William Finley
Birthday
1942/09/20
Day of death
2012/04/14 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Bill Finley
Biography
William Finley (September 20, 1940 – April 14, 2012) was an American actor who has appeared in the films Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters, and The Wedding Party. He had a long-running friendship and collaboration with director Brian De Palma, beginning with the student films Woton's Wake (1962) and Murder à la Mod (1968). Most recently, he contributed a small but effective cameo in De Palma's 2006 release The Black Dahlia. Under the name W. Franklin Finley, he wrote the scree...Read more
Acting
(1976) Eaten Alive
as Roy
(1982) Silent Rage
as Dr. Paul Vaughn
(1974) Phantom of the Paradise
as Winslow Leach / The Phantom
(1981) The Funhouse
as Marco the Magnificent
(1968) Murder à la Mod
as Otto
Zelenka
as Zelenka
(1969) The Wedding Party
as Alistair
(1993) Night Terrors
as Dr. Matteson
(1970) Dionysus in '69
as Self/Dionysus
(1979) Wise Blood
as Man (uncredited)
(1963) Woton's Wake
as Woton
(2006) The Black Dahlia
as George Tilden
(1973) Sisters
as Emil Breton
(1975) Last Hours Before Morning
as Elmo
(1980) Simon
as Fichandler
(2011) The Weird World Of Weird: Volume 2
as Woton’s Wake
(2006) Sick Girl
as Husband
(1978) The Fury
as Raymond Dunwoodie
(2003) Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
as ---
(1985) Double Negative
as Milt
(1980) Dressed to Kill
as Bobbi (voice) (uncredited)
(2006) Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
as Himself
(2004) The Autopsy
as Self
Meatcleaver Sharkfuck
as Robert Johnson
(1976) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as Dr. Elvin McCabe