6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Frank Finlay
Acting
Born August 6, 1926Died January 30, 2016Farnworth, 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 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 (1989). Frank’s many other films include The Longest Day; Tony Richardson’s The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner; Martin Ritt’s The Molly Maguires; Bob Clark’s Murder by Decree; Alan Bridges’ The Return of the Soldier (for which he recieved a BAFTA Award nomination); Franco Zeffrelli’s Sparrow; and Eric Styles’ Dreaming of Joseph Lees; and most recently Roman Polanski’s multi-award winning The Pianist and Norma Jewison’s The Statement. His similarly extensive television projects have earned him two BAFTA Awards, for his performances in The Death of Adolf Hitler (starring as Hitler, with Rex Firkin directing); The Adventures of Don Quixote (as Sancho Panza, opposite Rex Harrison, for director Alvin Rakoff); the ground breaking Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Another Bouquet; 84 Charing Cross Road; and recently the critically acclaimed series The Sins. Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Finlay had already begun performing on stage when he earned the Sir James Knott Scholarship at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Since then he has led theatre companies in London and on Broadway. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1984 New Year’s Honours List, and was presented with his CBE by the Queen in February1984.
Movies
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7.0
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015
5.4
The Waiting Room
2007
7.4
Lighthouse Hill
2004
5.7
The Statement
2003
7.5
Eroica
2003
8.4
The Pianist
2002
7.5
Station Jim
2001
5.3
The Martins
2001
3.8
For My Baby
2000
6.4
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
5.6
Stiff Upper Lips
1998
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
6.0
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997
7.2
Limited Edition
1997
4.4
The Miracle of Medjugorje
1995
6.3
A Mind to Murder
1995
7.4
Sparrow
1994
6.4
The Voyeur
1994
5.3
Stalin
1992
The Other Side
0.0
The Other Side
1992
4.6
Cthulhu Mansion
1992
6.2
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
7.0
King of the Wind
1990
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
4.1
Casanova
1987
4.5
Nineteen Nineteen
1985
6.2
Lifeforce
1985
7.0
In the Secret State
1985
The Making Of Lifeforce
0.0
The Making Of Lifeforce
1985
5.2
Arch of Triumph
1984
0.0
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
7.5
A Christmas Carol
1984
7.5
Sakharov
1984
6.0
The Key
1983
4.8
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
6.2
The Return of the Soldier
1983
5.6
Enigma
1982
0.0
Mona
1982
0.0
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
1981
Dear Brutus
0.0
Dear Brutus
1981
4.8
Ring of Darkness
1979
6.3
Murder by Decree
1979
Betzi
8.0
Betzi
1978
6.8
The Wild Geese
1978
5.5
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
7.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
7.0
Count Dracula
1977
7.0
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
10.0
Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
1975
10.0
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974
6.5
The Four Musketeers
1974
8.0
Van der Valk and the Rich
1973
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
6.2
Shaft in Africa
1973
6.6
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973
10.0
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
5.5
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972
6.1
Sitting Target
1972
Danny Jones
6.0
Danny Jones
1972
8.5
The Merchant of Venice
1972
6.2
Gumshoe
1971
5.5
Assault
1971
6.5
The Lie
1970
4.6
The Body
1970
6.6
Cromwell
1970
6.4
The Molly Maguires
1970
Blood of the Lamb
7.0
Blood of the Lamb
1969
7.5
Julius Caesar
1969
The Piano Tuner
0.0
The Piano Tuner
1969
This Happy Breed
0.0
This Happy Breed
1969
6.8
Twisted Nerve
1968
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
5.0
Inspector Clouseau
1968
5.4
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
6.6
Robbery
1967
6.2
The Jokers
1967
6.3
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
The Spare Tyres
8.0
The Spare Tyres
1967
4.5
The Deadly Bees
1966
6.5
The Sandwich Man
1966
6.4
Othello
1965
5.3
The Wild Affair
1965
6.2
A Study in Terror
1965
7.1
The Comedy Man
1964
5.7
Hot Enough for June
1964
6.8
The Informers
1963
6.3
Doctor in Distress
1963
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
7.2
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
7.0
Life for Ruth
1962
The Hard Knock
0.0
The Hard Knock
1962
5.5
Private Potter
1962
TV Shows
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7.5
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
7.8
Merlin
6.4
Johnny and the Bomb
8.0
Life Begins
7.2
The Lost Prince
5.2
The Sins
7.0
Longitude
7.0
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
7.8
How Do You Want Me?
5.1
The Grand
8.5
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
8.8
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
An Exchange of Fire
8.0
An Exchange of Fire
7.1
Heartbeat
0.0
Mountain of Diamonds
7.8
Prime Suspect
0.0
The Burning Shore
8.0
Erebus: The Aftermath
7.4
Lovejoy
7.1
Screen Two
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
8.0
Blackadder
0.0
The Spanish Civil War
5.6
Wogan
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
9.0
Count Dracula
6.0
Another Bouquet
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
8.3
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
4.5
Casanova
6.6
Play for Today
6.6
Play for Today
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
5.5
Les Misérables
7.3
NET Playhouse
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
5.2
The Wednesday Play
7.2
Theatre 625
Studio 4
7.5
Studio 4
7.3
Z-Cars
You Can't Win
0.0
You Can't Win
The Younger Generation
9.0
The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation
9.0
The Younger Generation
Drama 61-67
0.0
Drama 61-67
Target Luna
7.5
Target Luna
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
6.0
Armchair Theatre
3.5