Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Acting

Birthday

1926/08/06

Day of death

2016/01/30 (89 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

Also know as

프랭크 핀레이, Francis "Frank" Finlay, Francis Finlay

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 (198...Read more

Acting
The Pianist
8.4

(2002) The Pianist

as Father

Shaft in Africa
6.1

(1973) Shaft in Africa

as Vincent Amafi

Un ombra nell'ombra
5.1

(1979) Ring of Darkness

as Paul

The Three Musketeers
6.8

(1973) The Three Musketeers

as Porthos / O'Reilly

Enigma
5.6

(1982) Enigma

as Canarsky

Inspector Clouseau
5.0

(1968) Inspector Clouseau

as Supt. Weaver

The Wild Geese
6.8

(1978) The Wild Geese

as Fr. Geoghagen

Lifeforce
6.3

(1985) Lifeforce

as Dr. Hans Fallada

Cromwell
6.6

(1970) Cromwell

as John Carter

The Waiting Room
5.7

(2007) The Waiting Room

as Roger

Murder by Decree
6.4

(1979) Murder by Decree

as Inspector Lestrade

Gumshoe
6.3

(1971) Gumshoe

as William Ginley

La mansión de los Cthulhu
4.5

(1992) Cthulhu Mansion

as Chandu

La chiave
6.0

(1983) The Key

as Nino Rolfe

The Statement
5.6

(2003) The Statement

as Commissaire Vionnet

The Molly Maguires
6.3

(1970) The Molly Maguires

as Davies

The Return of the Musketeers
6.2

(1989) The Return of the Musketeers

as Porthos

0.0

(1981) Dear Brutus

as Dearth

The Wild Affair
5.4

(1965) The Wild Affair

as Drunk

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
5.1

(1972) Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

as George Dabernon

Othello
6.4

(1965) Othello

as Iago

Storia di una capinera
7.7

(1994) Sparrow

as Father Nunzio

0.0

(1969) Blood of the Lamb

as Albert

In the Secret State
0.0

(1985) In the Secret State

as Frank Strange

Mona
0.0

(1982) Mona

as Captain Manson

The Deadly Bees
4.2

(1966) The Deadly Bees

as H.W. Manfred

Sitting Target
6.0

(1972) Sitting Target

as Marty Gold

Robbery
6.5

(1967) Robbery

as Robinson

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
6.0

(1999) Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as Father

Twisted Nerve
6.8

(1968) Twisted Nerve

as Henry Durnley

The Jokers
6.0

(1967) The Jokers

as Harrassed Man

Assault
5.3

(1971) Assault

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Stiff Upper Lips
6.1

(1998) Stiff Upper Lips

as Hudson Junior

3.0

(1997) Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

as Mike's Dad

Arch of Triumph
4.9

(1984) Arch of Triumph

as Col. Boris Morosov

Tiré à part
6.6

(1997) Limited Edition

as John Rathbone

A Mind to Murder
5.8

(1995) A Mind to Murder

as Professor Etherege

The Thief of Baghdad
5.2

(1978) The Thief of Baghdad

as Abu Bakar

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
5.5

(1967) I'll Never Forget What's'isname

as Chaplain

King of the Wind
6.4

(1990) King of the Wind

as Edward Coke

The Ploughman's Lunch
4.7

(1983) The Ploughman's Lunch

as Matthew Fox

For My Baby
2.0

(2000) For My Baby

as Rudi Wittfogel

84 Charing Cross Road
0.0

(1975) 84 Charing Cross Road

as Frank Doel

Count Dracula
7.2

(1977) Count Dracula

as Abraham van Helsing

Lighthouse Hill
10.0

(2004) Lighthouse Hill

as Alfred

Sakharov
7.0

(1984) Sakharov

as Kravtsov

0.0

(1992) The Other Side

as Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of the Soldier
6.2

(1983) The Return of the Soldier

as William Grey

Much Ado About Nothing
5.0

(1967) Much Ado About Nothing

as Dogberry

The Longest Day
7.6

(1962) The Longest Day

as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

The Sandwich Man
6.1

(1966) The Sandwich Man

as Second Fish Porter

La montagna dei diamanti
5.7

(1991) Mountain of Diamonds

as Garrick

The Lie
6.0

(1970) The Lie

as Andrew Firth

Van der Valk und die Reichen
0.0

(1973) Van der Valk and the Rich

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

Casanova
4.6

(1987) Casanova

as Razetta

0.0

(1962) The Hard Knock

as Franco Angelo

The Shoes of the Fisherman
6.7

(1968) The Shoes of the Fisherman

as Igor Bounin

A Christmas Carol
7.4

(1984) A Christmas Carol

as Jacob Marley

The Death of Adolf Hitler
6.3

(1973) The Death of Adolf Hitler

as Adolf Hitler

