Deceased

When Did Finlay Currie Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90

Also known asWilliam Finlay CurrieGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn19/01/1878Born inEdinburgh, Scotland, UKDied09/05/1968Died inBuckinghamshireWikidataQ1391088 ↗Buried atBreakspear CrematoriumTMDb#10027 ↗

William Finlay Currie 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), as Saint Peter in Quo Vadis (1951) and as Balthazar in the American film Ben-Hur (1959).

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Filmography78 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1967	The PrisonerSeries	General	89
1966	Alice in WonderlandMovie	Dodo	88
1965	Gideon's WaySeries	General Sir Hector McGregor	87
1965	Bunny Lake Is MissingMovie	Doll Maker	87
1965	The Battle of the Villa FioritaMovie	Emcee	87
1964	The Fall of the Roman EmpireMovie	Senator	86
1963	Billy LiarMovie	Duxbury	85
1963	The Three Lives of ThomasinaMovie	Grandpa Stirling	85
1963	CleopatraMovie	Titus (uncredited)	85
1962	The SaintSeries	Don Pasquale	84
1962	Man of the WorldSeries	Donald	84
1961	Francis of AssisiMovie	The Pope	83
1961	Five Golden HoursMovie	Father Superior	83
1960	Danger ManSeries	'Jock'	82
1960	The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie	Captain Sellers	82
1960	KidnappedMovie	Cluny MacPherson	82
1959	Solomon and ShebaMovie	David	81
1959	Ben-HurMovie	Balthasar	81
1958	Corridors of BloodMovie	Supt. Charles Matheson	80
1958	TempestMovie	Count Grinov	80
1957	Saint JoanMovie	Archbishop of Rheims	79
1956	Around the World in 80 DaysMovie	Whist Partner	78
1956	Armchair TheatreSeries	Professor Syme	78
1956	The Count of Monte CristoSeries	—	78
1956	ZarakMovie	The Mullah	78
1955	Captain LightfootMovie	Callahan	77
1954	The End of the RoadMovie	Old 'Mick-Mack'	76
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	MacMorriss	75
1953	Rob Roy, The Highland RogueMovie	Hamish MacPherson	75
1953	Treasure of the Golden CondorMovie	MacDougal	75
1951	Quo VadisMovie	Peter	73
1951	People Will TalkMovie	Shunderson	73
1950	The Black RoseMovie	Alfgar	72
1950	TrioMovie	Mr. McLeod	72
1950	The MudlarkMovie	John Brown	72
1949	The History of Mr. PollyMovie	Uncle Jim	71
1948	Sleeping Car to TriesteMovie	Alastair McBain	70
1948	My Brother JonathanMovie	Dr. Hammond	70
1948	Mr. Perrin and Mr. TraillMovie	Sir Joshua Varley	70
1948	So Evil My LoveMovie	Dr. Krylie	70
1948	Bonnie Prince CharlieMovie	The Marquis of Tullibardine	70
1947	Woman to WomanMovie	Theatre Manager	69
1947	The BrothersMovie	Hector Macrae	69
1946	The Trojan BrothersMovie	W.H. Maxwell	68
1946	School for SecretsMovie	Sir Duncan Wills	68
1946	Spring SongMovie	Cobb	68
1946	Great ExpectationsMovie	Abel Magwitch	68
1945	I Know Where I'm Going!Movie	Ruairidh Mhór	67
1943	They Met in the DarkMovie	Merchant Captain	65
1943	The Bells Go DownMovie	District Officer McFarlane	65
1943	UndercoverMovie	Priest (uncredited)	65
1943	Warn That ManMovie	Captain Andrew Fletcher	65
1943	Theatre RoyalMovie	Clement J. Earle	65
1943	The ShipbuildersMovie	McWain	65
1942	Thunder RockMovie	Capt. Joshua Stuart	64
1942	The Day Will DawnMovie	Capt. Alstad	64
1941	49th ParallelMovie	The Factor	63
1940	Crook's TourMovie	Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)	62
1938	The Claydon Treasure MysteryMovie	Rubin	60
1937	Catch as Catch CanMovie	Al Parson	59
1937	Glamorous NightMovie	Angus MacKintosh	59
1937	Paradise for TwoMovie	Creditor	59
1937	Wanted!Movie	Uncle Mart	59
1936	The Gay AdventureMovie	Porter	58
1936	The Improper DuchessMovie	Milton Lee	58
1935	Heat WaveMovie	Captain	57
1935	Me and MarlboroughMovie	Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)	57
1935	The Big SplashMovie	Hartley Bassett	57
1935	Mister CindersMovie	Henry Kemp	57
1934	Gay LoveMovie	Highams	56
1934	My Old DutchMovie	Mo	56
1934	Little FriendMovie	Grove	56
1934	It's a BoyMovie	Publisher	56
1933	The Good CompanionsMovie	Monte Mortimer	55
1933	Excess BaggageMovie	inspector Toucan	55
1932	Rome ExpressMovie	Sam, Publicist	54
1932	The Frightened LadyMovie	Brooks	54
1931	The Old ManMovie	Rennett	53