Frank Finlay
1926-08-06 ( 98 years old ) in Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Movies

Nothing Like a Dame 2018-05-02
Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015-04-13
The Waiting Room 2007-08-18
Lighthouse Hill 2004-05-04
The Statement 2003-12-12
Eroica 2003-10-04
The Pianist 2002-09-17
Station Jim 2001-12-30
The Martins 2001-09-14
For My Baby 2000-10-19
Dreaming of Joseph Lees 1999-10-29
Stiff Upper Lips 1998-06-12
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) 1997-11-01
Limited Edition 1997-01-22
Virgin Mary 1995-10-12
A Mind to Murder 1995-01-01
Sparrow 1994-02-04
The Voyeur 1994-01-27
An Exchange of Fire 1993-07-06
Stalin 1992-11-21
The Other Side 1992-08-29
Cthulhu Mansion 1992-01-01
Mountain of Diamonds 1991-10-09
King of the Wind 1990-05-25
The Return of the Musketeers 1989-04-12
Casanova 1987-03-01
Nineteen Nineteen 1985-11-14
Lifeforce 1985-06-21
In the Secret State 1985-03-10
Arch of Triumph 1984-12-19
A Christmas Carol 1984-10-09
Sakharov 1984-06-20
The Key 1983-10-19
The Ploughman's Lunch 1983-05-30
The Spanish Civil War 1983-01-07
The Return of the Soldier 1983-01-06
Enigma 1982-10-15
Mona 1982-08-08
Dear Brutus 1981-01-27
Ring of Darkness 1979-10-29
Murder by Decree 1979-02-01
Betzi 1978-09-23
The Wild Geese 1978-06-28
The Thief of Baghdad 1978-01-10
Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1978-01-01
Count Dracula 1977-12-22
84 Charing Cross Road 1975-11-04
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat 1975-06-21
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter 1974-11-27
The Four Musketeers 1974-10-31
Van der Valk and the Rich 1973-12-26
The Three Musketeers 1973-12-11
Shaft in Africa 1973-06-14
The Death of Adolf Hitler 1973-01-07
The Adventures Of Don Quixote 1973-01-07
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand 1972-11-01
Sitting Target 1972-05-01
Danny Jones 1972-05-01
The Merchant of Venice 1972-04-16
Gumshoe 1971-12-01
Assault 1971-02-11
The Lie 1970-10-29
The Body 1970-10-09
Cromwell 1970-07-16
The Molly Maguires 1970-02-08
Blood of the Lamb 1969-12-03
Julius Caesar 1969-04-13
The Piano Tuner 1969-03-08
Twisted Nerve 1968-12-20
The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968-11-14
Inspector Clouseau 1968-07-19
I'll Never Forget What's'isname 1967-12-18
Robbery 1967-08-01
The Jokers 1967-05-15
Much Ado About Nothing 1967-02-05
The Spare Tyres 1967-01-01
The Deadly Bees 1966-12-23
The Sandwich Man 1966-07-01
Othello 1965-12-15
The Wild Affair 1965-12-05
A Study in Terror 1965-10-01
Olivier Talks About Othello 1965-01-01
The Comedy Man 1964-09-03
Hot Enough for June 1964-01-01
The Informers 1963-11-29
Doctor in Distress 1963-07-30
The Longest Day 1962-09-25
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962-09-20
Life for Ruth 1962-09-06
The Hard Knock 1962-07-08
Private Potter 1962-01-01

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