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Finlay Currie
William Finlay Currie was a renowned Scottish actor celebrated for both stage and screen performances, as well as television. His career spanned over an impressive 70 years, with some of his most acclaimed roles being Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946) and Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959). He appeared in seven films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with U.K. film Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and U.S. film Ben-Hur bagging the awards. He moved to the United States in the late 1890s and ventured into films with his first one in 1931, The Old Man. Some of his memorable roles include a priest in Undercover (1943), Queen Victoria's highland attendant John Brown in The Mudlark (1950), and Saint Peter in Quo Vadis (1951).
Currie's body of work in his 70s demonstrated his willingness to perform action scenes and his innate comic abilities. His work in television was also noteworthy, with roles in Alexander Reid's The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou and NBC's The DuPont Show of the Week. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1963. In his final years, Currie performed in the television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon and in the series The Saint. Besides his prolific acting career, Currie also had a passion for antiques, specialising in coins and precious metals, and was a collector of the works of Robert Burns. He died in 1968 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, leaving a rich legacy in the world of acting.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: William Finlay Currie
Born: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Citizenship: Scottish
Birthday: January 20, 1878
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1898-1968
Children: 2
Spouses: Maude Courtney
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Movies Featuring Finlay Currie
Treasure Island
Great Expectations
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Around the World in 80 Days
Quo Vadis
Ivanhoe
Brigadoon
Murder at the Gallop
The Amorous Prawn
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Joseph and His Brethren
Zarak
Undercover
Warn That Man
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Good Companions
King’s Rhapsody
Five Golden Hours
My Brother Jonathan
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
The History of Mr. Polly
Third Party Risk
49th Parallel
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Mudlark
Walk East on Beacon
School for Secrets
I Know Where I’m Going!
Whisky Galore!
The Cracksman
They Met in the Dark
So Evil My Love
Kangaroo
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Vendetta for The Saint
Trio
Billy Liar
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Corridors of Blood
Sleeping Car to Trieste
The Inspector
6.5 Special
Clue of the Silver Key
The Day Will Dawn
Footsteps in the Fog
People Will Talk
Rome Express
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
Tempest
Campbell’s Kingdom
Abandon Ship
Thunder Rock
The Brothers
Rockets Galore
Dangerous Exile
Kidnapped
Francis of Assisi
Go to Blazes
The Little Hut
Make Me an Offer!
The Angel Wore Red
Solomon and Sheba
Hand in Hand
The Black Rose
Crook’s Tour
The Bells Go Down
Alice in Wonderland
Saint Joan
The Edge of the World
West 11
Career Timeline
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1963
Murder at the Gallop
Old Enderby
The Cracksman
Feathers
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Grandpa Stirling
Billy Liar
Duxbury
West 11
Gash
1961
Joseph and His Brethren
Jacob
Five Golden Hours
Father Superior
Clue of the Silver Key
Harvey Lane
Francis of Assisi
The Pope
Hand in Hand
Mr. Pritchard
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Captain Sellers
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
The Angel Wore Red
Bishop
1958
Corridors of Blood
Supt. Charles Matheson
6.5 Special
Himself
Tempest
Count Grinov
Rockets Galore
Narrator (uncredited)
1957
Campbell’s Kingdom
Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Abandon Ship
Mr. Wheaton
Dangerous Exile
Mr. Patient
The Little Hut
The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Saint Joan
Archbishop of Rheims
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Sir Joshua Varley
My Brother Jonathan
Dr. Hammond
So Evil My Love
Dr. Krylie
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Marquis of Tullibardine
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Alastair McBain
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