James Finlayson: James Finlayson. Actor: Way Out West. Alongside Ben Turpin, diminutive Scots-born Jimmy Finlayson was, arguably, the most instantly recognisable of the many clowns of silent screen slapstick who made their living as comic foil to stars like Laurel & Hardy, or Harold Lloyd. The perpetually exasperated, squinting, bald-pated master of the 'double-take and fade' with the walrus (fake) moustache began his working life as an apprentice in his father's iron...
Known For: Way Out West (Mickey Finn), Saps at Sea (Dr. J.H. Finlayson), The Bohemian Girl (Captain Finn), Pardon Us (Schoolteacher)