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James Finlayson

1887 - 1953

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James Henderson Finlayson (27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Balding, with a fake moustache, he had many trademark comic mannerisms—including his squinting, outraged double-take reactions, and his characteristic exclamation: "D'ooooooh!" He is the best remembered comic foil of Laurel and Hardy. Finlayson was known by a variety of nicknames. According to Laurel and Hardy scholar Randy Skretvedt, he "called himself Jimmy, was known around the lot as Jim and is usually referred to today as 'Fin'"—a truncated version of his surname, as author John McCabe also noted in his 1961 biography Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Finlayson is the 2,146th most popular actor (down from 1,753rd in 2019), the 2,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,703rd in 2019) and the 279th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, James Finlayson ranks 2,146 out of 13,578. Before her are Mayumi Tanaka, Mel Blanc, Calista Flockhart, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ottavia Piccolo, and Peter Krause. After her are Dermot Mulroney, Richard Beymer, Robert Wisdom, Susan Blakely, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Julia Nickson.

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Among people born in 1887, James Finlayson ranks 112. Before her are Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Alvin Hansen, Walter Ruttmann, Louise Arner Boyd, Norman L. Bowen, and Amadeo de Souza Cardoso. After her are Frigyes Karinthy, Andrei Shkuro, Hector Hodler, Vladimir Smirnov, Kurt Atterberg, and Jean Ray. Among people deceased in 1953, James Finlayson ranks 73. Before her are Karl Staaf, Boris Kidrič, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Iuliu Maniu, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and Holger Pedersen. After her are Nikolay Zelinsky, Vsevolod Merkulov, Vydūnas, Helene Mayer, Xu Beihong, and Vladimir Dekanozov.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, James Finlayson ranks 2,204 out of 8,785. Before her are William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Keith Flint (1969), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Prasutagus (50), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Philip Selway (1967). After her are Mike Leigh (1943), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Steve Jones (1955), Liam Gallagher (1972), Mary Dyer (1611), and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Finlayson ranks 279. Before her are Eliza Poe (1787), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Stephen Dillane (1957), Rachel Kempson (1910), Sarah Douglas (1952), and Peter Capaldi (1958). After her are Olivia Colman (1974), Patrick Magee (1922), Julian Sands (1958), Jonathan Bailey (1988), Katie Johnson (1878), and Nell Gwyn (1650).

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