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.
Fotos
Filmes (92)
Chá Com as Damas
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015 · (archive footage)
The Waiting Room
2007 · Roger
Lighthouse Hill
2004 · Alfred
The Statement
2003 · Commissaire Vionnet
Eroica
2003 · Josef Haydn
The Pianist
2002 · Father
Station Jim
2001 · Riorden Snr
Férias Malucas
2001 · Mr Heath
For My Baby
2000 · Rudi Wittfogel
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999 · Father
Stiff Upper Lips
1998 · Hudson Junior
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997 · Mike's Dad
Limited Edition
1997 · John Rathbone
The Miracle of Medjugorje
1995 · Monsignor
A Mind to Murder
1995 · Professor Etherege
Sparrow
1994 · Father Nunzio
The Voyeur
1994 · Nino Rolfe
Stalin
1992 · Sergei
The Other Side
1992 · Arthur Conan Doyle
Cthulhu Mansion
1992 · Chandu
Mountain of Diamonds
1991 · Garrick
King of the Wind
1990 · Edward Coke
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · Porthos
Casanova
1987 · Razetta
Nineteen Nineteen
1985 · Sigmund Freud (voice)
Lifeforce
1985 · Dr. Hans Fallada
In the Secret State
1985 · Frank Strange
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985 · Self
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Col. Boris Morosov
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
A Christmas Carol
1984 · Jacob Marley
Sakharov
1984 · Kravtsov
The Key
1983 · Nino Rolfe
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983 · Matthew Fox
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · William Grey
Enigma
1982 · Canarsky
Mona
1982 · Captain Manson
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981 · Shahriar
Dear Brutus
1981 · Dearth
Ring of Darkness
1979 · Paul
Murder by Decree
1979 · Inspector Lestrade
Betzi
1978 · Napoleon
The Wild Geese
1978 · Fr. Geoghagen
The Thief of Baghdad
1978 · Abu Bakar
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 · Peppino
Count Dracula
1977 · Abraham van Helsing
84 Charing Cross Road
1975 · Frank Doel
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975 · Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974 · Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Four Musketeers
1974 · Porthos
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973 · Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Three Musketeers
1973 · Porthos / O'Reilly
Shaft in Africa
1973 · Vincent Amafi
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973 · Adolf Hitler
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973 · Sancho Panza
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972 · George Dabernon
Sitting Target
1972 · Marty Gold
Danny Jones
1972
The Merchant of Venice
1972 · Shylock
Gumshoe
1971 · William Ginley
Assault
1971 · Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
The Lie
1970 · Andrew Firth
The Body
1970 · Narrator
Cromwell
1970 · John Carter
The Molly Maguires
1970 · Davies
Blood of the Lamb
1969 · Albert
Julius Caesar
1969 · Marcus Brutus
The Piano Tuner
1969 · Wilfred Tilley
This Happy Breed
1969 · Frank Gibbons
Twisted Nerve
1968 · Henry Durnley
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968 · Igor Bounin
Inspector Clouseau
1968 · Supt. Weaver
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967 · Chaplain
Robbery
1967 · Robinson
The Jokers
1967 · Harrassed Man
Much Ado About Nothing
1967 · Dogberry
The Spare Tyres
1967 · Council foreman
The Deadly Bees
1966 · H.W. Manfred
The Sandwich Man
1966 · Second Fish Porter
Othello
1965 · Iago
The Wild Affair
1965 · Drunk
A Study in Terror
1965 · Inspector Lestrade
The Comedy Man
1964 · Prout
Hot Enough for June
1964 · British Embassy Porter
The Informers
1963 · Leon Sale
Doctor in Distress
1963 · Corsetiere
The Longest Day
1962 · Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Life for Ruth
1962 · Teddy's Father
The Hard Knock
1962 · Franco Angelo
Private Potter
1962 · Capt. Patterson
Séries (47)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008 · Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Merlin
2008 · Anhora
Johnny and the Bomb
2006 · Tom Maxwell
Life Begins
2004 · Eric Thornhill
The Lost Prince
2003 · Asquith
The Sins
2000 · Uncle Irwin Green
Longitude
2000 · Admiral Wagner
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999 · General Bulstrode
How Do You Want Me?
1998
The Grand
1997 · Edward Lawrence
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Professor Coram / Sergius
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994 · Alcuin
An Exchange of Fire
1993 · Pavel Rhele
Heartbeat
1992 · Howard Franklin
Mountain of Diamonds
1991 · Garrick
Prime Suspect
1991 · Arnold Tennison
The Burning Shore
1991 · Garrick
Erebus: The Aftermath
1987 · Justice Peter Mahon
Lovejoy
1986 · Harold Plumb
Screen Two
1985 · Frank Strange
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Professor Coram / Sergius
Blackadder
1983 · The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
The Spanish Civil War
1983 · Self - Narrator, Vocals
All for Love
1982 · Captain Manson
Wogan
1982 · Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Arthur Pearson
Count Dracula
1977 · Professor Van Helsing
Another Bouquet
1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Peppino
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
1976 · Peter Manson
Casanova
1971 · Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Play for Today
1970 · Dearth
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Wilfred Tilley, Adolf Hitler
Les Misérables
1967 · Jean Valjean
NET Playhouse
1966 · Marcus Brutus
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Marcus Brutus, Shylock, Sancho Panza, Voltaire
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · The Man
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Albert
Theatre 625
1964 · Dr Dee
Studio 4
1962 · Fernand Destayac
Z-Cars
1962
You Can't Win
1961 · George Lander
The Younger Generation
1961 · Ross Mayer, George Tremaine
Drama 61-67
1961 · Albert Hope
Target Luna
1960 · Conway Henderson
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Franco Angelo, Bosun, Patrick Kelly, David Field
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Louis