# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-finlay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:34.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-finlay"
name: "Frank Finlay"
slug: "frank-finlay"
description: "Francis Finlay was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova. This led to appearances on The Morecambe and Wise Show. Finlay starred alongside famous Italian actress Stefania Sandrelli in Tinto Brass' The Key, the most successful Italian film of the 1983–1984 season. He also appeared in the drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire. A four-time BAFTA nominee, Finlay won one for his television performances in 1974."
tagline: "British actor (1926–2016)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-08-06"
deathDate: "2016-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    url:       "http://www.frankfinlay.net/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump