Manager

Bonnie Scotland

1935·Sgt. Maj. Finlayson

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

Life Hesitates at 40

1935·Dr. James Finlayson

Manhattan Monkey Business

1935·Joyce's Father

Nature in the Wrong

1933·Voice of lion (uncredited)

1933·Peter Cucumber

The Devil's Brother

1933·Lord Rocburg

1933·Mr. Brown, the banker

The Gay Nighties

1933·Mr. Amos Pipp

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933·Andrew Finch

His Silent Racket

So This Is Harris!

Pack Up Your Troubles

The Iceman's Ball

1932·Commissioner Walters

1932·Ringmaster (uncredited)

Jitters the Butler

1932·Phineas P. McPhinn

The Millionaire Cat

1932·Lawyer Fogg

1931·Father of the bride (uncredited)

1931·A Community Player

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931·Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Chickens Come Home

1931·Butler (uncredited)

1931·Kitty's Father

Second Hand Kisses

1931·Jimmy Finlayson

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Playing at Politics

1931·Schoolteacher

One of the Smiths

1931·Wine Brewer (uncredited)

The prince of the dollar

Another Fine Mess

1930·Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)

Don't Leave Home

For the Defense

1930·House Detective

The Dawn Patrol

1930·Field Sergeant

1929·Soda jerk

1929·Store keeper

1929·Governor (uncredited)

1929·Homeowner (uncredited)

1929·Pa Martin

1929·Spooky Wall Painting

1929·Pa Weaver

1929·Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)

Flying Elephants

1928·Saxophonus (uncredited)

1928·Mr. Dugan

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

1928·Pa Slocum

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928·Joe Skittle

1928·Trelawney West

Galloping Ghosts

1928·Police Commissioner

Bachelor’s Paradise

1928·Pat Malone

Forgotten Sweeties

1927·Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle

Call of the Cuckoo

1927·Asylum Inmate

Do Detectives Think?

1927·Judge Foozle (uncredited)

The Second 100 Years

1927·Browne Van Dyke

Love 'Em and Weep

1927·Titus Tillsbury

With Love and Hisses

1927·Captain Bustle

1927·Mabel's Boss

1927·Jack Belcher

Seeing the World

1927·'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher

Don't Tell Everything

1927·Lawyer Goldblum

1927·Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.

One Hour Married

Fighting Fathers

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926·Vivien's Suitor

A Punch in the Nose

1926·The Hunter

Thundering Fleas

1926·Justice of the Peace

1926·The Waiter

1926·Simpson Sniffle

1926·Jonathan Haig

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926·Dean of Pinkham University

The Nickel-Hopper

What's the World Coming To?

1926·The Father-in-Law

1926·Struggling Author

The Haunted Honeymoon

Thundering Landlords

1925·The Landlord

Madame Sans Jane

1925·The Girl's Father

Unfriendly Enemies

1925·The Cameraman

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925·Hillory, the new husband

Chasing the Chaser

1925·Gilroy (the husband)

Innocent Husbands

1925·The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)

1925·The Floorwalker

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925·The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)

Moonlight and Noses

1925·Professor Sniff

Tell It to a Policeman

Flaming Flappers

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925·Radio Actor

Change the Needle

Why Husbands Go Mad

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924·Major Glanders Botts

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924·Rupert of Hee Haw

1924·McGregor's Son

1924·Sir Patrick

Wide Open Spaces

1924·Jack McQueen

Brothers Under the Chin

1924·Postal Inspector Hawke

1923·James Finlayson

1923·Wicked Man from the Wicked City

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923·The Hired Man

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923·The Hired Man

Oranges and Lemons

Roughest Africa

1923·Hans Downe

Sold at Auction!

1923·The Man Who WAS Sold

A Man About Town

1923·Humko, Store Detective

California or Bust

1923·Campground neighbor

Scorching Sands

1923·Dental Patient

1923·General Sappovitch

The Whole Truth

1923·Defense lawyer

1923·Baron Buttontop

The Mystery Man

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923·Miles Sandwich

The Noon Whistle

1923·The Foreman

Before the Public

1923·Smacknamara

Pick and Shovel

1923·The Foreman

Jus' Passin' Through

1923·Drunk (uncredited)

The Crossroads of New York

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921·1st Suitor

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921·Plato's Rival

A Small Town Idol

1921·J. Wellington Jones

1920·Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant

Down on the Farm

1920·The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage

Love, Honor and Behave

1920·Man Who Made Good

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919·Commander's Officer (uncredited)

Trying to Get Along

1919·The Beauty Parlor Operator

Up in Alf's Place

1919·The Dancing Instructor