Frank Finlay
Highest Rated: 100% Gumshoe (1972)
Lowest Rated: 23% The Statement (2003)
Birthday: Aug 06, 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.
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Highest Rated Movies
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 | 70% | Prime Suspect: The Last Witness | Arnold Tennison (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 23% | 35% | The Statement | Commissaire Vionnet (Character) | $763K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Eroica | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 71% | 77% | The Lost Prince | Asquith (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 95% | 96% | The Pianist | The Father (Character) | $32.5M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Silent Cry | Dr. Robert Barrum (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | The Martins | Mr. Heath (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 36% | 54% | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Father (Character) | $7.7K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For My Baby | Rudi Wittfogel (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance and Rejection | Mike's Dad (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 38% | 40% | Stiff Upper Lips | Hudson Junior (Character) | $71.8K | 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 | Gospa | Monsignor (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Mind to Murder | Professor Etherege (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | 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 |
| 60% | 34% | The Return of the Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | King of the Wind | Edward Coke (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Arch of Triumph | Boris (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 58% | 45% | Lifeforce | Dr. Hans Fallada (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Secret State | Frank Strange (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Key | Nino Rolfe (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | A Christmas Carol | Jacob Marley (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sakharov | Kravtsov (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1919 | Sigmund Freud (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Ploughman's Lunch | Matthew Fox (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Enigma | Canarsky (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Return of the Soldier | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Satan's Wife | Paul (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 80% | 64% | Murder by Decree | Inspector Lestrade (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Thief of Baghdad | Abu Bakar (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 67% | 75% | The Wild Geese | Fr. Geoghagen (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Count Dracula | Van Helsing (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dracula | Abraham van Helsing (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 76% | 75% | The Four Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Neither the Sea nor the Sand | George Dabernon (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Death of Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 86% | 78% | The Three Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 60% | 52% | Shaft in Africa | Amafi (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Sitting Target | Marty Gold (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 100% | 56% | Gumshoe | William (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | 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 |
| 43% | 75% | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Igor Bounin (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Inspector Clouseau | Supt. Weaver (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Twisted Nerve | Henry Durnley (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name | Chaplain (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The Deadly Bees | H.W. Manfred (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Much Ado About Nothing | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 80% | 84% | Robbery | Robinson (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | A Study in Terror | Inspector Lestrade (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 82% | 65% | Othello | Iago (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Man | Prout (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Potter | Capt. Patterson (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Agent 8 3/4 | British Embassy Porter (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 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prime Suspect: The Final Act on Masterpiece | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Prime Suspect | Unknown (Character) | 2006 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life Begins | Unknown (Character) | 2004-2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
| 87% | No Score Yet | 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 | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
QUOTES FROM Frank Finlay CHARACTERS
Rafer Janders says: I thought you were dead.
The Priest says: Looking at you and your guns, I am.
Inspector Fallada says: Death, Colonel Caine, correct. Thanatology's the name for it. Death for you, Colonel, is a bureaucratic problem. Who did it. When, why did they do it. A problem to be solved, am I correct?
The father says: One caramel for 20 zloytas? Fine, we will split it.