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person_profile-Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay Died at age: 89

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Frank Finlay

Date of Birth:

Aug 06, 1926

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jan 30, 2016

Biography of

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 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.

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Frank Finlay

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Filmography of

Frank Finlay

Found 0 Movies in total

... 1983 - 2023

... 2008 - 2012

... 1992 - 2010

... 2008 - 2009

... 1991 - 2006

Life Begins

Eric Thornhill ( Actor )

... 2004 - 2006

Johnny and the Bomb

Tom Maxwell ( Actor )

... 2006

... 1998 - 1999

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

General Bulstrode ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1986 - 1994

... 1984 - 1994

Charlemagne

Alcuin ( Actor )

... 1993 - 1994

... 1979 - 1988

... 1970 - 1987

... 1962 - 1978

... 1977

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

Peter Manson ( Actor )

... 1976

Casanova

Casanova ( Actor )

... 1971

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean ( Actor )

... 1967