Frank Finlay
Known for Acting · 133 credits
- Born
- 1926-08-06
- Died
- 2016-01-30
- Place of birth
- Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- 프랭크 핀레이 · Francis "Frank" Finlay · Francis 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
TV Shows (41)
Play for Today
1970
as Dearth
Heartbeat
1992
as Howard Franklin
Merlin
2008
as Anhora
Wogan
1982
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Arthur Pearson
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Marcus Brutus / Shylock / Sancho Panza / Voltaire
Z-Cars
1962
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Professor Coram / Sergius
Blackadder
1983
as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Screen Two
1985
as Frank Strange
Prime Suspect
1991
as Arnold Tennison
Theatre 625
1964
as Dr Dee
Lovejoy
1986
as Harold Plumb
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Louis
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Wilfred Tilley / Adolf Hitler
Drama 61-67
1961
as Albert Hope
Longitude
2000
as Admiral Wagner
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as General Bulstrode
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Garrick
Life Begins
2004
as Eric Thornhill
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Peppino
The Grand
1997
as Edward Lawrence
Studio 4
1962
as Fernand Destayac
The Sins
2000
as Uncle Irwin Green
Count Dracula
1977
as Professor Van Helsing
The Younger Generation
1961
as Ross Mayer / George Tremaine
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Franco Angelo / Bosun / Patrick Kelly / David Field
How Do You Want Me?
1998
The Lost Prince
2003
as Asquith
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994
as Alcuin
The Burning Shore
1991
as Garrick
Johnny and the Bomb
2006
as Tom Maxwell
Les Misérables
1967
as Jean Valjean
Another Bouquet
1977
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
1976
as Peter Manson
The Spanish Civil War
1983
as Self - Narrator
Casanova
1971
as Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Target Luna
1960
as Conway Henderson
Erebus: The Aftermath
1987
as Justice Peter Mahon
An Exchange of Fire
1993
as Pavel Rhele
Movies (92)
The Pianist
2002
as Father
The Voyeur
1994
as Nino Rolfe
The Key
1983
as Nino Rolfe
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
Lifeforce
1985
as Dr. Hans Fallada
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Porthos / O'Reilly
The Wild Geese
1978
as Fr. Geoghagen
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Porthos
Inspector Clouseau
1968
as Supt. Weaver
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Henry Durnley
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Jacob Marley
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Cromwell
1970
as John Carter
Enigma
1982
as Canarsky
Count Dracula
1977
as Abraham van Helsing
Station Jim
2001
as Riorden Snr
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as Igor Bounin
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Porthos
The Statement
2003
as Commissaire Vionnet
Murder by Decree
1979
as Inspector Lestrade
Robbery
1967
as Robinson
Stalin
1992
as Sergei
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as William Grey
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Abu Bakar
Casanova
1987
as Razetta
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as Matthew Fox
Sitting Target
1972
as Marty Gold
Eroica
2003
as Josef Haydn
Assault
1971
as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
The Martins
2001
as Mr Heath
The Deadly Bees
1966
as H.W. Manfred
Shaft in Africa
1973
as Vincent Amafi
A Study in Terror
1965
as Inspector Lestrade
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Molly Maguires
1970
as Davies
Hot Enough for June
1964
as British Embassy Porter
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Father
Gumshoe
1971
as William Ginley
Othello
1965
as Iago
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Chaplain
Life for Ruth
1962
as Teddy's Father
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Hudson Junior
The Jokers
1967
as Harrassed Man
Sparrow
1994
as Father Nunzio
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Corsetiere
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Paul
Virgin Mary
1995
as Monsignor
King of the Wind
1990
as Edward Coke
Sakharov
1984
as Kravtsov
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Col. Boris Morosov
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Garrick
The Informers
1963
as Leon Sale
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
In the Secret State
1985
as Frank Strange
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Wild Affair
1965
as Drunk
The Lie
1970
as Andrew Firth
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997
as Mike's Dad
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Peppino
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Comedy Man
1964
as Prout
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Second Fish Porter
A Mind to Murder
1995
as Professor Etherege
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Dogberry
The Merchant of Venice
1972
as Shylock
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
The Waiting Room
2007
as Roger
Nineteen Nineteen
1985
as Sigmund Freud (voice)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Sancho Panza
Limited Edition
1997
as John Rathbone
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973
as Adolf Hitler
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972
as George Dabernon
Lighthouse Hill
2004
as Alfred
Cthulhu Mansion
1992
as Chandu
The Body
1970
as Narrator
Blood of the Lamb
1969
as Albert
Private Potter
1962
as Capt. Patterson
Mona
1982
as Captain Manson
Dear Brutus
1981
as Dearth
For My Baby
2000
as Rudi Wittfogel
The Spare Tyres
1967
as Council foreman
The Other Side
1992
as Arthur Conan Doyle
Betzi
1978
as Napoleon
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Frank Doel
Olivier Talks About Othello
1965
as (archive footage)
The Hard Knock
1962
as Franco Angelo
Danny Jones
1972
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
as Self
Julius Caesar
1969
as Brutus
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
as Shahriar
The Piano Tuner
1969
as Wilfred Tilley
About 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 D… With 133 credits spanning from 1950 to 2018, Frank Finlay has appeared in 92 films and 41 TV shows.
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- The Pianist (2002) — as Father
- The Voyeur (1994) — as Nino Rolfe
- The Key (1983) — as Nino Rolfe
- Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) — as (archive footage)
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
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