William Finlay Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen, and television.McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''. Oxford University Press. pp. 175-176; 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). In his career spanning 70 years, Currie appeared in seven films nominated for the

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, of which '' Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) and '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) were winners.

Career

Currie was born in

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, Scotland. He attended

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and worked as

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and

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director. In 1898 he got his first job in Benjamin Fuller's theatre group, and appeared with them for almost 10 years. After emigrating to the United States in the late 1890s, Currie and his wife, Maude Courtney, did a song-and-dance act on the stage. He made his first film , '' The Old Man,'' in 1931. He appeared as a

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in the 1943

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film '' Undercover'' (1943). His most famous film role was the convict, Abel Magwitch, in David Lean's '' Great Expectations'' (1946). He also earned praise for his portrayal of

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's highland attendant John Brown in '' The Mudlark'' (1950). In the following years he appeared in Hollywood film epics, including such roles as

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in '' Quo Vadis'' (1951), as Balthazar, one of the Three Magi, in the multi- Oscar-winning '' Ben-Hur'' (1959);

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in ''

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'' (1961); and an aged, wise

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in ''

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'' (1964). He appeared in '' People Will Talk'' with

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; and portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father, Sir Cedric, in MGM's Technicolor version of ''

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'' (1952). But ''Ivanhoe'' also gave Currie one of his most delightful roles, highlighting his comic capabilities, as well as a willingness to still do some action scenes, even in his 70s. In 1962, he starred in an episode of NBC's '' The DuPont Show of the Week'', '' The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon'', an adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel, '' Shannon's Way''. He was the subject of ''

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'' in February 1963, when he was surprised by

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at the

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in London. In 1966, Currie played Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the television adaptation of the musical ''

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''. His last performance was for the television series '' The Saint'' which starred

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. Currie played a dying mafioso

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in the two-part episode "Vendetta for the Saint", which was shown posthumously in 1969. Late in life, he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in

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s and precious metals. He was also a longtime collector of the works of Robert Burns.

Personal life and death

Currie was married to American actress Maude Courtney. They had two children, George and Marion. Currie died on 9 May 1968 in Gerrards Cross,

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at age 90. His ashes were scattered in Breakspear Crematorium, Ruislip,

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Complete filmography

* '' The Old Man'' (1931) as Rennett * '' The Frightened Lady'' (1932) as Brooks * '' Rome Express'' (1932) as Sam (publicist) * ''

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'' (1933) as Monte Mortimer * '' Excess Baggage'' (1933) as Inspector Toucan * '' It's a Boy'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Princess Charming'' (1934) as Baron Seegman * '' Orders Is Orders'' (1934) as Dave * '' Little Friend'' (1934) as Grove * ''

Gay Love ''Gay Love'' is a 1934 British musical comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Florence Desmond, Sophie Tucker and Sydney Fairbrother. It is about two sisters. The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios.Wood p.82 The film's sets w ...

'' (1934) as Highams * '' My Old Dutch'' (1934) as Mo * ''

Mr. Cinders ''Mr Cinders'' is a 1928 musical with music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers and a libretto by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman. The story is an inversion of the Cinderella fairy tale with the gender roles reversed. The Prince Charming charact ...

'' (1934) as Henry Kemp * ''

The Big Splash ''The Big Splash'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Frank Pettingell, Finlay Currie and Marguerite Allan. A millionaire hires a man to play his double. It was made as a quota quickie at Beaconsfield Studi ...

'' (1935) as Hartley Bassett * '' In Town Tonight'' (1935) as The Manager * ''

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'' (1935) as Captain (uncredited) * ''

The Improper Duchess ''The Improper Duchess'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Hugh Wakefield and Wilfrid Caithness. The film is based on the 1931 play of the same name by J. B. Fagan in which Arnaud had starred. ...

'' (1936) as Milton Lee * ''

The Gay Adventure ''The Gay Adventure'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Yvonne Arnaud, Barry Jones and Nora Swinburne. It was made at Welwyn Studios by the independent company Grosvenor Films.Wood p.90 It was based on the 19 ...

