Frank Finlay
Birthday: 1926-08-06
Deathday: 2015-07-15
Birthplace: Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1966 | 40 | Othello (1965) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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Sakharov | Kravtsov | |
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2015-04-13 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | |
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2007-08-18 | The Waiting Room | Roger |
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2004-05-04 | Lighthouse Hill | Alfred |
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2003-12-12 | The Statement | Commissaire Vionnet |
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2003-10-04 | Eroica | Josef Haydn |
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2002-09-17 | The Pianist | Father |
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2001-12-30 | Station Jim | Riorden Snr |
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2001-09-14 | The Martins | Mr Heath |
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2000-10-19 | For My Baby | Rudi Wittfogel |
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1999-10-29 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Father |
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1998-06-12 | Stiff Upper Lips | Hudson Junior |
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1997-11-01 | Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) | Mike's Dad |
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1997-01-22 | Limited Edition | John Rathbone |
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1995-10-12 | Virgin Mary | Monsignor |
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1995-01-01 | A Mind to Murder | Professor Etherege |
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1994-02-04 | Sparrow | Father Nunzio |
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1994-01-27 | The Voyeur | Nino Rolfe |
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1993-07-06 | An Exchange of Fire | Pavel Rhele |
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1992-11-21 | Stalin | Sergei |
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1992-08-29 | The Other Side | Arthur Conan Doyle |
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1992-01-01 | Cthulhu Mansion | Chandu |
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1991-10-09 | Mountain of Diamonds | Garrick |
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1990-05-25 | King of the Wind | Edward Coke |
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1989-04-12 | The Return of the Musketeers | Porthos |
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1987-03-01 | Casanova | Razetta |
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1985-11-14 | Nineteen Nineteen | Sigmund Freud (voice) |
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1985-06-21 | Lifeforce | Dr. Hans Fallada |
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1985-03-10 | In the Secret State | Frank Strange |
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1984-12-19 | Arch of Triumph | Col. Boris Morosov |
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1984-10-09 | A Christmas Carol | Jacob Marley |
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1983-10-19 | The Key | Nino Rolfe |
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1983-05-30 | The Ploughman's Lunch | Matthew Fox |
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1983-01-06 | The Return of the Soldier | William Grey |
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1982-10-15 | Enigma | Canarsky |
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1982-08-08 | Mona | Captain Manson |
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1981-01-27 | Dear Brutus | Dearth |
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1979-10-29 | Ring of Darkness | Paul |
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1979-02-01 | Murder by Decree | Inspector Lestrade |
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1978-09-23 | Betzi | Napoleon |
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1978-06-28 | The Wild Geese | Fr. Geoghagen |
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1978-01-10 | The Thief of Baghdad | Abu Bakar |
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1978-01-01 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Peppino |
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1977-12-22 | Count Dracula | Abraham van Helsing |
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1975-11-04 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Frank Doel |
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1974-10-31 | The Four Musketeers | Porthos |
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1973-12-26 | Van der Valk and the Rich | Van der Valk |
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1973-12-11 | The Three Musketeers | Porthos / O'Reilly |
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1973-06-14 | Shaft in Africa | Vincent Amafi |
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1973-01-07 | The Death of Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler |
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1973-01-07 | The Adventures Of Don Quixote | Sancho Panza |
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1972-11-01 | Neither the Sea Nor the Sand | George Dabernon |
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1972-05-01 | Sitting Target | Marty Gold |
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1972-05-01 | Danny Jones | |
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1972-04-16 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock |
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1971-12-01 | Gumshoe | William Ginley |
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1971-02-11 | Assault | Det. Chief Supt. Velyan |
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1970-10-29 | The Lie | Andrew Firth |
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1970-07-16 | Cromwell | John Carter |
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1970-02-08 | The Molly Maguires | Davies |
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1969-12-03 | Blood of the Lamb | Albert |
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1969-04-13 | Julius Caesar | Brutus |
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1969-03-08 | The Piano Tuner | Wilfred Tilley |
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1968-12-20 | Twisted Nerve | Henry Durnley |
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1968-11-14 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Igor Bounin |
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1968-07-19 | Inspector Clouseau | Supt. Weaver |
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1967-12-18 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Chaplain |
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1967-08-01 | Robbery | Robinson |
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1967-05-15 | The Jokers | Harrassed Man |
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1967-01-01 | Much Ado About Nothing | Dogberry |
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1967-01-01 | The Spare Tyres | Council foreman |
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1966-12-23 | The Deadly Bees | H.W. Manfred |
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1966-07-01 | The Sandwich Man | Second Fish Porter |
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1965-12-15 | Othello | Iago |
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1965-12-05 | The Wild Affair | Drunk |
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1965-10-01 | A Study in Terror | Inspector Lestrade |
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1964-09-03 | The Comedy Man | Prout |
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1964-01-01 | Hot Enough for June | British Embassy Porter |
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1963-11-29 | The Informers | Leon Sale |
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1963-07-30 | Doctor in Distress | Corsetiere |
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1962-09-25 | The Longest Day | Pvt. Coke (uncredited) |
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1962-09-20 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Booking Office Clerk (uncredited) |
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1962-09-06 | Life for Ruth | Teddy's Father |
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1962-07-08 | The Hard Knock | Franco Angelo |
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1962-01-01 | Private Potter | Capt. Patterson |