Frank Finlay
Highest Rated: 100% Gumshoe (1972)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Aug 6, 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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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 | 81% | Eroica | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 23% | 36% | The Statement | Commissaire Vionnet (Character) | $763.0K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Prime Suspect: The Last Witness | Arnold Tennison (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 71% | 77% | The Lost Prince | Asquith (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Silent Cry | Dr. Robert Barrum (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 95% | 96% | The Pianist | The Father (Character) | $32.5M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Martins | Mr. Heath (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 36% | 55% | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Father (Character) | $7.7K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romance and Rejection | Mike's Dad (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 40% | 42% | Stiff Upper Lips | Hudson Junior (Character) | $71.8K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For My Baby | Rudi Wittfogel (Character) | - | 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 | A Mind to Murder | Professor Etherege (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gospa | Monsignor (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 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | King of the Wind | Edward Coke (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 60% | 34% | The Return of the Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | The Key | Nino Rolfe (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Arch of Triumph | Boris (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 57% | 46% | Lifeforce | Dr. Hans Fallada (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Secret State | Frank Strange (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | A Christmas Carol | Jacob Marley (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sakharov | Kravtsov (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | The Ploughman's Lunch | Matthew Fox (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1919 | Sigmund Freud (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Enigma | Canarsky (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Return of the Soldier | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 85% | 64% | Murder by Decree | Inspector Lestrade (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Satan's Wife | Paul (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 | 78% | Count Dracula | Van Helsing (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dracula | Abraham van Helsing (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 76% | 74% | The Four Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Neither the Sea nor the Sand | George Dabernon (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 64% | 52% | Shaft in Africa | Amafi (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 88% | 77% | The Three Musketeers | Porthos (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Death of Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Sitting Target | Marty Gold (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 100% | 54% | 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 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Twisted Nerve | Henry Durnley (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 43% | 75% | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Igor Bounin (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 0% | 21% | Inspector Clouseau | Supt. Weaver (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name | Chaplain (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Deadly Bees | H.W. Manfred (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Much Ado About Nothing | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 80% | 82% | Robbery | Robinson (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | A Study in Terror | Inspector Lestrade (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 82% | 64% | Othello | Iago (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comedy Man | Prout (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Agent 8 3/4 | British Embassy Porter (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Potter | Capt. Patterson (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Condemned to Life | Teddy's Father (Character) | - | 1962 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85% | 87% | The Adventures of Merlin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 100% | 65% | Prime Suspect | Unknown (Character) | 2003 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2004 |
| 87% | 97% | 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 | 100% | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Arthur Pearson (Character) | 1981 |