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Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Highest Rated: 95% The Pianist (2002)

Lowest Rated: 0% Inspector Clouseau (1968)

Birthday: Aug 6, 1926

Birthplace: Farnworth, England, UK

A prolific stage performer, Frank Finlay came to international prominence repeating his stage role as a particularly villainous Iago to Laurence Olivier's "Othello" in the 1965 film version, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. A character actor, Finlay generally played provincials or police inspectors and frequently appeared in period films. He began his stage career in 1951, working in repertory theater, before winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He appeared with the Guilford Repertory Company in 1957 and made his London stage debut as a gaoler in "The Queen and the Welshman." The following year, Finlay made his Broadway debut in "Epitaph for George Dillon." He continued to appear on the London stage into the 80s. Frank Finlay died of heart failure following a long illness on January 30, 2016. He was 89.

Highest rated movies

95% The Pianist
90% The Molly Maguires
88% The Three Musketeers
88% Gumshoe
86% Murder by Decree
83% Othello
80% Robbery
77% The Four Musketeers

Photos

THE FOUR MUSKETEERS, Frank Finlay, Raquel Welch, 1974 THREE MUSKETEERS, Frank Finlay, Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, 1973, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, 1989 THE FOUR MUSKETEERS, Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, 1974 GUMSHOE, Albert Finney, Frank Finlay, 1971 THREE MUSKETEERS, Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, 1973 THE THREE MUSKETEERS, from left, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, 1973, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. STUDY IN TERROR, A, Anthony Quayle, Frank Finlay, John Neville, Donald Houston, 1965 LIFEFORCE, Frank Finlay, 1985, (c) TriStar SHAFT IN AFRICA, Frank Finlay, Neda Arneric, 1973 OTHELLO, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, 1965 THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS, Frank Finlay, 1989, © Universal OTHELLO, Frank Finlay, Laurence Olivier, 1965 LIFEFORCE, Frank Finlay, Peter Firth, Michael Gothard, 1985, (c) TriStar OTHELLO, Frank Finlay, Laurence Olivier, 1965 THE PIANIST, (aka LE PIANISTE), Jessica Kate Meyer, Frank Finlay, Adrien Brody, 2002. ©Focus Features FOUR MUSKETEERS, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, 1974 FOUR MUSKETEERS, THE, Raquel Welch, 1974 THE PIANIST, (aka LE PIANISTE), Julia Rayner, Frank Finlay, Ed Stoppard, Jessica Kate Meyer, Maureen Lipman, Adrien Brody, 2002. ©Focus Features THE PIANIST, Frank Finlay, Jessica Kate Meyer, Ed Stoppard, Maureen Lipman, Adrien Brody, Julia Rayner, 2002
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
60% 56% The Waiting Room Roger (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 42% Johnny and the Bomb Tom Maxwell (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lighthouse Hill Alfred (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 81% Eroica Unknown (Character) - 2003
24% 36% The Statement Commissaire Vionnet (Character) $763.0K 2003
No Score Yet 71% Prime Suspect: The Last Witness Arnold Tennison (Character) - 2003
71% 77% The Lost Prince Asquith (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 78% Silent Cry Dr. Robert Barrum (Character) - 2002
95% 96% The Pianist The Father (Character) $17.8K 2002
No Score Yet 52% The Martins Mr. Heath (Character) - 2001
36% 55% Dreaming of Joseph Lees Father (Character) $7.7K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Romance and Rejection Mike's Dad (Character) - 1997
40% 44% Stiff Upper Lips Hudson Junior (Character) $71.8K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet For My Baby Rudi Wittfogel (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tiré à part Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Limited Edition John Rathbone (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Mind to Murder Professor Etherege (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gospa Monsignor (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 72% Stalin Sergei Alliluyev (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 17% Black Magic Mansion Chandu (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cthulhu Mansion Chandu (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 57% King of the Wind Edward Coke (Character) - 1989
60% 34% The Return of the Musketeers Porthos (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 38% The Key Nino Rolfe (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 20% Arch of Triumph Boris (Character) - 1985
56% 46% Lifeforce Dr. Hans Fallada (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Secret State Frank Strange (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 75% A Christmas Carol Jacob Marley (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sakharov Kravtsov (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 44% The Ploughman's Lunch Matthew Fox (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1919 Sigmund Freud (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 28% Enigma Canarsky (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 43% The Return of the Soldier Unknown (Character) - 1982
86% 64% Murder by Decree Inspector Lestrade (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Satan's Wife Paul (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 44% The Thief of Baghdad Abu Bakar (Character) - 1978
70% 76% The Wild Geese Fr. Geoghagen (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 70% Count Dracula Van Helsing (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dracula Abraham van Helsing (Character) - 1977
77% 74% The Four Musketeers Porthos (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 0% Neither the Sea nor the Sand George Dabernon (Character) - 1974
64% 52% Shaft in Africa Amafi (Character) - 1973
88% 77% The Three Musketeers Porthos (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Death of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 62% Sitting Target Marty Gold (Character) - 1972
88% 54% Gumshoe William (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 23% In the Devil's Garden Det. Chief Supt. Velyan (Character) - 1971
90% 62% The Molly Maguires Davies (Character) - 1970
43% 69% Cromwell John Carter (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Body Narrator - 1970
No Score Yet 65% Twisted Nerve Henry Durnley (Character) - 1968
43% 75% The Shoes of the Fisherman Igor Bounin (Character) - 1968
0% 22% Inspector Clouseau Supt. Weaver (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 52% I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name Chaplain (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 12% The Deadly Bees H.W. Manfred (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 80% Much Ado About Nothing Unknown (Character) - 1967
80% 82% Robbery Robinson (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 33% A Study in Terror Inspector Lestrade (Character) - 1966
83% 64% Othello Iago (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedy Man Prout (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 39% Agent 8 3/4 British Embassy Porter (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Private Potter Capt. Patterson (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Condemned to Life Teddy's Father (Character) - 1962

TV

Credit
85% 88% The Adventures of Merlin Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
100% 63% Prime Suspect Unknown (Character) 2003 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Masterpiece Theatre Unknown (Character) 2004
87% 98% Mystery Science Theater 3000 Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mystery! Unknown (Character) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlemagne Unknown (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovejoy Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 97% The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Arthur Pearson (Character) 1981