Herbert Finlay was an Australian producer, photographer and exhibitor. He initially worked in films as a photographer and exhibitor of news items in Melbourne in the late 1890s. He helped tour The Story of the Kelly Gang (1907) and joined Pathe in 1910 to produce the Sydney edition of their newsreel. He went into producing with Stanley Crick and ran the camera department for the Australian Photo-Play Company.Herbert Finlay at National Film and Sound Archive He was seriously injured in a film fire and became a travelling exhibitor.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 13
He supported the existence of a film quota in Australia.
Selected Credits Ben Hall and his Gang (1911) – producer, DOP Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911) – producer The Assigned Servant (1911) – producer Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911) – producer The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912) – producer Trooper O'Brien (1928) – producer
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