'' (1936) as Porter * '' Wanted!'' (1937) as Uncle Mart * '' Glamorous Night'' (1937) as Angus MacIntosh * '' Catch as Catch Can'' (1937) as Al Parsons * '' The Edge of the World'' (1937) as James Gray * '' Command Performance'' (1937) as Al, Arthur's Manager * '' Paradise for Two'' (1937) as Creditor (uncredited) * '' The Claydon Treasure Mystery'' (1938) as Rubin * ''

Follow Your Star ''Follow Your Star'' is a 1938 British musical film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Belle Chrystall and Mark Daly. It was made at Pinewood Studios.Wood p.94 Cast * Arthur Tracy as Arthur Tee * Belle Chrystall as Mary * ...

'' (1938) as Maxie * ''Around the Town'' (1938) as Sam Wyngold * ''The Royal Family of Broadway'' (1939, TV movie) as Oscar Wolfe * ''Leviathan'' (1939, TV movie) * ''Sun Up'' (1939, TV movie) as Pap Todd * ''The Great Adventure'' (1939 TV Movie) as Texel * ''One Night, One Day...'' (1939, TV Movie) as James * '' Crook's Tour'' (1941) as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited) * '' 49th Parallel'' (1941) as The Factor * '' The Day Will Dawn'' (1942) as Capt. Alstad * '' Thunder Rock'' (1942) as Capt. Joshua Stuart * '' The Bells Go Down'' (1943) as District Officer MacFarlane * '' Warn That Man'' (1943) as Captain Andrew Fletcher * '' Theatre Royal'' (1943) as Clement J. Earle * '' Undercover'' (1943) as Father (uncredited) * ''

They Met in the Dark ''They Met in the Dark'' is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solve ...

'' (1943) as Merchant Captain * ''

The Shipbuilders ''The Shipbuilders'' is a 1943 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Clive Brook, Morland Graham and Nell Ballantyne. The film is set in a Clyde shipyard in the build-up to the Second World War. It was made by British Nation ...

'' (1943) as McWain * ''

Don Chicago ''Don Chicago'' is a 1945 British crime comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Jackie Hunter, Joyce Heron and Claud Allister. It is based on the novel by C. E. Bechhofer Roberts. Plot An aspiring but timid gangster is forced to l ...

'' (1945) as Bugs Mulligan * '' I Know Where I'm Going!'' (1945) as Ruairidh Mhór * ''

The Trojan Brothers ''The Trojan Brothers'' is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar and Bobby Howes.Murphy p.522 It is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same title by Pamela Hansford Johnson. Synops ...

'' (1946) as W. H. Maxwell * '' School for Secrets'' (1946) as Sir Duncan Wills * ''In the Zone'' (1946, TV Movie) as Scotty * '' Spring Song'' (1946) as Cobb * '' Great Expectations'' (1946) as Magwitch * ''Musical Chairs'' (1947, TV Movie) as Samuel Plagett * '' Woman to Woman'' as Theatre Manager * ''You Can't Take It with You'' (1947, TV Movie) as Martin Vanderhof * '' The Brothers'' (1947) as Hector Macrae * ''The Great Adventure'' (1947, TV Movie) as Texel * ''

So Evil My Love ''So Evil My Love'' is a 1948 British and American Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd and Geraldine Fitzgerald. ''So Evil My Love'' is a period drama set in the Victorian era, and sho ...

'' (1948) as Dr Krylie * '' My Brother Jonathan'' (1948) as Dr Hammond * ''

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill ''Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Marius Goring, David Farrar, Greta Gynt, Edward Chapman and Raymond Huntley. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same title by Hugh Walpole ...

'' (1948) as Sir Joshua Varley * '' Sleeping Car to Trieste'' (1948) as Alastair MacBain * ''

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'' (1948) as the Marquis of Tullibardine * '' The History of Mr. Polly'' (1949) as Uncle Jim * '' Edward, My Son'' (1949) as Sir Lawrence Smythe (uncredited) * '' Whisky Galore!'' (1949) as Narrator (uncredited) * '' Treasure Island'' (1950) as Captain Billy Bones * '' Trio'' (1950) as Mr McLeod (in segment Sanatorium) * '' My Daughter Joy'' (1950) as Sir Thomas McTavish * '' The Black Rose'' (1950) as Alfgar * '' The Mudlark'' (1950) as John Brown * '' People Will Talk'' (1951) as Shunderson * '' Quo Vadis'' (1951) as

* ''

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'' (1952) as Professor Albert Kafer * ''

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'' (1952) as Michael McGuire * ''

'' (1952) as Cedric * '' Stars and Stripes Forever'' (1952) as Colonel Randolph * '' Treasure of the Golden Condor'' (1953) as MacDougal * ''The Broken Jug'' (1953, TV Movie) as Inspector Walter * ''The Lass Wi' the Muckle Mou'' (1953, TV Movie) as Sir Gideon Murray * '' Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue'' (1953) as Hamish MacPherson * '' The End of the Road'' (1954) as Old "Mick-Mack" * ''

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'' (1954) as McIver, Brummel's Publisher (uncredited) * ''

Third Party Risk ''Third Party Risk'' is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Lloyd Bridges, Simone Silva and Finlay Currie.Chibnall & McFarlane p.82 It is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Nicholas Bentley. It was pr ...

