Finlay Currie - Masterclass

An extraordinary interlude, in "yoof" movie, "Six Five Special" in 1957. It'll get NO hits - which is a shame. [update] Actually, it HAS garnered some - 500-odd, to date - which is ENCOURAGING.

[@4205lr]

He was a wonderful actor with a sense of humor. When he was 90, he was asked if he had ever played the romantic lead in films. "Not yet laddie, not yet" was his answer!

[@welshpete12]

He comes across as a charming , intelligent man , caring about people . Thank you for posting .

[@TheCliff58]

Thank you so much for this..I am going to show my stepson this as he's about to join me in the same profession (50 years in it so far)..I have always loved this segment..because of FC it's a gem of a scene!..He's such an under-rated actor and is surely worth a BBC Scotland or STV documentary being made..although I wont hold my breath.

[@watlingfen]

I had it in mind he was Canadian - a true compliment to Canada . But no he was a true Scot and one of the finest actors that great country produced. A stamp of quality on any film cast. Thanks for this - and the ladies are beautiful too .......

[@MANDALAMUSICNYC]

One of the greatest actors of all time

[@johnhanford6773]

Over here in Seattle WA USA I scored this movie from a specialty video Rental - "Back Track Video' - run by Prof. Fred Hopkins. So, the version I rented was introduced by Ian Whitcomb (RIP) who lived in the Pacific Northwest at the time. I about burst my guts when Findley showed up. I so very much appreciated his performances - this one, is state-of-the-art. Thank you, and THANK YOU, good Maestro Currie!!!

[@balebonce]

this is great to see, I believe my great grandmother was related to Finlay very interesting clip, thanks for posting!

[@PC-lu3zf]

Great actor

[@carllafong69]

@balebonce - My pleasure. It has 21 more hits than I expected - but I HAD to put up this charming piece.

[@matthewakian2]

This is great!

[@rampageclover9788]

when this guy started out, cinema hadn’t been invented...put that in perspective....and many of the young “untalented good for nothings” that he talks of are now the same age he was here and repeating the exact same sentiments...

[@knibscratch]

Every single act & actor gets a name check in this film ...I have often thought the blonde in this is one of the prettiest girls I have ever seen in movies... she did very little else though.

[@carllafong69]

@balebonce - a screening of the 1957 "yoof" movie, "Six Five Special" - about fifteen years ago.

[@bonnie43uk]

Trivia fact, Finlay Currie is actually still alive and living in Sheffield, .. he's 135 years old and still able to play the mouth organ.

[@michaelbroderick527]

He was great in Ben hur also Great expectations.

[@balebonce]

@carllafong69 it certainly is, where did you find it

[@MegaDeansy]

"Nowadays there's 100's of deluded, un-talented, good-for-nothing" etc trying to break in !!! Ha-ha-ha - wonder what he'd say were he alive today when you think of the current crop of 'Famous-for-being-famous' shower of crap !!. Reality-TV, the 'Kardashian/Hilton' type of dross that the world fetes - dear god !

[@TheAnish01]

Which accent is it?

[@peternagy-im4be]

Mongolian