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.
Media of
Frank Finlay
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Filmography of
Frank Finlay
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
(archive footage)
... 2015
Roger
... 2007
Alfred
... 2004
Commissaire Vionnet
... 2003
Josef Haydn
... 2003
Father
... 2002
Riorden Snr
... 2001
Mr Heath
... 2001
Rudi Wittfogel
... 2000
Father
... 1999
Hudson Junior
... 1998
Mike's Dad
... 1997
John Rathbone
... 1997
Monsignor
... 1995
Professor Etherege
... 1995
Father Nunzio
... 1994
Nino Rolfe
... 1994
Sergei
... 1992
Arthur Conan Doyle
... 1992
Chandu
... 1992
Garrick
... 1991
Edward Coke
... 1990
Porthos
... 1989
Razetta
... 1987
Sigmund Freud (voice)
... 1985
Dr. Hans Fallada
... 1985
Frank Strange
... 1985
Col. Boris Morosov
... 1984
... 1984
Jacob Marley
... 1984
Kravtsov
... 1984
Nino Rolfe
... 1983
Matthew Fox
... 1983
Narrator
... 1983
William Grey
... 1983
Canarsky
... 1982
Captain Manson
... 1982
... 1981
Dearth
... 1981
Paul
... 1979
Inspector Lestrade
... 1979
Napoleon
... 1978
Fr. Geoghagen
... 1978
Abu Bakar
... 1978
Peppino
... 1978
Abraham van Helsing
... 1977
Frank Doel
... 1975
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
... 1975
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
... 1974
Porthos
... 1974
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
... 1973
Porthos / O'Reilly
... 1973
Vincent Amafi
... 1973
Adolf Hitler
... 1973
Sancho Panza
... 1973
George Dabernon
... 1972
Marty Gold
... 1972
... 1972
Shylock
... 1972
William Ginley
... 1971
Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
... 1971
Andrew Firth
... 1970
Narrator
... 1970
John Carter
... 1970
Davies
... 1970
Albert
... 1969
Brutus
... 1969
Wilfred Tilley
... 1969
Henry Durnley
... 1968
Igor Bounin
... 1968
Supt. Weaver
... 1968
Chaplain
... 1967
Robinson
... 1967
Harrassed Man
... 1967
Dogberry
... 1967
Council foreman
... 1967
H.W. Manfred
... 1966
Second Fish Porter
... 1966
Iago
... 1965
Drunk
... 1965
Inspector Lestrade
... 1965
(archive footage)
... 1965
Prout
... 1964
British Embassy Porter
... 1964
Leon Sale
... 1963
Corsetiere
... 1963
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
... 1962
Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
... 1962
Teddy's Father
... 1962
Franco Angelo
... 1962
Capt. Patterson
... 1962