Finlay Currie
Scottish actor (1878-1968) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
William Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television. He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946), as Saint Peter in Quo Vadis (1951) and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959).
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1968Died9 May 19681967
Les MisérablesSeries
The PrisonerSeries, 1967General1966
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Dodo1965
Gideon's WaySeries, General Sir Hector McGregorKnock on Any DoorSeries, 1965Old Man1964
The Fall of the Roman EmpireFilm, Senator1963
Billy LiarFilm, Duxbury1962
Man of the WorldSeries, Donald
The SaintSeries, 1962Don Pasquale1960
Danger ManSeries, 'Jock'
KidnappedFilm, 1960Cluny MacPherson1958
Corridors of BloodFilm, Supt. Charles Matheson1957
Campbell's KingdomFilm, Hyper-religious Old Barfly1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Professor Syme
The Count of Monte CristoSeries, 19561955
Captain LightfootFilm, Callahan1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, MacMorriss1952
IvanhoeFilm, Cedric1950
The Black RoseFilm, Alfgar1949
Whisky Galore!Film, Narrator1946
Great ExpectationsFilm, Abel Magwitch1942
Thunder RockFilm, Capt. Joshua Stuart1941
49th ParallelFilm, The Factor1932
Rome ExpressFilm, Sam, Publicist1878Born20 January 1878
Les MisérablesSeriesThe PrisonerSeries, 1967General1966Alice in WonderlandFilm, Dodo1965Gideon's WaySeries, General Sir Hector McGregorKnock on Any DoorSeries, 1965Old Man1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireFilm, Senator1963Billy LiarFilm, Duxbury1962Man of the WorldSeries, DonaldThe SaintSeries, 1962Don Pasquale1960Danger ManSeries, 'Jock'KidnappedFilm, 1960Cluny MacPherson1958Corridors of BloodFilm, Supt. Charles Matheson1957Campbell's KingdomFilm, Hyper-religious Old Barfly1956Armchair TheatreSeries, Professor SymeThe Count of Monte CristoSeries, 19561955Captain LightfootFilm, Callahan1953General Electric TheaterSeries, MacMorriss1952IvanhoeFilm, Cedric1950The Black RoseFilm, Alfgar1949Whisky Galore!Film, Narrator1946Great ExpectationsFilm, Abel Magwitch1942Thunder RockFilm, Capt. Joshua Stuart194149th ParallelFilm, The Factor1932Rome ExpressFilm, Sam, Publicist1878Born20 January 1878Known for
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Ben-Hur 1959
Great Expectations 1946
Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965
Cleopatra 1963
Murder at the Gallop 1963
People around Finlay
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Walt Disney Produced Treasure Island and Kidnapped
Michael Powell Directed 49th Parallel and The Edge of the World
John Laurie Also in Kidnapped and The Edge of the World- Francis de Wolff Also in Saint Joan, Treasure Island and Ivanhoe
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Directed Cleopatra and People Will Talk
Michael Curtiz Directed Francis of Assisi (1961)
Otto Preminger Produced Bunny Lake Is Missing and Saint Joan
John Mills Produced The History of Mr. Polly (1949)- Delmer Daves Directed Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
Mark Robson Directed The Little Hut (1957)
Nunnally Johnson Directed The Angel Wore Red (1960)
James Robertson Justice Also in Whisky Galore! and The Black Rose
Sam Zimbalist Produced Quo Vadis and Beau Brummell
Laurence Naismith Also in Cleopatra and Seven Waves Away
Felix Aylmer Also in Quo Vadis, Trio and Ivanhoe
Harold French Directed Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue and Trio- Percival C. Pearce Produced Treasure Island (1950)
Victor Maddern Also in Footsteps in the Fog and Saint Joan
Elizabeth Taylor Also in Cleopatra, Quo Vadis and Ivanhoe
Ava Gardner Also in Around the World in 80 Days (1958)
Alec Guinness Also in Great Expectations and The Mudlark
Tyrone Power Produced Seven Waves Away (1957)
Miklós Rózsa Wrote Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis and Ivanhoe
Marina Berti Also in Ben-Hur, Cleopatra and Quo Vadis
Filmography 40
119 credits on file
Television 10
Media & music
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1968 · aged 90