Doctor in Distress
6.2

(1963) Doctor in Distress

as Corsetiere

0.0

(1969) The Piano Tuner

as Wilfred Tilley

Eroica
5.2

(2003) Eroica

as Josef Haydn

5.0

(1972) Danny Jones

as ---

The Merchant of Venice
7.0

(1972) The Merchant of Venice

as Shylock

Julius Caesar
8.0

(1969) Julius Caesar

as Brutus

L'uomo che guarda
5.5

(1994) The Voyeur

as Nino Rolfe

0.0

(1978) Betzi

as Napoleon

The Four Musketeers
6.4

(1974) The Four Musketeers

as Porthos

7.0

(2001) Station Jim

as Riorden Snr

9.0

(1983) The Spanish Civil War

as Narrator

0.0

(1967) The Spare Tyres

as Council foreman

The Body
4.5

(1970) The Body

as Narrator

Nineteen Nineteen
0.0

(1985) Nineteen Nineteen

as Sigmund Freud (voice)

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
0.0

(1973) The Adventures Of Don Quixote

as Sancho Panza

Stalin
5.3

(1992) Stalin

as Sergei

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
0.0

(1978) Saturday, Sunday, Monday

as Peppino

The Martins
5.5

(2001) The Martins

as Mr Heath

Gospa
4.6

(1995) Virgin Mary

as Monsignor

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
7.2

(1962) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

Hot Enough for June
6.1

(1964) Hot Enough for June

as British Embassy Porter

Fifty Shades of Erotica
7.0

(2015) Fifty Shades of Erotica

as ---

The Comedy Man
7.2

(1964) The Comedy Man

as Prout

Life for Ruth
6.2

(1962) Life for Ruth

as Teddy's Father

Private Potter
2.0

(1962) Private Potter

as Capt. Patterson

A Study in Terror
6.3

(1965) A Study in Terror

as Inspector Lestrade

0.0

(1993) An Exchange of Fire

as Pavel Rhele

0.0

(1965) Olivier Talks About Othello

as (archive footage)

Nothing Like a Dame
6.9

(2018) Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

The Informers
6.8

(1963) The Informers

as Leon Sale

Van der Valk und das Mädchen
0.0

(1974) Van der Valk und das Mädchen

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

0.0

(1975) Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

How Do You Want Me?
7.7

(1998) How Do You Want Me?

as ---

Life Begins
0.0

(2004) Life Begins

as Eric Thornhill

Z-Cars
7.0

(1962) Z-Cars

as ---

Tales of the Unexpected
6.7

(1979) Tales of the Unexpected

as Arthur Pearson

Prime Suspect
7.7

(1991) Prime Suspect

as Arnold Tennison

Heartbeat
7.0

(1992) Heartbeat

as Howard Franklin

Sherlock Holmes
8.1

(1984) Sherlock Holmes

as Professor Coram / Sergius

Lovejoy
7.3

(1986) Lovejoy

as Harold Plumb

Blackadder
8.0

(1983) Blackadder

as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as ---

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
10.0

(1976) Bouquet of Barbed Wire

as Peter Manson

Wogan
4.5

(1982) Wogan

as Self

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Marcus Brutus

Count Dracula
8.8

(1977) Count Dracula

as Professor Van Helsing

6.0

(1962) Studio Four

as Fernand Destayac

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
6.8

(2008) Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons

as Alexander 'Alex' Combe

Another Bouquet
6.0

(1977) Another Bouquet

as ---

The Sins
0.5

(2000) Sins

as Uncle Irwin Green

Les Misérables
4.0

(1967) Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean

Johnny and the Bomb
6.8

(2006) Johnny and the Bomb

as Tom Maxwell

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Sancho Panza

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Voltaire

Casanova
4.0

(1971) Casanova

as Casanova

Laurence Olivier Presents
7.0

(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents

as Peppino

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
8.5

(1994) Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

as Alcuin

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
6.9

(1999) The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as General Bulstrode

The Lost Prince
7.0

(2003) The Lost Prince

as Asquith

Merlin
7.8

(2008) Merlin

as Anhora

The Burning Shore
0.0

(1991) The Burning Shore

as Garrick

5.0

(1960) Target Luna

as Conway Henderson

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Dearth

Erebus: The Aftermath
7.0

(1987) Erebus: The Aftermath

as Justice Peter Mahon