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Frank Finlay

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British actor (1926-2016)

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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.

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Filmography 40

The Pianist2002 · ★ 8.4
The Voyeur1994 · ★ 6.4
The Longest Day1962 · ★ 7.6
The Key1983 · ★ 6.0
Lifeforce1985 · ★ 6.2
The Three Musketeers1973 · ★ 6.7
A Christmas Carol1984 · ★ 7.5
The Wild Geese1978 · ★ 6.8
The Four Musketeers1974 · ★ 6.5
Murder by Decree1979 · ★ 6.3
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962 · ★ 7.2
The Return of the Musketeers1989 · ★ 6.2
Inspector Clouseau1968 · ★ 5.1
Cromwell1970 · ★ 6.6
The Statement2003 · ★ 5.7
The Molly Maguires1970 · ★ 6.3
The Shoes of the Fisherman1968 · ★ 6.8
A Study in Terror1965 · ★ 6.2
Shaft in Africa1973 · ★ 6.1
Robbery1967 · ★ 6.6
Twisted Nerve1968 · ★ 6.8
Enigma1982
Nothing Like a Dame2018 · ★ 6.8
Stalin1992
The Deadly Bees1966
Gumshoe1971
Count Dracula1977
Fifty Shades of Erotica2015
Othello1965
Sitting Target1972
Assault1971
Hot Enough for June1964
Sparrow1994
The Return of the Soldier1983
Cthulhu Mansion1992
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand1972
The Jokers1967
The Martins2001
Doctor in Distress1963
Casanova1987

148 credits on file

Television 24

Merlin2008
Play for Today1970
Heartbeat1992
Blackadder1983
BBC Play of the Month1965
Sherlock Holmes1984
Screen Two1985
Tales of the Unexpected1979
Prime Suspect1991
Wogan1982
Z-Cars1962
Lovejoy1986
The Wednesday Play1964
Theatre 6251964
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns1999
Sunday Night Theatre1950
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969
The Grand1997
The Lost Prince2003
Longitude2000
How Do You Want Me?1998
NET Playhouse1966
Johnny and the Bomb2006
Armchair Theatre1956

Awards 2

1974British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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About this person

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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2016 · aged 89
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