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Frank Finlay

Age: 98 years

public person biography

Gender: Male

Birthday: August 6, 1926

Place of birth: Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

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 w...

Known for: Acting

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The Pianist
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The Pianist

as Father

Shaft in Africa
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Shaft in Africa

as Vincent Amafi

Ring of Darkness
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Ring of Darkness

as Paul

The Three Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers

as Porthos / O'Reilly

Enigma
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Enigma

as Canarsky

Inspector Clouseau
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Inspector Clouseau

as Supt. Weaver

The Wild Geese
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The Wild Geese

as Fr. Geoghagen

Lifeforce
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Lifeforce

as Dr. Hans Fallada

Cromwell
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Cromwell

as John Carter

The Waiting Room
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The Waiting Room

as Roger

Murder by Decree
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Murder by Decree

as Inspector Lestrade

Gumshoe
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Gumshoe

as William Ginley

Cthulhu Mansion
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Cthulhu Mansion

as Chandu

The Key
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The Key

as Nino Rolfe

The Statement
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The Statement

as Commissaire Vionnet

The Molly Maguires
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The Molly Maguires

as Davies

The Return of the Musketeers
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The Return of the Mu...

as Porthos

Dear Brutus
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Dear Brutus

as Dearth

The Wild Affair
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The Wild Affair

as Drunk

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
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Neither the Sea Nor ...

as George Dabernon

Othello
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Othello

as Iago

Sparrow
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Sparrow

as Father Nunzio

Blood of the Lamb
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Blood of the Lamb

as Albert

In the Secret State
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In the Secret State

as Frank Strange

Mona
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Mona

as Captain Manson

The Deadly Bees
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The Deadly Bees

as H.W. Manfred

Sitting Target
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Sitting Target

as Marty Gold

Robbery
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Robbery

as Robinson

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
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Dreaming of Joseph L...

as Father

Twisted Nerve
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Twisted Nerve

as Henry Durnley

The Jokers
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The Jokers

as Harrassed Man

Assault
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Assault

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Stiff Upper Lips
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Stiff Upper Lips

as Hudson Junior

Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
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Romance and Rejectio...

as Mike's Dad

Arch of Triumph
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Arch of Triumph

as Col. Boris Morosov

Limited Edition
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Limited Edition

as John Rathbone

A Mind to Murder
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A Mind to Murder

as Professor Etherege

The Thief of Baghdad
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The Thief of Baghdad

as Abu Bakar

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
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I'll Never Forget Wh...

as Chaplain

King of the Wind
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King of the Wind

as Edward Coke

The Ploughman's Lunch
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The Ploughman's Lunc...

as Matthew Fox

For My Baby
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For My Baby

as Rudi Wittfogel

84 Charing Cross Road
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84 Charing Cross Roa...

as Frank Doel

Count Dracula
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Count Dracula

as Abraham van Helsing

Lighthouse Hill
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Lighthouse Hill

as Alfred

Sakharov
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Sakharov

as Kravtsov

The Other Side
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The Other Side

as Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of the Soldier
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The Return of the So...

as William Grey

Much Ado About Nothing
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Much Ado About Nothi...

as Dogberry

The Longest Day
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The Longest Day

as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

The Sandwich Man
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The Sandwich Man

as Second Fish Porter

Mountain of Diamonds
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Mountain of Diamonds

as Garrick

The Lie
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The Lie

as Andrew Firth

Van der Valk and the Rich
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Van der Valk and the...

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

Casanova
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Casanova

as Razetta

The Hard Knock
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The Hard Knock

as Franco Angelo

The Shoes of the Fisherman
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The Shoes of the Fis...

as Igor Bounin

A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol

as Jacob Marley

The Death of Adolf Hitler
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The Death of Adolf H...

as Adolf Hitler

Doctor in Distress
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Doctor in Distress

as Corsetiere

The Piano Tuner
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The Piano Tuner

as Wilfred Tilley

Eroica
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Eroica

as Josef Haydn

Danny Jones
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Danny Jones

The Merchant of Venice
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The Merchant of Veni...

as Shylock

Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar

as Brutus

The Voyeur
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The Voyeur

as Nino Rolfe

Betzi
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Betzi

as Napoleon

The Four Musketeers
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The Four Musketeers

as Porthos

Station Jim
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Station Jim

as Riorden Snr

The Spanish Civil War
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The Spanish Civil Wa...

as Narrator

The Spare Tyres
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The Spare Tyres

as Council foreman

The Body
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The Body

as Narrator

Nineteen Nineteen
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Nineteen Nineteen

as Sigmund Freud (voice)

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
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The Adventures Of Do...

as Sancho Panza

Stalin
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Stalin

as Sergei

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
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Saturday, Sunday, Mo...

as Peppino

The Martins
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The Martins

as Mr Heath

Virgin Mary
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Virgin Mary

as Monsignor

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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The Loneliness of th...

as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

Hot Enough for June
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Hot Enough for June

as British Embassy Porter

Fifty Shades of Erotica
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Fifty Shades of Erot...

The Comedy Man
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The Comedy Man

as Prout

Life for Ruth
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Life for Ruth

as Teddy's Father

Private Potter
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Private Potter

as Capt. Patterson

A Study in Terror
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A Study in Terror

as Inspector Lestrade

An Exchange of Fire
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An Exchange of Fire

as Pavel Rhele

Olivier Talks About Othello
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Olivier Talks About ...

as (archive footage)

Nothing Like a Dame
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Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage)

The Informers
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The Informers

as Leon Sale

Van der Valk und das Mädchen
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Van der Valk und das...

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur - Le bouc émissaire
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Pas de frontières po...

as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

How Do You Want Me?
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How Do You Want Me?

Life Begins
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Life Begins

as Eric Thornhill

Z-Cars
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Z-Cars

Tales of the Unexpected
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Tales of the Unexpec...

as Arthur Pearson

Prime Suspect
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Prime Suspect

as Arnold Tennison

Heartbeat
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Heartbeat

as Howard Franklin

Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes

as Professor Coram / Sergius

Lovejoy
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Lovejoy

as Harold Plumb

Blackadder
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Blackadder

as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Play for Today
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Play for Today

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
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Bouquet of Barbed Wi...

as Peter Manson

Wogan
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Wogan

as Self

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Marcus Brutus

Count Dracula
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Count Dracula

as Professor Van Helsing

Studio Four
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Studio Four

as Fernand Destayac

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
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Rosamunde Pilcher's ...

as Alexander 'Alex' Combe

Another Bouquet
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Another Bouquet

Sins
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Sins

as Uncle Irwin Green

Les Misérables
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Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean

Johnny and the Bomb
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Johnny and the Bomb

as Tom Maxwell

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Sancho Panza

BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Mont...

as Voltaire

Casanova
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Casanova

as Casanova

Laurence Olivier Presents
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Laurence Olivier Pre...

as Peppino

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
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Charlemagne, le prin...

as Alcuin

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
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The Magical Legend o...

as General Bulstrode

The Lost Prince
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The Lost Prince

as Asquith

Merlin
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Merlin

as Anhora

The Burning Shore
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The Burning Shore

as Garrick

Target Luna
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Target Luna

as Conway Henderson

Play for Today
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Play for Today

as Dearth

Erebus: The Aftermath
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Erebus: The Aftermat...

as Justice Peter Mahon