Frank Finlay
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
as (archive footage)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Merlin
2008
as Anhora
The Waiting Room
2007
as Roger
Johnny and the Bomb
2006
as Tom Maxwell
Lighthouse Hill
2004
as Alfred
Life Begins
2004
as Eric Thornhill
The Statement
2003
as Commissaire Vionnet
Eroica
2003
as Josef Haydn
The Lost Prince
2003
as Asquith
The Pianist
2002
as Father
Station Jim
2001
as Riorden Snr
The Martins
2001
as Mr Heath
For My Baby
2000
as Rudi Wittfogel
The Sins
2000
as Uncle Irwin Green
Longitude
2000
as Admiral Wagner
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Father
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as General Bulstrode
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
as Hudson Junior
How Do You Want Me?
1998
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997
as Mike's Dad
Limited Edition
1997
as John Rathbone
The Grand
1997
as Edward Lawrence
A Mind to Murder
1995
as Professor Etherege
The Miracle of Medjugorje
1995
as Monsignor
Sparrow
1994
as Father Nunzio
The Voyeur
1994
as Nino Rolfe
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994
as Alcuin
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Professor Coram / Sergius
An Exchange of Fire
1993
as Pavel Rhele
Cthulhu Mansion
1992
as Chandu
The Other Side
1992
as Arthur Conan Doyle
Stalin
1992
as Sergei
Heartbeat
1992
as Howard Franklin
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Garrick
Prime Suspect
1991
as Arnold Tennison
The Burning Shore
1991
as Garrick
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
as Garrick
King of the Wind
1990
as Edward Coke
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Porthos
Casanova
1987
as Razetta
Erebus: The Aftermath
1987
as Justice Peter Mahon
Lovejoy
1986
as Harold Plumb
Lifeforce
1985
as Dr. Hans Fallada
In the Secret State
1985
as Frank Strange
Nineteen Nineteen
1985
as Sigmund Freud (voice)
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Frank Strange
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Col. Boris Morosov
Sakharov
1984
as Kravtsov
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Jacob Marley
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Professor Coram / Sergius
The Key
1983
as Nino Rolfe
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
as Matthew Fox
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as William Grey
Blackadder
1983
as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
The Spanish Civil War
1983
as Self - Narrator
Enigma
1982
as Canarsky
Mona
1982
as Captain Manson
Wogan
1982
as Self
All for Love
1982
as Captain Manson
Dear Brutus
1981
as Dearth
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
as Shahriar
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Paul
Murder by Decree
1979
as Inspector Lestrade
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Arthur Pearson
The Wild Geese
1978
as Fr. Geoghagen
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Abu Bakar
Betzi
1978
as Napoleon
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Peppino
Count Dracula
1977
as Abraham van Helsing
Count Dracula
1977
as Professor Van Helsing
Another Bouquet
1977
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
1976
as Peter Manson
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Peppino
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Frank Doel
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Porthos
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Shaft in Africa
1973
as Vincent Amafi
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Porthos / O'Reilly
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973
as Adolf Hitler
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Sancho Panza
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972
as George Dabernon
Sitting Target
1972
as Marty Gold
Danny Jones
1972
The Merchant of Venice
1972
as Shylock
Gumshoe
1971
as William Ginley
Assault
1971
as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
Casanova
1971
as Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
Cromwell
1970
as John Carter
The Molly Maguires
1970
as Davies
The Lie
1970
as Andrew Firth
The Body
1970
as Narrator
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
as Dearth
Blood of the Lamb
1969
as Albert
The Piano Tuner
1969
as Wilfred Tilley
Julius Caesar
1969
as Brutus
This Happy Breed
1969
as Frank Gibbons
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Wilfred Tilley
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Adolf Hitler
Inspector Clouseau
1968
as Supt. Weaver
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Henry Durnley
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as Igor Bounin
Robbery
1967
as Robinson
The Jokers
1967
as Harrassed Man
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Chaplain
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Dogberry
The Spare Tyres
1967
as Council foreman
Les Misérables
1967
as Jean Valjean
The Deadly Bees
1966
as H.W. Manfred
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Second Fish Porter
NET Playhouse
1966
as Marcus Brutus
The Wild Affair
1965
as Drunk
Othello
1965
as Iago
A Study in Terror
1965
as Inspector Lestrade
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Marcus Brutus
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Shylock
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sancho Panza
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Voltaire
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Man
Hot Enough for June
1964
as British Embassy Porter
The Comedy Man
1964
as Prout
Theatre 625
1964
as Dr Dee
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Albert
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Corsetiere
The Informers
1963
as Leon Sale
The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
The Hard Knock
1962
as Franco Angelo
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Life for Ruth
1962
as Teddy's Father
Private Potter
1962
as Capt. Patterson
Z-Cars
1962
Studio 4
1962
as Fernand Destayac
The Younger Generation
1961
as Ross Mayer
The Younger Generation
1961
as George Tremaine
Drama 61-67
1961
as Albert Hope
You Can't Win
1961
as George Lander
Target Luna
1960
as Conway Henderson
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Franco Angelo
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Bosun
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Patrick Kelly
Armchair Theatre
1956
as David Field
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Louis