Frank Finlay
Acting
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.
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
as Mike's Dad
Age 71 (now 89)
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
as Shahriar
Age 55 (now 89)
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Age 48 (now 89)
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Age 48 (now 89)
Van der Valk and the Rich
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Age 47 (now 89)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza
Age 46 (now 89)
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
as George Dabernon
Age 46 (now 89)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Chaplain
Age 41 (now 89)
Olivier Talks About Othello
as (archive footage)
Age 38 (now 89)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Age 36 (now 89)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Age 82 (now 89)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as General Bulstrode
Age 73 (now 89)
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as Alcuin
Age 67 (now 89)
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Wilfred Tilley
Age 42 (now 89)
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Also Known As
프랭크 핀레이, Francis "Frank" Finlay, Francis Finlay
IMDB
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