Finlay Currie
Acting
Born January 19, 1878 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film…
Known For · 40 titles
The Saint
Gideon's Way
Ben-Hur
Danger Man
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Prisoner
Cleopatra
Man of the World
Around the World in 80 Days
Quo Vadis
General Electric Theater
Treasure Island
Great Expectations
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Ivanhoe
Solomon and Sheba
Knock on Any Door
Armchair Theatre
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Seven Waves Away
Murder at the Gallop
Les Misérables
Gay Love
Billy Liar
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Kidnapped
Zarak
49th Parallel
I Know Where I'm Going!
Kangaroo
People Will Talk
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
The Black Rose
Footsteps in the Fog
Whisky Galore!
My Brother Jonathan
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Undercover
Vendetta for The Saint