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
all 115
Movies 87
TV Shows 28
Narrator 3
self 2
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons (2008)
Merlin (2008)
The Waiting Room (2007)
Johnny and the Bomb (2006)
Lighthouse Hill (2004)
Life Begins (2004)
The Statement (2003)
The Lost Prince (2003)
Eroica (2003)
The Pianist (2002)
Station Jim (2001)
The Martins (2001)
Sins (2000)
For My Baby (2000)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
How Do You Want Me? (1998)
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) (1997)
Limited Edition (1997)
Virgin Mary (1995)
A Mind to Murder (1995)
Sparrow (1994)
Charlemagne (1993)
Stalin (1992)
The Other Side (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Cthulhu Mansion (1992)
Prime Suspect (1991)
The Burning Shore (1991)
Mountain of Diamonds (1991)
King of the Wind (1990)
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Casanova (1987)
Lovejoy (1986)
Nineteen Nineteen (1985)
Lifeforce (1985)
Arch of Triumph (1985)
In the Secret State (1985)
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Sakharov (1984)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The Key (1983)
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
The Spanish Civil War (1983)
The Spanish Civil War (1983)
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
Enigma (1982)
Mona (1982)
Wogan (1982)
Dear Brutus (1981)
Ring of Darkness (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Wild Geese (1978)
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978)
Count Dracula (1977)
Count Dracula (1977)
Another Bouquet (1977)
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976)
84 Charing Cross Road (1975)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
Van der Valk and the Rich (1973)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Shaft in Africa (1973)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973)
The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973)
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
Danny Jones (1972)
Sitting Target (1972)
The Merchant of Venice (1972)
Gumshoe (1971)
Casanova (1971)
Assault (1971)
The Lie (1970)
Play for Today (1970)
The Body (1970)
Cromwell (1970)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Blood of the Lamb (1969)
Julius Caesar (1969)
The Piano Tuner (1969)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Inspector Clouseau (1968)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Les Misérables (1967)
Robbery (1967)
The Jokers (1967)
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
Great Acting: Laurence Olivier (1966)
The Deadly Bees (1966)
That Swinging City (1966)
Othello (1965)
The Wild Affair (1965)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Olivier Talks About Othello (1965)
The Comedy Man (1964)
Hot Enough for June (1964)
The Informers (1963)
Doctor in Distress (1963)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Life for Ruth (1962)
Studio Four (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
Private Potter (1962)
An Exchange of Fire
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-08-06
Deathday2016-01-30 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceFarnworth, United Kingdom
ChildrenStephen Finlay
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also Known As프랭크 핀레이, Francis "Frank" Finlay, Francis Finlay
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
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