1. William Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.
14 Facts About Finlay Currie
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Finlay Currie received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur.
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Finlay Currie attended George Watson's College and worked as organist and choir director.
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Finlay Currie made his first film, The Old Man, in 1931.
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Finlay Currie appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing Second World War film Undercover.
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Finlay Currie earned praise for his portrayal of Queen Victoria's highland attendant John Brown in The Mudlark.
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Finlay Currie appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father, Sir Cedric, in MGM's Technicolor version of Ivanhoe.
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Finlay Currie was the subject of This Is Your Life in February 1963, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre in London.
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In 1966, Finlay Currie played Mr Lundie, the minister, in the television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon.
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Finlay Currie played a dying mafioso boss in the two-part episode "Vendetta for the Saint", which was shown posthumously in 1969.
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Late in life, Finlay Currie became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals.
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Finlay Currie was a longtime collector of the works of Robert Burns.
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Finlay Currie died on 9 May 1968 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire at age 90.
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Finlay Currie's ashes were scattered in Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip, Middlesex.