10.0
10.0
Lighthouse Hill
2004
as Alfred
Frank Finlay
Also known as: Francis Finlay
Acting
Born:August 6, 1926
Died:January 30, 2016(aged 89)
Birthplace:Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (87 movies)
9.0
9.0
The Spanish Civil War
1983
as Narrator
8.4
8.4
The Pianist
2002
as Father
8.0
8.0
Julius Caesar
1969
as Brutus
7.5
7.5
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Jacob Marley
7.4
7.4
Sparrow
1994
as Father Nunzio
7.0
7.0
The Merchant of Venice
1972
as Shylock
7.0
7.0
Sakharov
1984
as Kravtsov
7.0
7.0
Station Jim
2001
as Riorden Snr
7.0
7.0
Count Dracula
1977
as Abraham van Helsing
7.0
7.0
Eroica
2003
as Josef Haydn
7.0
7.0
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
The Comedy Man
1964
as Prout
6.8
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
The Wild Geese
1978
as Fr. Geoghagen
6.8
6.8
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Henry Durnley
6.8
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Porthos / O'Reilly
6.7
6.7
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as Igor Bounin
6.6
6.6
Robbery
1967
as Robinson
6.5
6.5
The Informers
1963
as Leon Sale
6.5
6.5
Cromwell
1970
as John Carter
6.5
6.5
Limited Edition
1997
as John Rathbone
6.5
6.5
Life for Ruth
1962
as Teddy's Father
6.5
6.5
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973
as Adolf Hitler
6.4
6.4
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Porthos
6.4
6.4
King of the Wind
1990
as Edward Coke
6.4
6.4
Murder by Decree
1979
as Inspector Lestrade
6.3
6.3
The Molly Maguires
1970
as Davies
6.3
6.3
Gumshoe
1971
as William Ginley
6.2
6.2
Othello
1965
as Iago
6.2
6.2
A Study in Terror
1965
as Inspector Lestrade
6.2
6.2
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Corsetiere
6.2
6.2
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as William Grey
6.2
6.2
Lifeforce
1985
as Dr. Hans Fallada
6.2
6.2
A Mind to Murder
1995
as Professor Etherege
6.2
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Porthos
6.1
6.1
Sitting Target
1972
as Marty Gold
6.0
6.0
Shaft in Africa
1973
as Vincent Amafi
6.0
6.0
The Lie
1970
as Andrew Firth
6.0
6.0
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Father
6.0
6.0
The Spare Tyres
1967
as Council foreman
6.0
6.0
The Jokers
1967
as Harrassed Man
6.0
6.0
The Key
1983
as Nino Rolfe
5.7
5.7
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Garrick
5.6
5.6
The Statement
2003
as Commissaire Vionnet
5.5
5.5
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Dogberry
5.5
5.5
The Voyeur
1994
as Nino Rolfe
5.5
5.5
Enigma
1982
as Canarsky
5.4
5.4
The Waiting Room
2007
as Roger
5.3
5.3
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Chaplain
5.2
5.2
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Abu Bakar
5.2
5.2
The Martins
2001
as Mr Heath
5.2
5.2
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Hudson Junior
5.1
5.1
Assault
1971
as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
5.1
5.1
Stalin
1992
as Sergei
5.0
5.0
Danny Jones
1972
5.0
5.0
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Col. Boris Morosov
5.0
5.0
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972
as George Dabernon
5.0
5.0
Inspector Clouseau
1968
as Supt. Weaver
4.8
4.8
The Wild Affair
1965
as Drunk
4.8
4.8
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as Matthew Fox
4.6
4.6
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Paul
4.3
4.3
Cthulhu Mansion
1992
as Chandu
4.3
4.3
The Deadly Bees
1966
as H.W. Manfred
4.1
4.1
Virgin Mary
1995
as Monsignor
4.0
4.0
The Body
1970
as Narrator
3.9
3.9
Casanova
1987
as Razetta
3.5
3.5
Private Potter
1962
as Capt. Patterson
3.0
3.0
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997
as Mike's Dad
1.7
1.7
For My Baby
2000
as Rudi Wittfogel
1.0
1.0
Nineteen Nineteen
1985
as Sigmund Freud (voice)
Mona
1982
as Captain Manson
Dear Brutus
1981
as Dearth
Blood of the Lamb
1969
as Albert
The Hard Knock
1962
as Franco Angelo
Betzi
1978
as Napoleon
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
as Shahriar
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Frank Doel
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Piano Tuner
1969
as Wilfred Tilley
The Other Side
1992
as Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Sancho Panza
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Peppino
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
In the Secret State
1985
as Frank Strange
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