Frank Finlay

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-08-06

Deathday 2016-01-30 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As 프랭크 핀레이, Francis "Frank" Finlay, Francis Finlay

Frank Finlay

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.

Known For

Actor

2018
Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons

as Alexander 'Alex' Combe

2008
Merlin

as Anhora

2007
2006
Johnny and the Bomb

as Tom Maxwell

2004
Lighthouse Hill

as Alfred

2004
Life Begins

as Eric Thornhill

2003
The Statement

as Commissaire Vionnet

2003
Eroica

as Josef Haydn

2003
The Lost Prince

as Asquith

2002
The Pianist

as Father

2001
Station Jim

as Riorden Snr

2001
The Martins

as Mr Heath

2000
For My Baby

as Rudi Wittfogel

2000
Sins

as Uncle Irwin Green

1999
1998
Stiff Upper Lips

as Hudson Junior

1997
Limited Edition

as John Rathbone

1995
Virgin Mary

as Monsignor

1995
A Mind to Murder

as Professor Etherege

1994
The Voyeur

as Nino Rolfe

1993
An Exchange of Fire

as Pavel Rhele

1992
Stalin

as Sergei

1992
The Other Side

as Arthur Conan Doyle

1992
Cthulhu Mansion

as Chandu

1992
Heartbeat

as Howard Franklin

1991
1991
Prime Suspect

as Arnold Tennison

1991
1990
King of the Wind

as Edward Coke

1987
Casanova

as Razetta

1987
Erebus: The Aftermath

as Justice Peter Mahon

1986
Lovejoy

as Harold Plumb

1985
Nineteen Nineteen

as Sigmund Freud (voice)

1985
Lifeforce

as Dr. Hans Fallada

1985
In the Secret State

as Frank Strange

1984
Arch of Triumph

as Col. Boris Morosov

1984
A Christmas Carol

as Jacob Marley

1984
Sakharov

as Kravtsov

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Professor Coram / Sergius

1983
The Key

as Nino Rolfe

1983
Sparrow

as Father Nunzio

1983
The Ploughman's Lunch

as Matthew Fox

1983
1983
1983
Blackadder

as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

1982
Enigma

as Canarsky

1982
Mona

as Captain Manson

1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
Dear Brutus

as Dearth

1979
1979
Murder by Decree

as Inspector Lestrade

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Arthur Pearson

1978
Betzi

as Napoleon

1978
The Wild Geese

as Fr. Geoghagen

1978
1977
Count Dracula

as Abraham van Helsing

1977
Count Dracula

as Professor Van Helsing

1976
Bouquet of Barbed Wire

as Peter Manson

1975
84 Charing Cross Road

as Frank Doel

1975
Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

1974
Van der Valk und das Mädchen

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

1974
1973
Van der Valk and the Rich

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

1973
The Three Musketeers

as Porthos / O'Reilly

1973
Shaft in Africa

as Vincent Amafi

1973
1973
1972
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

as George Dabernon

1972
Sitting Target

as Marty Gold

1972
1971
Gumshoe

as William Ginley

1971
Assault

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

1971
Casanova

as Casanova

1970
The Lie

as Andrew Firth

1970
The Body

as Narrator

1970
Cromwell

as John Carter

1970
1970
Play for Today

as Dearth

1969
1969
Julius Caesar

as Brutus

1969
The Piano Tuner

as Wilfred Tilley

1968
Twisted Nerve

as Henry Durnley

1968
1968
Inspector Clouseau

as Supt. Weaver

1967
Robbery

as Robinson

1967
The Jokers

as Harrassed Man

1967
1967
The Spare Tyres

as Council foreman

1967
Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean

1966
The Deadly Bees

as H.W. Manfred

1966
The Sandwich Man

as Second Fish Porter

1965
Othello

as Iago

1965
1965
A Study in Terror

as Inspector Lestrade

1965
Olivier Talks About Othello

as (archive footage)

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Marcus Brutus

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sancho Panza

1965
1964
1964
Hot Enough for June

as British Embassy Porter

1963
The Informers

as Leon Sale

1963
Doctor in Distress

as Corsetiere

1962
The Longest Day

as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

1962
Life for Ruth

as Teddy's Father

1962
The Hard Knock

as Franco Angelo

1962
Private Potter

as Capt. Patterson

1962
Studio Four

as Fernand Destayac

1962
1960
Target Luna

as Conway Henderson

Sound

1983