Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

  • Birthday: 1926-08-06
  • Deathday: 2016-01-30
  • Place of birth: Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Also know as: 프랭크 핀레이

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 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.

Filmography

Cthulhu Mansion

1992

As Chandu

Othello

1965

As Iago

Van der Valk and the Rich

1973

As Van der Valk

The Death of Adolf Hitler

1973

As Adolf Hitler

The Piano Tuner

1969

As Wilfred Tilley

Danny Jones

1972

As

The Spanish Civil War

1983

As Narrator

An Exchange of Fire

0000

As Pavel Rhele

In the Secret State

1985

As Frank Strange

Mona

1982

As Captain Manson

Dear Brutus

1981

As Dearth

Blood of the Lamb

1969

As Albert

Shaft in Africa

1973

As Vincent Amafi

Inspector Clouseau

1968

As Supt. Weaver

The Key

1983

As Nino Rolfe

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

1972

As George Dabernon

The Deadly Bees

1966

As H.W. Manfred

Assault

1971

As Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

84 Charing Cross Road

1975

As Frank Doel

Count Dracula

1977

As Abraham van Helsing

The Lie

1970

As Andrew Firth

The Other Side

1992

As Arthur Conan Doyle

Julius Caesar

1969

As Brutus

The Merchant of Venice

1972

As Shylock

The Body

1970

As Narrator

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

1973

As Sancho Panza

The Pianist

2002

As Father

The Waiting Room

2007

As Roger

Lifeforce

1985

As Dr. Hans Fallada

Gumshoe

1971

As William Ginley

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

As Abu Bakar

King of the Wind

1990

As Edward Coke

For My Baby

2000

As

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

As Dogberry

Nineteen Nineteen

1985

As Sigmund Freud (voice)

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978

As Peppino

The Three Musketeers

1973

As Porthos / O'Reilly

The Molly Maguires

1970

As Davies

Robbery

1967

As Robinson

Twisted Nerve

1968

As Henry Durnley

Arch of Triumph

1985

As Col. Boris Morosov

The Ploughman's Lunch

1983

As Matthew Fox

Sakharov

1984

As Kravtsov

Lighthouse Hill

2004

As Alfred

The Four Musketeers

1974

As Porthos

Private Potter

1962

As Capt. Patterson

Olivier Talks About Othello

1965

As Archive Footage

Cromwell

1970

As John Carter

Sitting Target

1972

As Marty Gold

Limited Edition

1997

As John Rathbone

Eroica

2003

As Josef Haydn

Enigma

1982

As Canarsky

The Return of the Soldier

1983

As William Grey

The Martins

2001

As Mr Heath

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Ring of Darkness

1979

As Paul

Murder by Decree

1979

As Inspector Lestrade

Casanova

1987

As Razetta

Virgin Mary

1995

As Monsignor

A Study in Terror

1965

As Inspector Lestrade

A Mind to Murder

1995

As Professor Etherege

The Wild Geese

1978

As Fr. Geoghagen

The Statement

2003

As Commissaire Vionnet

Stalin

1992

As Sergei

The Comedy Man

1964

As Prout

Sparrow

1994

As Father Nunzio

Station Jim

2001

As Riorden Snr

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

As Igor Bounin

The Informers

1963

As Leon Sale

Stiff Upper Lips

1998

As Hudson Junior

Mountain of Diamonds

1991

As Garrick

A Christmas Carol

1984

As Jacob Marley

Life for Ruth

1962

As Teddy's Father

Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999

As General Bulstrode

Doctor in Distress

1963

As Corsetiere

The Jokers

1967

As Harrassed Man

The Wild Affair

1965

As Drunk

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

As Booking Office Clerk

Hot Enough for June

1964

As British Embassy Porter

The Sandwich Man

1966

As Second Fish Porter

The Longest Day

1962

As Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

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