Cast & crew
James Finlayson
Biography
Scottish comic actor whose double-take and exasperated “D’oh!” made him Laurel and Hardy’s favorite foil—the landlord, the sheriff, or the would-be gentleman undone by the boys.
Filmography
| Year | Films | Role | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Don't Weaken | Cast | Lightfingered Luke - Professor Yonson's Assistant |
| 1922 | Newly Rich | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1922 | Hook, Line And Sinker | Cast | — |
| 1923 | A Man About Town | Cast | Humko, Store Detective |
| 1923 | Before The Public | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1923 | California Or Bust | Cast | Campground neighbor |
| 1923 | Courtship Of Miles Sandwich | Cast | Miles Sandwich |
| 1923 | Frozen Hearts | Cast | General Sappovitch |
| 1923 | Fully Insured | Cast | The Foreman |
| 1923 | Jack Frost | Cast | Wicked Man from the Wicked City |
| 1923 | Jus' Passin' Through | Cast | Drunk (uncredited) |
| 1923 | Man About Town, A | Cast | Humko, Store Detective |
| 1923 | Mother's Joy | Cast | Baron Buttontop |
| 1923 | Mystery Man, The | Cast | 'Gimlet' McGuffey |
| 1923 | Noon Whistle, The | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1923 | Oranges And Lemons | Cast | Worker |
| 1923 | Pick And Shovel | Cast | The Foreman |
| 1923 | Roughest Africa | Cast | Hans Downe |
| 1923 | Scorching Sands | Cast | James |
| 1923 | Soilers, The | Cast | Smacknamara |
| 1923 | Sold At Auction | Cast | The Man Who WAS Sold |
| 1923 | The Noon Whistle | Cast | O'Hallahan, the foreman |
| 1923 | The Soilers | Cast | Smacknamara |
| 1923 | The Whole Truth | Cast | Defense lawyer |
| 1923 | Tough Winter, A | Cast | The landlord |
| 1923 | White Wings | Cast | Dental Patient |
| 1923 | Whole Truth, The | Cast | Defense lawyer |
| 1923 | Walkout, The | Cast | Agitator |
| 1924 | Brothers Under The Chin | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1924 | Near Dublin | Cast | Sir Patrick |
| 1924 | Postage Due | Cast | Postal Inspector Hawke |
| 1924 | Rupert Of Hee Haw | Cast | Rupert of Hee Haw |
| 1924 | Short Kilts | Cast | McGregor's Son |
| 1924 | Smithy | Cast | Sergeant |
| 1924 | Why Husbands Go Mad | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1924 | Wide Open Spaces | Cast | Jack McQueen |
| 1924 | Zeb vs. Paprika | Cast | Major Glanders Botts |
| 1924 | Are Blond Men Bashful? | Cast | — |
| 1924 | Before Taking | Cast | — |
| 1924 | Hot Heels | Cast | — |
| 1924 | Sky Plumber, The | Cast | [?], (*image is from a still) |
| 1924 | Our Congressman | Cast | Dinner party guest |
| 1925 | Caretaker's Daughter, The | Cast | The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson) |
| 1925 | Change The Needle | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1925 | Chasing The Chaser | Cast | Gilroy (the husband) |
| 1925 | Flaming Flappers | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1925 | Hard Boiled | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1925 | Haunted Honeymoon, The | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1925 | In The Grease | Cast | Father |
| 1925 | Innocent Husbands | Cast | The Desk Clerk (as Jimmie Finlayson) |
| 1925 | Madame Sans Jane | Cast | The Girl's Father |
| 1925 | Mary, Queen Of Tots | Cast | Radio station actor |
| 1925 | Moonlight And Noses | Cast | Professor Sniff |
| 1925 | Sure-Mike! | Cast | The Floorwalker |
| 1925 | Tell It To A Policeman | Cast | Policeman |
| 1925 | The Caretaker's Daughter | Cast | The Prohibition Sleuth (as Jimmie Finlayson) |
| 1925 | Thundering Landlords | Cast | The Landlord |
| 1925 | Unfriendly Enemies | Cast | The Cameraman |
| 1925 | Yes, Yes Nanette | Cast | Hillory, the new husband |
| 1925 | Official Officers | Cast | Angry motorist |
| 1925 | Are Husbands Human? | Cast | — |
| 1925 | Cuckoo Love | Cast | — |
| 1926 | Dizzy Daddies | Cast | Jonathan Haig |
| 1926 | Don Key (Son Of Burro) | Cast | Vivien's Suitor |
| 1926 | Madame Mystery | Cast | Struggling Author |
| 1926 | Nickel-Hopper, The | Cast | Rupert |
| 1926 | Punch In The Nose, A | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1926 | Raggedy Rose | Cast | Simpson Sniffle |
| 1926 | The Nickel-Hopper | Cast | Rupert |
| 1926 | What's The World Coming To? | Cast | The Father-in-Law |
| 1926 | Wife Tamers | Cast | The Waiter |
| 1926 | Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes | Cast | Dean of Pinkham University |
