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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1926
Died
January 30, 2016
Place of Birth
Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- 프랭크 핀레이
- Francis "Frank" Finlay
- Francis Finlay
Frank Finlay
1.2 Popularity
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
6.8
Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
7.0
(archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
7.5
Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
7.8
Anhora
Merlin
2008
5.4
Roger
The Waiting Room
2007
6.5
Tom Maxwell
Johnny and the Bomb
2006
10.0
Alfred
Lighthouse Hill
2004
0.0
Eric Thornhill
Life Begins
2004
5.6
Commissaire Vionnet
The Statement
2003
7.0
Josef Haydn
Eroica
2003
Credits
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.8
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
2015
7.0
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Alexander 'Alex' Combe
2008
7.5
Merlin
as Anhora
2008
7.8
The Waiting Room
as Roger
2007
5.4
Johnny and the Bomb
as Tom Maxwell
2006
6.5
Lighthouse Hill
as Alfred
2004
10.0
Life Begins
as Eric Thornhill
2004
0.0
The Statement
as Commissaire Vionnet
2003
5.6
Eroica
as Josef Haydn
2003
7.0
The Lost Prince
as Asquith
2003
7.1
The Pianist
as Father
2002
8.4
🎬
Station Jim
as Riorden Snr
2001
7.0
The Martins
as Mr Heath
2001
5.2
Sins
as Uncle Irwin Green
2000
0.5
For My Baby
as Rudi Wittfogel
2000
1.7
Longitude
as Admiral Wagner
2000
7.0
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as General Bulstrode
1999
6.9
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Father
1999
6.0
Stiff Upper Lips
as Hudson Junior
1998
5.2
How Do You Want Me?
1998
7.7
🎬
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
as Mike's Dad
1997
3.0
Limited Edition
as John Rathbone
1997
6.5
Virgin Mary
as Monsignor
1995
4.1
A Mind to Murder
as Professor Etherege
1995
6.2
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as Alcuin
1994
8.5
Sparrow
as Father Nunzio
1994
7.4
The Voyeur
as Nino Rolfe
1994
5.5
🎬
An Exchange of Fire
as Pavel Rhele
1993
0.0
Stalin
as Sergei
1992
5.1
🎬
The Other Side
as Arthur Conan Doyle
1992
0.0
Heartbeat
as Howard Franklin
1992
7.1
Cthulhu Mansion
as Chandu
1992
4.3
Mountain of Diamonds
as Garrick
1991
5.7
Prime Suspect
as Arnold Tennison
1991
7.7
The Burning Shore
as Garrick
1991
0.0
King of the Wind
as Edward Coke
1990
6.4
The Return of the Musketeers
as Porthos
1989
6.2
Erebus: The Aftermath
as Justice Peter Mahon
1987
7.0
Casanova
as Razetta
1987
3.9
Lovejoy
as Harold Plumb
1986
7.3
Nineteen Nineteen
as Sigmund Freud (voice)
1985
1.0
Lifeforce
as Dr. Hans Fallada
1985
6.2
In the Secret State
as Frank Strange
1985
0.0
🎬
The Making Of Lifeforce
as Self
1985
0.0
Arch of Triumph
as Col. Boris Morosov
1984
5.0
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
0.0
A Christmas Carol
as Jacob Marley
1984
7.5
Sakharov
as Kravtsov
1984
7.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Professor Coram / Sergius
1984
8.1
The Key
as Nino Rolfe
1983
6.0
Blackadder
as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
1983
8.0
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Matthew Fox
1983
4.8
The Spanish Civil War
as Self - Narrator
1983
0.0
The Return of the Soldier
as William Grey
1983
6.2
Enigma
as Canarsky
1982
5.5
Mona
as Captain Manson
1982
0.0
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
as Shahriar
1981
0.0
🎬
Dear Brutus
as Dearth
1981
0.0
Ring of Darkness
as Paul
1979
4.6
Tales of the Unexpected
as Arthur Pearson
1979
6.7
Murder by Decree
as Inspector Lestrade
1979
6.4
🎬
Betzi
as Napoleon
1978
0.0
The Wild Geese
as Fr. Geoghagen
1978
6.8
The Thief of Baghdad
as Abu Bakar
1978
5.2
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Peppino
1978
0.0
Count Dracula
as Abraham van Helsing
1977
7.0
Count Dracula
as Professor Van Helsing
1977
9.0
Another Bouquet
1977
6.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Peppino
1976
7.0
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
as Peter Manson
1976
8.5
84 Charing Cross Road
as Frank Doel
1975
0.0
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1975
0.0
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1974
0.0
The Four Musketeers
as Porthos
1974
6.4
Van der Valk and the Rich
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1973
0.0
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos / O'Reilly
1973
6.7
Shaft in Africa
as Vincent Amafi
1973
6.0
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza
1973
0.0
The Death of Adolf Hitler
as Adolf Hitler
1973
6.5
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
as George Dabernon
1972
5.0
Sitting Target
as Marty Gold
1972
6.1
🎬
Danny Jones
1972
5.0
The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
1972
7.0
Gumshoe
as William Ginley
1971
6.3
Casanova
as Casanova
1971
3.4
Assault
as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
1971
5.1
The Lie
as Andrew Firth
1970
6.0
Play for Today
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Dearth
1970
6.3
The Body
as Narrator
1970
4.0
Cromwell
as John Carter
1970
6.5
The Molly Maguires
as Davies
1970
6.3
🎬
Blood of the Lamb
as Albert
1969
0.0
Julius Caesar
as Brutus
1969
8.0
🎬
The Piano Tuner
as Wilfred Tilley
1969
0.0
Twisted Nerve
as Henry Durnley
1968
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Igor Bounin
1968
6.7
Inspector Clouseau
as Supt. Weaver
1968
5.0
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Chaplain
1967
5.3
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
1967
4.0
Robbery
as Robinson
1967
6.5
The Jokers
as Harrassed Man
1967
6.0
Much Ado About Nothing
as Dogberry
1967
5.5
🎬
The Spare Tyres
as Council foreman
1967
6.0
The Deadly Bees
as H.W. Manfred
1966
4.3
The Sandwich Man
as Second Fish Porter
1966
6.1
Othello
as Iago
1965
6.2
The Wild Affair
as Drunk
1965
4.8
BBC Play of the Month
as Marcus Brutus
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Shylock
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Sancho Panza
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Voltaire
1965
5.0
A Study in Terror
as Inspector Lestrade
1965
6.2
🎬
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
1965
0.0
The Comedy Man
as Prout
1964
6.9
Theatre 625
as Dr Dee
1964
7.2
Hot Enough for June
as British Embassy Porter
1964
5.7
The Informers
as Leon Sale
1963
6.5
Doctor in Distress
as Corsetiere
1963
6.2
The Longest Day
as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
1962
7.6
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
1962
7.2
Life for Ruth
as Teddy's Father
1962
6.7
🎬
The Hard Knock
as Franco Angelo
1962
0.0
🎬
Studio 4
as Fernand Destayac
1962
6.0
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Private Potter
as Capt. Patterson
1962
3.5
🎬
The Younger Generation
as Ross Mayer
1961
0.0
🎬
The Younger Generation
as George Tremaine
1961
0.0
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Albert Hope
1961
0.0
🎬
Target Luna
as Conway Henderson
1960
5.0