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.

Filmography

• 2002Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
• 1982Dance of the Cookoos — Man with Toothache / Christmas Tree Customer
• 1981The Muppets Go to the Movies — Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1968The Best of Laurel and Hardy — Meadows / Dulcy's Father / Fin (archive footage)
• 1967The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
• 1952Here We Go Again — Plato's Rival
• 1951Royal Wedding — Cabby (uncredited)
• 1951The Slappiest Days of Our Lives — (archive footage)
• 1948Grand Canyon Trail — Sheriff
• 1947The Perils of Pauline — Comic Chef
• 1946She-Wolf of London — Constable (uncredited)
• 1946Two Sisters from Boston — Street Cleaner (uncredited)
• 1943Happy Times and Jolly Moments — (archive footage)
• 1943Yanks Ahoy — Cook Flynn (uncredited)
• 1942To Be or Not to Be — Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
• 1942Wedding Yells — Hammerhead Nahl
• 1940A Chump at Oxford — Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
• 1940Foreign Correspondent — Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
• 1940Saps at Sea — Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
• 1939Dog-Gone — Mr. Jones
• 1939Hollywood Cavalcade — Keystone Cop
• 1939Raffles — Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1939The Flying Deuces — Jailor
• 1939The Great Victor Herbert — Lamplighter
• 1938Block-Heads — Man on Stairs
• 1937All Over Town — MacDougal
• 1937Angel — Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
• 1937Pick a Star — Director
• 1937The Toast of New York — Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
• 1937Way Out West — Mickey Finn
• 1936Our Relations — Finn
• 1936The Bohemian Girl — Captain Finn
• 1935Bonnie Scotland — Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
• 1935Father and Son — Bidad
• 1935Life Hesitates at 40 — Dr. James Finlayson
• 1935MGM 1935 Promo Reel — Manager
• 1935Manhattan Monkey Business — Joyce's Father
• 1935Thicker Than Water — Auction Manager
• 1933Dick Turpin — Jeremy
• 1933His Silent Racket — James
• 1933Me and My Pal — Peter Cucumber
• 1933Mush and Milk — Mr. Brown, the banker
• 1933Nature in the Wrong — Voice of lion (uncredited)
• 1933So This Is Harris! — Golf Pro
• 1933The Devil's Brother — Lord Rocburg
• 1933The Druggist's Dilemma — Andrew Finch
• 1933The Gay Nighties — Mr. Amos Pipp
• 1932Boy Oh Boy! — Saunders
• 1932Jitters the Butler — Phineas P. McPhinn
• 1932Pack Up Your Troubles — General
• 1932The Chimp — Ringmaster (uncredited)
• 1932The Iceman's Ball — Commissioner Walters
• 1932The Millionaire Cat — Lawyer Fogg
• 1932Thunder Below — Scotty
• 1931Beach Pajamas
• 1931Chickens Come Home — Butler (uncredited)
• 1931False Roomers — Landlord
• 1931Hasty Marriage — Kitty's Father
• 1931One Good Turn — A Community Player
• 1931One of the Smiths — Wine Brewer (uncredited)
• 1931Our Wife — Father of the bride (uncredited)
• 1931Pardon Us — Schoolteacher
• 1931Playing at Politics — Criado
• 1931Scratch-As-Catch-Can
• 1931Second Hand Kisses — Jimmy Finlayson
• 1931Stout Hearts and Willing Hands — Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
• 1930Another Fine Mess — Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited)
• 1930Dollar Dizzy — House Detective
• 1930Don't Leave Home
• 1930For the Defense — Parrott
• 1930Gold Diggers
• 1930Night Owls — Meadows
• 1930The Dawn Patrol — Field Sergeant
• 1930The prince of the dollar
• 1930Thieves
• 1930Young Eagles — Scotty
• 1929Big Business — Homeowner (uncredited)
• 1929Fast Freight — Spooky Wall Painting
• 1929Hard to Get — Pa Martin
• 1929Liberty — Store keeper
• 1929Men O' War — Soda jerk
• 1929The Hoose-Gow — Governor (uncredited)
• 1929Two Weeks Off — Pa Weaver
• 1929Wall Street — Andy (as Jimmy Finalyson)
• 1928Bachelor’s Paradise — Pat Malone
• 1928Flying Elephants — Saxophonus (uncredited)
• 1928Galloping Ghosts — Police Commissioner