| 1926 | Never Too Old | Cast | The butler |
| 1926 | Ukulele Sheiks | Cast | — |
| 1926 | Your Husband's Past | Cast | — |
| 1926 | Merry Widower, The | Cast | Julius |
| 1926 | Should Husbands Pay? | Cast | Mr. Krum |
| 1927 | Duck Soup | Cast | — |
| 1927 | Love 'Em and Weep | Cast | Titus Tillsbury |
| 1927 | With Love and Hisses | Cast | Captain Bustle |
| 1927 | Sugar Daddies | Cast | Oil tycoon Cyrus Brittle |
| 1927 | The Second Hundred Years | Cast | Browne Van Dyke |
| 1927 | Do Detectives Think? | Cast | Judge Foozle (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Hats Off | Cast | Proprietor, Kwickway Washing Machine Co. |
| 1927 | Call of the Cuckoo | Cast | Asylum Inmate |
| 1927 | Anything Once! | Cast | Mabel's Boss |
| 1927 | Don't Tell Everything | Cast | Lawyer Goldblum |
| 1927 | Fighting Fathers | Cast | Neighbor |
| 1927 | Forgotten Sweeties | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1927 | No Man's Law | Cast | Jack Belcher |
| 1927 | One Hour Married | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1927 | Second Hundred Years, The | Cast | Browne Van Dyke |
| 1927 | The Second 100 Years | Cast | Browne Van Dyke |
| 1927 | Honorable Mr. Buggs | Cast | — |
| 1927 | Seeing The World | Cast | Old 'Buzz-Fuzz', teacher |
| 1928 | Habeas Corpus | Cast | — |
| 1928 | Flying Elephants | Cast | Saxophonus (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Galloping Ghosts | Cast | Police Commissioner |
| 1928 | Should Tall Men Marry? | Cast | Joe Skittle |
| 1929 | Big Business | Cast | Homeowner (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Men O' War | Cast | Soda jerk |
| 1929 | The Hoose-Gow | Cast | Governor (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Liberty | Cast | Store keeper |
| 1929 | Fast Freight | Cast | Spooky Wall Painting |
| 1929 | Hoose-Gow, The | Cast | Governor (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Hoosegow | Cast | Governor (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Another Fine Mess | Cast | Col. Wilburforce Buckshot (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Night Owls | Cast | Meadows |
| 1930 | Dollar Dizzy | Cast | House Detective |
| 1930 | El Principe del Dolar | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1930 | Ladrones | Cast | Juan |
| 1930 | Les Chercheuses d'or | Cast | — |
| 1931 | Chickens Come Home | Cast | Butler (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Our Wife | Cast | Father of the bride (uncredited) |
| 1931 | One Good Turn | Cast | A Community Player |
| 1931 | Pardon Us | Cast | Schoolteacher |
| 1931 | Catch-As Catch-Can | Cast | James Finlayson |
| 1931 | Hasty Marriage | Cast | Kitty's Father |
| 1931 | Hinter Schloss Und Riegel | Cast | Schoolteacher |
| 1931 | Muraglie | Cast | Schoolteacher |
| 1931 | One Of The Smiths | Cast | Wine Brewer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Politiquerias | Cast | Criado |
| 1932 | The Chimp | Cast | Ringmaster (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Cast | General |
| 1932 | Chimp, The | Cast | Ringmaster (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Devil's Brother | Cast | Lord Rocburg |
| 1933 | Me and My Pal | Cast | Peter Cucumber |
| 1933 | Devil's Brother, The | Cast | Lord Rocburg |
| 1933 | His Silent Racket | Cast | James |
| 1933 | Mush And Milk | Cast | Mr. Brown, the banker |
| 1933 | Nature In The Wrong | Cast | Voice of lion (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Thicker Than Water | Cast | Auction Manager |
| 1935 | Bonnie Scotland | Cast | Sgt. Maj. Finlayson |
| 1935 | Manhattan Monkey Business | Cast | Joyce's Father |
| 1936 | The Bohemian Girl | Cast | Captain Finn |
| 1936 | Our Relations | Cast | Finn |
| 1936 | Bohemian Girl, The | Cast | Captain Finn |
| 1936 | Life Hesitates At 40 | Cast | — |
| 1936 | Galaxy of Stars | Cast | Fin |
| 1937 | Way Out West | Cast | Mickey Finn |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | Cast | Director |
| 1938 | Block-Heads | Cast | Man on Stairs |
| 1938 | Blockheads | Cast | Man on Stairs |
| 1939 | The Flying Deuces | Cast | Jailor |
| 1940 | Saps at Sea | Cast | Dr. J.H. Finlayson (uncredited) |
| 1940 | A Chump at Oxford | Cast | Baldy Vanderveer |
| 1943 | Yanks Ahoy! | Cast | Cook Flynn |
| 1967 | The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | Cast | James Finlayson |