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Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

06/08/1926

Day of Death

30/01/2016
(90) years old

Place of Birth

Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

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 defi... Read More

Known For

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Fifty Shades of Erotica

Fifty Shades of Erotica

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

Lighthouse Hill

Lighthouse Hill

The Statement

The Statement

Eroica

Eroica

The Pianist

The Pianist

The Martins

The Martins

For My Baby

For My Baby

Filmography

Cast

2018

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2007

The Waiting Room

as Roger

2004

Lighthouse Hill

as Alfred

2003

The Statement

as Commissaire Vionnet

2003

Eroica

as Josef Haydn

2002

The Pianist

as Father

2001

Station Jim

as Riorden Snr

2001

The Martins

as Mr Heath

2000

For My Baby

as Rudi Wittfogel

1999

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as Father

1998

Stiff Upper Lips

as Hudson Junior

1997

Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romanc...

as Mike's Dad

1997

Limited Edition

as John Rathbone

1995

Virgin Mary

as Monsignor

1995

A Mind to Murder

as Professor Etherege

1994

Sparrow

as Father Nunzio

1994

The Voyeur

as Nino Rolfe

1992

Stalin

as Sergei

1992

The Other Side

as Arthur Conan Doyle

1992

Cthulhu Mansion

as Chandu

1991

Mountain of Diamonds

as Garrick

1990

King of the Wind

as Edward Coke

1989

The Return of the Musketeers

as Porthos

1987

Casanova

as Razetta

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

1983

The Key

as Nino Rolfe

1983

The Ploughman's Lunch

as Matthew Fox

1983

The Spanish Civil War

as Narrator

1983

The Return of the Soldier

as William Grey

1982

Enigma

as Canarsky

1982

Mona

as Captain Manson

1981

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

as Shahriar

1981

Dear Brutus

as Dearth

1979

Ring of Darkness

as Paul

1979

Murder by Decree

as Inspector Lestrade

1978

Betzi

as Napoleon

1978

The Wild Geese

as Fr. Geoghagen

1978

The Thief of Baghdad

as Abu Bakar

1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

as Peppino

1977

Count Dracula

as Abraham van Helsing

1975

84 Charing Cross Road

as Frank Doel

1975

Van der Valk and the Scapegoat

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

1974

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

1974

The Four Musketeers

as Porthos

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

The Death of Adolf Hitler

as Adolf Hitler

1973

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

as Sancho Panza

1972

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

as George Dabernon

1972

Sitting Target

as Marty Gold

1972

Danny Jones

1972

The Merchant of Venice

as Shylock

1971

Gumshoe

as William Ginley

1971

Assault

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

1970

The Lie

as Andrew Firth

1970

The Body

as Narrator

1970

Cromwell

as John Carter

1970

The Molly Maguires

as Davies

1969

Blood of the Lamb

as Albert

1969

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

1969

The Piano Tuner

as Wilfred Tilley

1968

Twisted Nerve

as Henry Durnley

1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman

as Igor Bounin

1968

Inspector Clouseau

as Supt. Weaver

1967

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

as Chaplain

1967

Robbery

as Robinson

1967

The Jokers

as Harrassed Man

1967

Much Ado About Nothing

as Dogberry

1967

The Spare Tyres

as Council foreman

1966

The Deadly Bees

as H.W. Manfred

1966

The Sandwich Man

as Second Fish Porter

1965

Othello

as Iago

1965

The Wild Affair

as Drunk

1965

A Study in Terror

as Inspector Lestrade

1965

Olivier Talks About Othello

as (archive footage)

1964

The Comedy Man

as Prout

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 Runn...

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