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), base...
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Complete Filmography
Vendetta for The Saint
1969
as Don Pasquale
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian busine...
Alice in Wonderland
1966
as Dodo
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th...
Brigadoon
1966
as Mr. Lundie
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on a map. A wonderful, fun filled day will be had by...
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as The Doll Maker
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Emcee
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
Who Was Maddox?
1964
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Senator
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius h...
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Grandpa Stirling
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet s...
West 11
1963
as Gash
Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description...
Billy Liar
1963
as Duxbury
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him...
Murder at the Gallop
1963
as Old Enderby
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. ...
Cleopatra
1963
as Titus
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...
The Cracksman
1963
as Feathers
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable as...
The Amorous Prawn
1962
as Lochaye
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in or...
The Inspector
1962
as De Kool
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Go to Blazes
1962
as Judge
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversio...
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Jacob
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his...
Clue of the Silver Key
1961
as Harvey Lane
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Francis of Assisi
1961
as The Pope
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his...
Hand in Hand
1961
as Mr. Pritchard
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be par...
Five Golden Hours
1961
as Father Superior
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely barones...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Captain Sellers
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Bishop
A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.
Kidnapped
1960
as Cluny MacPherson
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, ...
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as David
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the cou...
Ben-Hur
1959
as Balthasar
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of t...
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Supt. Charles Matheson
Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.
Tempest
1958
as Count Grinov
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he c...
Rockets Galore
1958
as Narrator (uncredited)
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world ...
6.5 Special
1958
as Himself
A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the ...
The Naked Earth
1958
as Father Verity
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested w...
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Mr. Patient
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In ...
Saint Joan
1957
as Archbishop of Rheims
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc...
The Little Hut
1957
as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipw...
Abandon Ship
1957
as Mr. Wheaton
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over ...
Zarak
1956
as The Mullah
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Whist Partner
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Inspector Peters
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
King's Rhapsody
1955
as King Paul
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic fi...
Captain Lightfoot
1955
as Callahan
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets fam...
Make Me an Offer!
1954
as Abe Sparta
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of othe...
Third Party Risk
1954
as Mr. Darius
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. B...
The End of the Road
1954
as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953
as Hamish MacPherson
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becom...
Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
as MacDougal
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952
as Col. Randolph
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Ivanhoe
1952
as Cedric
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of Kin...
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Professor Albert Kafer
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
Kangaroo
1952
as Michael McGuire
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals ...
Quo Vadis
1951
as Peter
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
People Will Talk
1951
as Shunderson
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodo...
Trio
1950
as Mr. McLeod
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
The Mudlark
1950
as John Brown
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
The Black Rose
1950
as Alfgar
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of ...
My Daughter Joy
1950
as Sir Thomas McTavish
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
Treasure Island
1950
as Capt. Billy Bones
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribb...
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Narrator
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Uncle Jim
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is i...
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the ...
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Alastair McBain
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Sir Joshua Varley
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
So Evil My Love
1948
as Dr. Krylie
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several mal...
The Monkey's Paw
1948
as Sergeant-Major Morris
The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect.
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Dr. Hammond
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work a...
The Brothers
1947
as Hector Macrae
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
Woman to Woman
1947
as Theatre Manager
Great Expectations
1946
as Abel Magwitch
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman....
School for Secrets
1946
as Sir Duncan Wills
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of B...
Spring Song
1946
as Cobb
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as W.H. Maxwell
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
In the Zone
1946
Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
as Ruairidh Mhór
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclemen...
Don Chicago
1945
as Bugs Mulligan
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangle...
The Shipbuilders
1943
as McWain
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the Briti...
They Met in the Dark
1943
as Merchant Captain
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court m...
Undercover
1943
as Priest (uncredited)
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope ...
Theatre Royal
1943
as Clement J. Earle
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will s...
Warn That Man
1943
as Captain Andrew Fletcher
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a pl...
The Bells Go Down
1943
as District Officer McFarlane
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London ...
Thunder Rock
1942
as Capt. Joshua Stuart
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his payc...
The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Capt. Alstad
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat ...
49th Parallel
1941
as The Factor
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by com...
Crook's Tour
1940
as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of G...
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938
as Rubin
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in inv...
Paradise for Two
1937
as Creditor
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
The Edge of the World
1937
as James Gray
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Wanted!
1937
as Uncle Mart
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves ar...
Command Performance
1937
as Al, Arthur's Manager
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The Stre...
Catch as Catch Can
1937
as Al Parson
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for reluc...
Glamorous Night
1937
as Angus MacKintosh
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
The Gay Adventure
1936
as Porter
The Improper Duchess
1936
as Milton Lee
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
Me and Marlborough
1935
as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
Heat Wave
1935
as Captain
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South ...
Mister Cinders
1935
as Henry Kemp
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil ...
The Big Splash
1935
as Hartley Bassett
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
Little Friend
1934
as Grove
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
My Old Dutch
1934
as Mo
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - wi...
Gay Love
1934
as Highams
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations d...
It's a Boy
1934
as Publisher
"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a ...
Princess Charming
1934
as Baron Seegman
Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the neighboring country, which j...
Orders Is Orders
1933
as Dave
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't...
No Funny Business
1933
as Mr Potterton
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
Excess Baggage
1933
as inspector Toucan
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Good Companions
1933
as Monte Mortimer
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
Rome Express
1932
as Sam, Publicist
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
The Frightened Lady
1932
as Brooks
A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to ...
The Old Man
1931
as Rennett
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)