
Frank Finlay
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.
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Filmograafia
- 2018Nothing Like a Dame (Self (archive footage))
- 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica ((archive footage))
- 2008Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons (Alexander 'Alex' Combe)
- 2008Merlin (Anhora)
- 2007The Waiting Room (Roger)
- 2006Johnny and the Bomb (Tom Maxwell)
- 2004Lighthouse Hill (Alfred)
- 2004Life Begins (Eric Thornhill)
- 2003The Statement (Commissaire Vionnet)
- 2003Eroica (Josef Haydn)
- 2003The Lost Prince (Asquith)
- 2002Pianist (Father)
- 2001Station Jim (Riorden Snr)
- 2001The Martins (Mr Heath)
- 2000The Sins (Uncle Irwin Green)
- 2000For My Baby (Rudi Wittfogel)
- 2000Longitude (Admiral Wagner)
- 1999The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (General Bulstrode)
- 1999Dreaming of Joseph Lees (Father)
- 1998Stiff Upper Lips (Hudson Junior)
- 1998How Do You Want Me?
- 1997Mr. Right... zur falschen Zeit (Mike's Dad)
- 1997The Grand (Edward Lawrence)
- 1997Tiré à part (John Rathbone)
- 1995Gospa, The Miracle of Medjugorje (Monsignor)
- 1995A Mind to Murder (Professor Etherege)
- 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Professor Coram / Sergius)
- 1994Charlemagne, le prince à cheval (Alcuin)
- 1994Storia di una capinera (Father Nunzio)
- 1994L'uomo che guarda (Nino Rolfe)
- 1993An Exchange of Fire (Pavel Rhele)
- 1992Stalin (Sergei)
- 1992The Other Side (Arthur Conan Doyle)
- 1992Heartbeat (Howard Franklin)
- 1992La mansión de los Cthulhu (Chandu)
- 1991La montagna dei diamanti (Garrick)
- 1991La montagna dei diamanti (Garrick)
- 1991Prime Suspect (Arnold Tennison)
- 1991The Burning Shore (Garrick)
- 1990King of the Wind (Edward Coke)
- 1989The Return of the Musketeers (Porthos)
- 1987Erebus: The Aftermath (Justice Peter Mahon)
- 1987Casanova (Razetta)
- 1986Lovejoy (Harold Plumb)
- 1985Nineteen Nineteen (Sigmund Freud (voice))
- 1985Lifeforce (Dr. Hans Fallada)
- 1985In the Secret State (Frank Strange)
- 1985Screen Two (Frank Strange)
- 1985The Making Of Lifeforce (Self)
- 1984Arch of Triumph (Col. Boris Morosov)
- 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 1984Jõululugu (Jacob Marley)
- 1984Sakharov (Kravtsov)
- 1984Sherlock Holmes (Professor Coram / Sergius)
- 1983La chiave (Nino Rolfe)
- 1983Blackadder (The Witchsmeller Pursuivant)
- 1983The Ploughman's Lunch (Matthew Fox)
- 1983La Guerra Civil Española (Self - Narrator)
- 1983The Return of the Soldier (William Grey)
- 1982Enigma (Canarsky)
- 1982Mona (Captain Manson)
- 1982All for Love (Captain Manson)
- 1982Wogan (Self)
- 1981Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Shahriar)
- 1981Dear Brutus (Dearth)
- 1979Un ombra nell'ombra (Paul)
- 1979Tales of the Unexpected (Arthur Pearson)
- 1979Murder by Decree (Inspector Lestrade)
- 1978Betzi (Napoleon)
- 1978The Wild Geese (Fr. Geoghagen)
- 1978The Thief of Baghdad (Abu Bakar)
- 1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday (Peppino)
- 1977Count Dracula (Abraham van Helsing)
- 1977Count Dracula (Professor Van Helsing)
- 1977Another Bouquet
- 1976Laurence Olivier Presents (Peppino)
- 1976Bouquet of Barbed Wire (Peter Manson)
- 197584 Charing Cross Road (Frank Doel)
- 1975Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire (Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk)
- 1974Van der Valk und das Mädchen (Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk)
- 1974The Four Musketeers (Porthos)
- 1973Van der Valk und die Reichen (Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk)
- 1973The Three Musketeers (Porthos / O'Reilly)
- 1973Shaft in Africa (Vincent Amafi)
- 1973The Death of Adolf Hitler (Adolf Hitler)
- 1973The Adventures Of Don Quixote (Sancho Panza)
- 1972Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (George Dabernon)
- 1972Sitting Target (Marty Gold)
- 1972Danny Jones
- 1972The Merchant of Venice (Shylock)
- 1971Gumshoe (William Ginley)
- 1971Casanova (Giovanni Jacopo Casanova)
- 1971Assault (Det. Chief Supt. Velyan)
- 1970The Lie (Andrew Firth)
- 1970Play for Today
- 1970Play for Today (Dearth)
- 1970The Body (Narrator)
- 1970Cromwell (John Carter)
- 1970The Molly Maguires (Davies)
- 1969Blood of the Lamb (Albert)
- 1969Julius Caesar (Brutus)
- 1969The Piano Tuner (Wilfred Tilley)
- 1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre (Wilfred Tilley)
- 1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre (Adolf Hitler)
- 1969This Happy Breed (Frank Gibbons)
- 1968Twisted Nerve (Henry Durnley)
- 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman (Igor Bounin)
- 1968Inspector Clouseau (Supt. Weaver)
- 1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname (Chaplain)
- 1967Les Misérables (Jean Valjean)
- 1967Robbery (Robinson)
- 1967The Jokers (Harrassed Man)
- 1967Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry)
- 1967The Spare Tyres (Council foreman)
- 1966The Deadly Bees (H.W. Manfred)
- 1966NET Playhouse (Marcus Brutus)
- 1966The Sandwich Man (Second Fish Porter)
- 1965Othello (Iago)
- 1965The Wild Affair (Drunk)
- 1965BBC Play of the Month (Marcus Brutus)
- 1965BBC Play of the Month (Shylock)
- 1965BBC Play of the Month (Sancho Panza)
- 1965BBC Play of the Month (Voltaire)
- 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre (The Man)
- 1965A Study in Terror (Inspector Lestrade)
- 1964The Wednesday Play (Albert)
- 1964The Comedy Man (Prout)
- 1964Theatre 625 (Dr Dee)
- 1964Hot Enough for June (British Embassy Porter)
- 1963The Informers (Leon Sale)
- 1963Doctor in Distress (Corsetiere)
- 1962The Longest Day (Pvt. Coke (uncredited))
- 1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Booking Office Clerk (uncredited))
- 1962Life for Ruth (Teddy's Father)
- 1962The Hard Knock (Franco Angelo)
- 1962Studio 4 (Fernand Destayac)
- 1962Z-Cars
- 1962Private Potter (Capt. Patterson)
- 1961You Can't Win (George Lander)
- 1961The Younger Generation (Ross Mayer)
- 1961The Younger Generation (George Tremaine)
- 1961Drama 61-67 (Albert Hope)
- 1960Target Luna (Conway Henderson)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Franco Angelo)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Bosun)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Patrick Kelly)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (David Field)
- 1950Sunday Night Theatre (Louis)