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William Finlay Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television. He received great acclaim for his roles as Abel Magwitch in the British film Great Expectations (1946) and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959).
Finlay Currie (1878-1968) was a versatile stage and film actor, known for his roles in Ben-Hur, Great Expectations, and People Will Talk. He also had a passion for coins and precious metals, and became a respected antiques dealer in his later years.
- January 1, 1
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- January 1, 1
- Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Actor: Ben-Hur. Scottish-born Finlay Currie was a former church organist and choirmaster, who made his stage debut at 20 years of age. It took him 34 more years before making his first film, but he worked steadily for another 30 years after that.
- January 20, 1878
- May 9, 1968
Finlay Currie (1878-1968) was a versatile and prolific actor who appeared in films such as Great Expectations, Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis. He also starred in TV shows like The Prisoner, The Saint and Les Misérables.
Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor who worked on stage and screen from 1934 to 1968. He was known for his roles in Great Expectations, Treasure Island, Billy Liar and other historical epics.
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Biography. Finlay Currie was an actor who made his name working on stage before he moved into feature films in the early 1930s. He was severe and serious in appearance, and his role in the 1946 David Lean adaptation of the Dickens novel "Great Expectations," as the graveyard-lurking escaped prisoner, Magwitch, was a career best, and scary to boot.
Finlay Currie was a Scottish actor who appeared in stage and film productions from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known for his roles in historical epics, such as Magwitch in Great Expectations and Billy Bones in Treasure Island, and in British New Wave classics, such as Billy Liar.
