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James Finlayson
James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.
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James Finlayson Filmography
The Flying Deuces
Way Out West
She Sighed by the Seaside
Hollywood
The Haunted Honeymoon
To Be or Not to Be
She-Wolf of London
Block-Heads
Thundering Landlords
Madame Sans Jane
Unfriendly Enemies
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Pack Up Your Troubles
The Iceman's Ball
Our Relations
Saps at Sea
A Punch in the Nose
Why Husbands Go Mad