Finlay Currie
Biography
Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor whose stage, screen and television career spanned about seventy years. Born in Edinburgh, he studied at George Watson's College and earned a living as an organist and choir director before joining Benjamin Fuller's theater group in 1898 for nearly a decade. After emigrating to the United States he performed a song-and-dance act, and his screen debut came in 1931 with The Old Man. He was best known for playing Abel Magwitch, the convict, in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), and drew praise for his John Brown, Queen Victoria's highland attendant, in The Mudlark. Later he played Saint Peter in Quo Vadis (1951), the magus Balthazar in Ben-Hur (1959) and an elderly senator in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). He also appeared on television, and seven of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, including the winners Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) and Ben-Hur.
90years old at death
- Born Edinburgh
- Died Buckinghamshire
- Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
- Also credited as William Finlay Currie
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 33 years1932 to 1965
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First role
Currie got his first job in 1898 with Benjamin Fuller's theater group and stayed with the company for almost ten years.
A first
Over a career that lasted 70 years, Currie acted in seven movies up for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Ben-Hur were among the winners.
Own stunts
In Ivanhoe, made when he was in his 70s, Currie showed comic ability and a willingness to keep doing action scenes.
Finlay Currie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Around the World in Eighty Days1956 Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romanceas Andrew Stuart
IMDb rating 6.732K votes
Most often with
Michael Powell directed three of these films, Anthony Mann two and Otto Preminger two. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Michael Powell
Anthony MannDirector, 2 films, 1951 to 1964
All films by Anthony Mann
All films by Otto Preminger
Also three films together2 more actors
- Basil SydneyAround the World in Eighty Days (1956), Ivanhoe (1952) and Treasure Island (1950)
- Norman WoolandThe Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Ivanhoe (1952) and Quo Vadis (1951)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Finlay Currie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$271 million
14 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 14 worldwide figure; 15 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 15Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$164M60.6% of the total
- 2$42M15.5% of the total
- 3$21M7.8% of the total
- 4$12M4.5% of the total
- 5$11M4.0% of the total
- 6$5.3M1.9% of the total
- 7$4.8M1.8% of the total
- 8$4.4M1.6% of the total
$6.3 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
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