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person_profile-Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Frank Finlay

Date of Birth:

Aug 06, 1926

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jan 30, 2016

Biography of

Frank Finlay

    Frank received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as William Shakespeare’s Iago in Stuart Burge’s 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s staging of Othello. He also won the Best Actor Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

    He later essayed the definitive screen portrayal of Alexandre Dumas’ musketeer Porthos in three movies for director Richard Lester: The Three Musketeers (1974), The Four Musketeers (1975) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). Frank’s many other films include The Longest Day; Tony Richardson’s The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner; Martin Ritt’s The Molly Maguires; Bob Clark’s Murder by Decree; Alan Bridges’ The Return of the Soldier (for which he recieved a BAFTA Award nomination); Franco Zeffrelli’s Sparrow; and Eric Styles’ Dreaming of Joseph Lees; and most recently Roman Polanski’s multi-award winning The Pianist and Norma Jewison’s The Statement.

    His similarly extensive television projects have earned him two BAFTA Awards, for his performances in The Death of Adolf Hitler (starring as Hitler, with Rex Firkin directing); The Adventures of Don Quixote (as Sancho Panza, opposite Rex Harrison, for director Alvin Rakoff); the ground breaking Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Another Bouquet; 84 Charing Cross Road; and recently the critically acclaimed series The Sins. Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Finlay had already begun performing on stage when he earned the Sir James Knott Scholarship at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Since then he has led theatre companies in London and on Broadway.

    He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1984 New Year’s Honours List, and was presented with his CBE by the Queen in February1984.

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Frank Finlay

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Filmography of

Frank Finlay

Found 75 Movies in total

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

The Waiting Room

Roger ( Actor )

... 2007

Lighthouse Hill

Alfred ( Actor )

... 2004

The Statement

Commissaire Vionnet ( Actor )

... 2003

Eroica

Josef Haydn ( Actor )

... 2003

The Pianist

Father ( Actor )

... 2002

The Martins

Mr Heath ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Father ( Actor )

... 1999

Stiff Upper Lips

Hudson Junior ( Actor )

... 1998

Limited Edition

John Rathbone ( Actor )

... 1997

Virgin Mary

Monsignor ( Actor )

... 1995

A Mind to Murder

Professor Etherege ( Actor )

... 1995

The Voyeur

Nino Rolfe ( Actor )

... 1994

Stalin

Sergei ( Actor )

... 1992

Cthulhu Mansion

Chandu ( Actor )

... 1992

King of the Wind

Edward Coke ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

Casanova

Razetta ( Actor )

... 1987

Nineteen Nineteen

Sigmund Freud (voice) ( Actor )

... 1985

Lifeforce

Dr. Hans Fallada ( Actor )

... 1985

In the Secret State

Frank Strange ( Actor )

... 1985

Arch of Triumph

Col. Boris Morosov ( Actor )

... 1984

A Christmas Carol

Jacob Marley ( Actor )

... 1984

Sakharov

Kravtsov ( Actor )

... 1984

The Key

Nino Rolfe ( Actor )

... 1983

Sparrow

Father Nunzio ( Actor )

... 1983

The Ploughman's Lunch

Matthew Fox ( Actor )

... 1983

The Return of the Soldier

William Grey ( Actor )

... 1983

Enigma

Canarsky ( Actor )

... 1982

Mona

Captain Manson ( Actor )

... 1982

Ring of Darkness

Paul ( Actor )

... 1979

Murder by Decree

Inspector Lestrade ( Actor )

... 1979

The Wild Geese

Fr. Geoghagen ( Actor )

... 1978

The Thief of Baghdad

Abu Bakar ( Actor )

... 1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Peppino ( Actor )

... 1978

Count Dracula

Abraham van Helsing ( Actor )

... 1977

84 Charing Cross Road

Frank Doel ( Actor )

... 1975

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter

Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk ( Actor )

... 1974

The Four Musketeers

Porthos ( Actor )

... 1974

The Three Musketeers

Porthos ( Actor )

... 1973

Shaft in Africa

Vincent Amafi ( Actor )

... 1973

The Death of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler ( Actor )

... 1973

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

Sancho Panza ( Actor )

... 1973

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

George Dabernon ( Actor )

... 1972

Sitting Target

Marty Gold ( Actor )

... 1972

The Merchant of Venice

Shylock ( Actor )

... 1972

Gumshoe

William Ginley ( Actor )

... 1971

Assault

Det. Chief Supt. Velyan ( Actor )

... 1971

The Lie

Andrew Firth ( Actor )

... 1970

The Body

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1970

Cromwell

John Carter ( Actor )

... 1970

The Molly Maguires

Davies ( Actor )

... 1970

Julius Caesar

Brutus ( Actor )

... 1969

Twisted Nerve

Henry Durnley ( Actor )

... 1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Igor Bounin ( Actor )

... 1968

Inspector Clouseau

Supt. Weaver ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1967

Robbery

Robinson ( Actor )

... 1967

The Jokers

Harrassed Man ( Actor )

... 1967

Much Ado About Nothing

Dogberry ( Actor )

... 1967

The Deadly Bees

H.W. Manfred ( Actor )

... 1966

The Sandwich Man

Second Fish Porter ( Actor )

... 1966

Othello

Iago ( Actor )

... 1965

The Wild Affair

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1965

A Study in Terror

Inspector Lestrade ( Actor )

... 1965

The Comedy Man

Prout ( Actor )

... 1964

Hot Enough for June

British Embassy Porter ( Actor )

... 1964

The Informers

Leon Sale ( Actor )

... 1963

Doctor in Distress

Corsetiere ( Actor )

... 1963

The Longest Day

Pvt. Coke (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Booking Office Clerk ( Actor )

... 1962

Life for Ruth

Teddy's Father ( Actor )

... 1962

Private Potter

Capt. Patterson ( Actor )

... 1962