Frank Finlay
Age: 89 | From: Farnworth, Lancashire, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1926-08-06 22:36:17
Death: 2016-01-30 22:36:17
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Farnworth, Lancashire, UK
Homepage: http://www.frankfinlay.net/
Movie Involvements: 69
TV Involvements: 23
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Arthur Pearson
Merlin
(2008) Anhora
Play for Today
(1970) Dearth
Sherlock Holmes
(1984) Professor Coram / Sergius
BBC Play of the Month
(1965) Voltaire
Prime Suspect
(1991) Arnold Tennison
The Pianist
(2002) Father
The Key
(1983) Nino RolfeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | N/A | |
| 2008 | Alexander 'Alex' Combe | |
| Anhora | ||
| 2007 | Roger | |
| 2006 | Tom Maxwell | |
| 2004 | Alfred | |
| Eric Thornhill | ||
| 2003 | Commissaire Vionnet | |
| Josef Haydn | ||
| Asquith | ||
| 2002 | Father | |
| 2001 | Riorden Snr | |
| Mr Heath | ||
| 2000 | Uncle Irwin Green | |
| Rudi Wittfogel | ||
| 1999 | General Bulstrode | |
| General Bulstrode | ||
| Father | ||
| 1998 | Hudson Junior | |
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Mike's Dad | |
| John Rathbone | ||
| 1995 | Monsignor | |
| Professor Etherege | ||
| 1994 | Alcuin | |
| Father Nunzio | ||
| 1992 | Sergei | |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
| Howard Franklin | ||
| Chandu | ||
| 1991 | Arnold Tennison | |
| Garrick | ||
| Garrick | ||
| 1990 | Edward Coke | |
| 1989 | Porthos | |
| 1987 | Razetta | |
| 1986 | Harold Plumb | |
| 1985 | Sigmund Freud (voice) | |
| Dr. Hans Fallada | ||
| Col. Boris Morosov | ||
| Frank Strange | ||
| 1984 | Jacob Marley | |
| Kravtsov | ||
| Professor Coram / Sergius | ||
| 1983 | Nino Rolfe | |
| The Witchsmeller Pursuivant | ||
| Matthew Fox | ||
| Narrator | ||
| William Grey | ||
| 1982 | Canarsky | |
| Captain Manson | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Dearth | |
| 1979 | Paul | |
| Arthur Pearson | ||
| Inspector Lestrade | ||
| 1978 | Napoleon | |
| Fr. Geoghagen | ||
| Abu Bakar | ||
| Peppino | ||
| 1977 | Professor Van Helsing | |
| Abraham van Helsing | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Peppino | |
| Peter Manson | ||
| 1975 | Frank Doel | |
| 1974 | Porthos | |
| 1973 | Van der Valk | |
| Porthos / O'Reilly | ||
| Vincent Amafi | ||
| Sancho Panza | ||
| Adolf Hitler | ||
| 1972 | George Dabernon | |
| Marty Gold | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shylock | ||
| 1971 | William Ginley | |
| Casanova | ||
| Det. Chief Supt. Velyan | ||
| 1970 | Andrew Firth | |
| N/A | ||
| Dearth | ||
| Narrator | ||
| John Carter | ||
| Davies | ||
| 1969 | Albert | |
| Brutus | ||
| Wilfred Tilley | ||
| 1968 | Henry Durnley | |
| Igor Bounin | ||
| Supt. Weaver | ||
| 1967 | Chaplain | |
| Jean Valjean | ||
| Robinson | ||
| Harrassed Man | ||
| Dogberry | ||
| 1966 | H.W. Manfred | |
| Second Fish Porter | ||
| 1965 | Iago | |
| Drunk | ||
| Marcus Brutus | ||
| Sancho Panza | ||
| Voltaire | ||
| N/A | ||
| Inspector Lestrade | ||
| Archive Footage | ||
| 1964 | Prout | |
| British Embassy Porter | ||
| 1963 | Leon Sale | |
| Corsetiere | ||
| 1962 | Pvt. Coke (uncredited) | |
| Booking Office Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Teddy's Father | ||
| Franco Angelo | ||
| Fernand Destayac | ||
| N/A | ||
| Capt. Patterson | ||
| 1960 | Conway Henderson | |
| Pavel Rhele | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Vocals | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
