David White Finlay Finlay was born on 1 September 1840 to James Finlay (died 13/5/1849) and Isabella White. He had 4 brothers, John (1830-1854), Alexander (1833-1895), James (1836-1910) and William Neilson (1842-1903). John died aged 23 in Malta when on a trip to the Holy Land. Alexander was a Seascape Painter. James was a GP in Helensburgh when A J Cronin (writer of Dr. Finlay's Casbook) was in his youth in Helensburgh. In Aug 1878 in Marylebone, London David married Catherine Mary Thompson, daughter of the shipowner, Stephen Thompson. They had four sons and four daughters viz. Ronald Stephen (1879-1884), Brenda Mary (1880-1952),
Bill Simpson (actor) career to television, radio and stage. In 1962, BBC Television adapted Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "The Master of Ballantrae" in which Simpson played the part of Hastie in six 30 minute episodes. Later that year, he took the role of Mr. Ogilvie in "Appearance in Court", an episode of the popular BBC police drama, "Z Cars". On 16 August 1962, the BBC began broadcasting its long-running Scottish medical drama, "Dr. Finlay's Casebook", with an episode called "It's All in the Mind". Simpson played the title role, Dr. Alan Finlay, and was supported by Andrew Cruickshank as Dr. Cameron, his older