Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

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. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His...

Known For

Ben-Hur

as Balthasar

Quo Vadis

as Peter

Cast Credits

Vendetta for The Saint

as Don Pasquale

Brigadoon

as Mr. Lundie

Who Was Maddox?

as Alex Campbell

The Three Lives of Thomasina

as Grandpa Stirling

West 11

as Gash

Billy Liar

as Duxbury

Cleopatra

as Titus (uncredited)

Corridors of Blood

as Supt. Charles Matheson

Murder at the Gallop

as Old Enderby

The Cracksman

as Feathers

The Inspector

as De Kool

Go to Blazes

as Judge

Hand in Hand

as Mr. Pritchard

Five Golden Hours

as Father Superior

Kidnapped

as Cluny MacPherson

Ben-Hur

as Balthasar

Tempest

as Count Grinov

Rockets Galore

as Narrator (uncredited)

The Naked Earth

as Father Verity