Frank Finlay
Born: 1926-08-06 Farnworth, Lancashire, UK
Died: 2016-01-30
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; B ...
Acting (in our collection)
The Waiting Room
(2007)
The Statement
(2003)
Eroica
(2003)
The Pianist
(2002)
Stiff Upper Lips
(1998)
Lifeforce
(1985)
A Christmas Carol
(1984)
Murder by Decree
(1979)
The Wild Geese
(1978)
Shaft in Africa
(1973)
Gumshoe
(1971)
Cromwell
(1970)
The Molly Maguires
(1970)
Inspector Clouseau
(1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
Othello
(1965)
The Longest Day
(1962)