- Finlay Currie - Wikipedia
William Finlay Currie [1] (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television [2] [3] He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946) and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959) [4] [5]
- Finlay Currie - IMDb
Finlay Currie Actor: Great Expectations Scottish-born Finlay Currie was a former church organist and choirmaster, who made his stage debut at 20 years of age It took him 34 more years before making his first film, but he worked steadily for another 30 years after that
- This Is Your Life: Finlay Currie - Big Red Book
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Finlay Currie, actor, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the foyer of the BBC Television Theatre Born in Edinburgh, Finlay began his acting career on stage, touring the United States in a song and dance act he did with his wife, Maude Courtney
- BFI Screenonline: Currie, Finlay (1878-1968) Biography
Currie, Finlay (1878-1968) Actor A monumental character player who terrified a generation of schoolchildren, and not a few adults, when, as Magwitch in David Lean 's Great Expectations (1946), he leapt out at the young Pip in a gloomy cemetery
- Scotland on Film - Forum - BBC
Finlay Currie played many great parts and in some films he was the only actor worth watching!
- Finlay Currie - The Movie Database (TMDB)
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
- Finlay Currie: Overview of Finlay Currie - Gazetteer for Scotland
Character actor Born in Edinburgh, Currie began as a choir master and church organist, but went on to star on stage and screen His film career began late in life, with more than 100 roles from 1931 until his death
- Forgotten Actors: Finlay Currie
Born: 20 January 1878, Edinburgh, Scotland Died: 9 May 1968, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England The Bells Go Down (1943) as District Officer MacFarlane Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Old Enderby Billy Liar (1963) as Duxbury Finlay Currie stops to talk to Rodney Bewes and Tom Courtenay
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