'' (1954) as Mr. Darius * '' Captain Lightfoot'' (1955) as Callahan * '' Make Me an Offer'' (1955) as Abe Sparta * ''Thunder Rock'' (1955, TV Movie) as Capt. Joshua Stuart * ''

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'' (1955) as Inspector Peters * ''

King's Rhapsody ''King's Rhapsody'' is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The musical was first produced at the Palace Theatre, London, on 15 September 1949 and ran for 841 performances, surviving its author, who d ...

'' (1955) as King Paul * '' Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) as Andrew Stuart, Reform Club member * ''

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'' (1957) as the Mullah * ''

Seven Waves Away ''Seven Waves Away'' (alternate U.S. titles: ''Abandon Ship!'' and ''Seven Days From Now'') is a 1957 British adventure film directed by Richard Sale and starring Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, and Stephen Boyd. When his ship goes ...

'' (1957) as Mr Wheaton * '' The Little Hut'' (1957) as the Reverend Bertram Brittingham-Bell * '' Saint Joan'' (1957) as Archbishop of Rheims * '' Campbell's Kingdom'' (1957) as Old Man * '' Dangerous Exile'' (1957) as Mr. Patient * ''

The Naked Earth ''The Naked Earth'' is a 1958 British drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Milton Holmes and Harold Buchman. The film stars Richard Todd, Juliette Gréco, John Kitzmiller, Finlay Currie, Laurence Naismith and Christopher Rhodes. ...

'' (1958) as Father Verity * '' Tempest'' (1958) as Count Grinov * '' 6.5 Special'' (1958) as Himself * ''

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'' (1958) as Supt Matheson * '' Solomon and Sheba'' (1959) as

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* '' Ben-Hur'' (1959) as Balthasar / Narrator * '' Hand in Hand'' (1960) as Mr Pritchard * ''

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'' (1960) as Cluny MacPherson * ''

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'' (1960) as Bishop * '' The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1960) as Capt. Sellers * ''

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'' (1961) as Harvey Lane * '' Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' – "Clue of the Silver Key" (1961; US TV: ''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'') as Harvey Lane * ''

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'' (1961) as Father Superior * ''

'' (1961) as the Pope * ''

Joseph and His Brethren ''Joseph'' (HWV 59) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel completed in the summer of 1743. ''Joseph'' is composed to an English language libretto by the Reverend James Miller (playwright), James Miller, based on Apostolo Zeno's Italian langua ...

'' (1961) as Jacob * '' Go to Blazes'' (1962) as the Judge * '' The Inspector'' (1962) as De Kool * '' The Amorous Prawn'' (1962) as Lochaye * ''

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'' (1963) as Titus (uncredited) * '' Murder at the Gallop'' (1963) as Old Enderby * '' The Cracksman'' (1963) as Feathers * ''

Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and a TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popular songs. The semi-comical story is about William Fisher, ...

'' (1963) as Duxbury * '' West 11'' (1963) as Mister Cash * '' The Three Lives of Thomasina'' (1964) as Grandpa Stirling * ''

'' (1964) as Senator * ''Who Was Maddox?'' (1964) as Alec Campbell * '' The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' (1965) as Emcee * '' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965) as Dollmaker * ''

'' (1966, TV Movie) as Mr Lundie * '' Alice in Wonderland'' (1966, TV Movie) as Dodo * ''Vendetta for the Saint'' (1969) as Don Pasquale

Partial television credits

* '' Danger Man'' – Episode "That's Two of Us Sorry" (1965) as Jock * '' The Prisoner'' – Episode "

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" (1967) as General * '' The Saint'' – Episode "Vendetta for the Saint" (1968) as Don Pasquale (final television appearance) * '' Gideon's Way'' Episode "The Thin Red Line" (1966) as the General

References

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