Where to watch James Finlayson in the UK
Find every James Finlayson film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 22 June 2026.
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.
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- To Be or Not to Be (1942) as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
- Royal Wedding (1951) as Cabby (uncredited)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Dutch Peasant (uncredited)
- Angel (1937) as Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)
- Block-Heads (1938) as Man on Stairs
- Way Out West (1937) as Mickey Finn
- The Flying Deuces (1939) as Jailor
- Bonnie Scotland (1935) as Sgt. Maj. Finlayson
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946) as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
- Our Relations (1936) as Finn
- The Devil's Brother (1933) as Lord Rocburg
- Hollywood (1923) as James Finlayson
- Saps at Sea (1940) as Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited)
- A Chump at Oxford (1940) as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
- Flying Elephants (1928) as Saxophonus (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) as General
- The Dawn Patrol (1930) as Field Sergeant
- The Perils of Pauline (1947) as Comic Chef
- She-Wolf of London (1946) as Constable (uncredited)
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage)
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) as Keystone Cop
- The Toast of New York (1937) as Trick-Hat Inventor (uncredited)
- Pardon Us (1931) as Schoolteacher
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