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'Finlay Jefferson Currie' (20 January, 1878 – 9 May, 1968) was a Scottish actor on 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 United States in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1932. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's ''Great Expectations'' (1946), based on the novel by Charles Dickens. His last role was as Mr. Lundie, the schoolmaster, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical ''Brigadoon''.
Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specializing in coins and precious metals.

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Selected filmography

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Selected filmography

As a character actor, with a (usually) rich Scottish accent, his craggy features graced many memorable films, which include:

★ ''Rome Express'' (1932) ★ ''The Edge of the World'' (1937) ★ ''Forty-Ninth Parallel'' (1941) ★ ''Thunder Rock'' (1942) ★ ''I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945) ★ ''Great Expectations'' (1946) ★ ''Sleeping Car to Trieste'' (1948) ★ ''The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949) ★ ''Whisky Galore!'' (1949) ★ ''Treasure Island'' (1950) ★ ''The Mudlark'' (1950)

★ ''People Will Talk'' (1951) ★ ''Quo Vadis'' (1951) (as the Apostle Peter) ★ ''Ivanhoe'' (1952) ★ ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (1956) ★ ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) (as Balthasar, one of the three Wise Men) ★ ''Solomon and Sheba'' (1959) ★ ''Billy Liar'' (1963) ★ ''Murder at the Gallop'' (1963) ★ ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964) ★ ''The Three Lives of Thomasina'' (1964) ★ ''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965)

External links

★ Finlay Currie at the IMDb