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Frank Finlay
Francis Finlay, CBE (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was a renown English actor. He was highly recognized for his commanding performance as Iago in Othello (1965), which gained him an Academy Award nomination. In his early career, he made several stage appearances at the local Farnworth Little Theatre and later won a scholarship to RADA in London. His first leading television role blossomed in 1971 in Casanova. This accelerated his career landing him participations in multiple shows including The Morecambe and Wise Show, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Filumena, among others.
Finlay had the exceptional talent of adapting to different roles. A span of his work includes playing Jean Valjean in the BBC's 1967 ten-part adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Adolf Hitler in The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973), and Richard Roundtree's nemesis, Amafi, in Shaft in Africa (1973). He did not limit himself to serious roles but also featured in comical productions such as The Black Adder ("Witchsmeller Pursuivant", 1983), working alongside Rowan Atkinson. His prodigious skills garnered him BAFTA awards for his performance as Voltaire in the BBC TV production of Candide and Sancho Panza in The Adventures of Don Quixote. His illustrious career earned him the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours of 1984.
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Given Name: Francis Finlay
Born: Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: August 6, 1926
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1958-2009
Children: 3
Spouses: Doreen Shepherd
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Movies Featuring Frank Finlay
Tea with the Dames
The Pianist
The Three Musketeers
Inspector Clouseau
Lifeforce
The Molly Maguires
Longitude
Station Jim
Nothing Like a Dame
Eroica
The Lost Prince
King of the Wind
Enigma
Johnny And The Bomb
Cthulhu Mansion
The Spanish Civil War
Sakharov
A Christmas Carol
Arch of Triumph
The Key
Casanova
The Return of the Soldier
The Ploughman’s Lunch
Nineteen Nineteen
The Return of the Musketeers
Cromwell
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Voyeur
The Jokers
The Body
The Comedy Man
The Wild Geese
Twisted Nerve
The Lie
Casanova
Murder by Decree
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Shaft in Africa
Life for Ruth
The Wild Affair
Hot Enough for June
Gumshoe
Virgin Mary
A Study in Terror
I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname
The Deadly Bees
Sitting Target
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
Ring of Darkness
Doctor in Distress
The Sandwich Man
Assault
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
84 Charing Cross Road
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Four Musketeers
Sparrow
Count Dracula
The Informers
Stiff Upper Lips
Othello
The Thief of Baghdad
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