• 1928Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath — Pa Slocum
• 1928Lady Be Good — Trelawney West
• 1928Should Tall Men Marry? — Joe Skittle
• 1928Show Girl — Mr. Dugan
• 1927Anything Once! — Mabel's Boss
• 1927Call of the Cuckoo — Asylum Inmate
• 1927Do Detectives Think? — Judge Foozle (uncredited)
• 1927Don't Tell Everything — Lawyer Goldblum
• 1927Fighting Fathers — Neighbor
• 1927Forgotten Sweeties
• 1927Hats Off — Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co.
• 1927Love 'Em and Weep — Titus Tillsbury
• 1927No Man's Law — Jack Belcher
• 1927One Hour Married
• 1927Seeing the World — 'Old Buzz-Fuzz,' teacher
• 1927Sugar Daddies — Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle
• 1927The Second 100 Years — Browne Van Dyke
• 1927With Love and Hisses — Captain Bustle
• 1926A Punch in the Nose
• 1926Dizzy Daddies — Jonathan Haig
• 1926Don Key (Son of Burro) — Vivien's Suitor
• 1926Madame Mystery — Struggling Author
• 1926Merry Widower — The Hunter
• 1926Raggedy Rose — Simpson Sniffle
• 1926The Nickel-Hopper — Rupert
• 1926Thundering Fleas — Justice of the Peace
• 1926What's the World Coming To? — The Father-in-Law
• 1926Wife Tamers — The Waiter
• 1926Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes — Dean of Pinkham University
• 1925Change the Needle
• 1925Chasing the Chaser — Gilroy (the husband)
• 1925Flaming Flappers
• 1925Hard Boiled
• 1925In the Grease — Father
• 1925Innocent Husbands — The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson)
• 1925Madame Sans Jane — The Girl's Father
• 1925Mary, Queen of Tots — Radio Actor
• 1925Moonlight and Noses — Professor Sniff
• 1925Sure-Mike! — The Floorwalker
• 1925Tell It to a Policeman
• 1925The Caretaker's Daughter — The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson)
• 1925The Haunted Honeymoon
• 1925Thundering Landlords — The Landlord
• 1925Unfriendly Enemies — The Cameraman
• 1925Welcome Home
• 1925Yes, Yes, Nanette — Hillory, the new husband
• 1924Brothers Under the Chin
• 1924Near Dublin — Sir Patrick
• 1924Postage Due — Postal Inspector Hawke
• 1924Rupert of Hee-Haw — Rupert of Hee Haw
• 1924Short Kilts — McGregor's Son
• 1924Smithy — Sergeant
• 1924Why Husbands Go Mad
• 1924Wide Open Spaces — Jack McQueen
• 1924Zeb vs. Paprika — Major Glanders Botts
• 1923A Man About Town — Humko, Store Detective
• 1923A Tough Winter
• 1923Before the Public
• 1923California or Bust — Campground neighbor
• 1923Courtship of Miles Sandwich — Miles Sandwich
• 1923Frozen Hearts — General Sappovitch
• 1923Fully Insured — The Foreman
• 1923Hollywood — James Finlayson
• 1923Jack Frost — Wicked Man from the Wicked City
• 1923Jus' Passin' Through — Drunk (uncredited)
• 1923Mother's Joy — Baron Buttontop
• 1923Oranges and Lemons — Worker
• 1923Pick and Shovel — The Foreman
• 1923Pitfalls of a Big City — The Hired Man
• 1923Roughest Africa — Hans Downe
• 1923Scorching Sands — James
• 1923Sold at Auction! — The Man Who WAS Sold
• 1923The Mystery Man
• 1923The Noon Whistle
• 1923The Soilers — Smacknamara
• 1923The Whole Truth — Defense lawyer
• 1923Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? — The Hired Man
• 1923White Wings — Dental Patient
• 1922Newly Rich
• 1922The Crossroads of New York — Lawyer
• 1921A Small Town Idol — J. Wellington Jones
• 1921Hard Knocks and Love Taps — Plato's Rival
• 1921She Sighed by the Seaside — 1st Suitor
• 1920Don't Weaken! — Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant
• 1920Down on the Farm — The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
• 1920Love, Honor and Behave — Artist
• 1920Married Life — Man Who Made Good
• 1919Trying to Get Along — The Beauty Parlor Operator
• 1919Up in Alf's Place — The Dancing Instructor
• 1919Yankee Doodle in Berlin — Commander's Officer (uncredited)
• 1918In Dutch
• The World of Laurel and Hardy

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1990The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence — Self (archive footage)