Frank Finlay
British actor (1926-2016) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
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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MerlinSeries, Anhora2002
The PianistFilm, Father2000
LongitudeSeries, Admiral Wagner1994
SparrowFilm, Father Nunzio1992
HeartbeatSeries, Howard Franklin1989
The Return of the MusketeersFilm, Porthos1986
LovejoySeries, Harold Plumb1984
Sherlock HolmesSeries, Professor Coram / Sergius
A Christmas CarolFilm, 1984Jacob Marley1982
EnigmaFilm, Canarsky1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Arthur Pearson1978
The Wild GeeseFilm, Fr. Geoghagen1977
Count DraculaFilm, Abraham van Helsing1974British Academy Television Award for Best ActorAward1973
Shaft in AfricaFilm, Vincent Amafi1971
AssaultFilm, Det. Chief Supt. Velyan1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Wilfred Tilley1968
Inspector ClouseauFilm, Supt. Weaver1966
The Deadly BeesFilm, H.W. Manfred1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Marcus Brutus1964
Hot Enough for JuneFilm, British Embassy Porter1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerFilm, Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)1961Drama 61-67Series, Albert Hope1950
Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Louis1926Born6 August 1926People around Frank
Richard Lester Directed The Three Musketeers (1973)- Clive Donner Directed A Christmas Carol (1984)
Pierre Spengler Produced The Three Musketeers (1973)
Ken Annakin Directed The Longest Day and The Informers
Barry Foster Also in The Wild Geese and Robbery
Alan Bridges Directed The Return of the Soldier (1982)
Alexander Salkind Produced The Three Musketeers (1973)- Ilya Salkind Produced The Three Musketeers (1973)
Christopher Lee Also in The Three Musketeers (1973)
Richard Harris Also in The Molly Maguires and Cromwell
Richard Chamberlain Also in The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Geraldine Chaplin Also in The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Tinto Brass Directed The Key (1984)
Michael York Also in The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Oliver Reed Also in The Three Musketeers (1973)
Robert Morley Also in Cromwell and Hot Enough for June
Michael Winner Directed The Jokers (1967)
Ronald Harwood Wrote The Pianist, Cromwell and The Statement- George MacDonald Fraser Wrote The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
- Michael Gothard Also in The Three Musketeers (1973)
- Donald Houston Also in The Longest Day and A Study in Terror
- Michael Medwin Produced Gumshoe (1971)
- Timothy Bateson Also in Doctor in Distress and Twisted Nerve
- Gretchen Franklin Also in The Four Musketeers and Twisted Nerve
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The Pianist 2002
The Longest Day 1962
A Christmas Carol 1984
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
Nothing Like a Dame 2018
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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.
