Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Acting

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…

Filmography

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Nothing Like a Dame ★ 6.8 Nothing Like a Dame 2018 Fifty Shades of Erotica ★ 7.0 Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015 Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons ★ 7.5 Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons 2008 Merlin ★ 7.8 Merlin 2008 The Waiting Room ★ 5.5 The Waiting Room 2007 Johnny and the Bomb ★ 6.7 Johnny and the Bomb 2006 Lighthouse Hill ★ 9.5 Lighthouse Hill 2004 Life Begins ★ 8.0 Life Begins 2004 The Statement ★ 5.7 The Statement 2003 Eroica ★ 7.5 Eroica 2003 The Lost Prince ★ 7.2 The Lost Prince 2003 The Pianist ★ 8.4 The Pianist 2002 Station Jim ★ 7.5 Station Jim 2001 The Martins ★ 5.4 The Martins 2001 The Sins ★ 5.3 The Sins 2000 For My Baby ★ 3.8 For My Baby 2000 Longitude ★ 7.0 Longitude 2000 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns ★ 6.9 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns 1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees ★ 6.4 Dreaming of Joseph Lees 1999 Stiff Upper Lips ★ 5.6 Stiff Upper Lips 1998 How Do You Want Me? ★ 8.0 How Do You Want Me? 1998 Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) ★ 6.0 Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) 1997 The Grand ★ 5.1 The Grand 1997 Limited Edition ★ 7.0 Limited Edition 1997 Virgin Mary ★ 4.4 Virgin Mary 1995 A Mind to Murder ★ 6.3 A Mind to Murder 1995 Charlemagne, le prince à cheval ★ 8.8 Charlemagne, le prince à cheval 1994 Sparrow ★ 7.4 Sparrow 1994 The Voyeur ★ 6.4 The Voyeur 1994 An Exchange of Fire ★ 8.0 An Exchange of Fire 1993 Stalin ★ 5.3 Stalin 1992 The Other Side The Other Side 1992 Heartbeat ★ 7.2 Heartbeat 1992 Cthulhu Mansion ★ 4.6 Cthulhu Mansion 1992 Mountain of Diamonds ★ 6.3 Mountain of Diamonds 1991 Mountain of Diamonds Mountain of Diamonds 1991 Prime Suspect ★ 7.8 Prime Suspect 1991 The Burning Shore The Burning Shore 1991 King of the Wind ★ 7.0 King of the Wind 1990 The Return of the Musketeers ★ 6.2 The Return of the Musketeers 1989 Erebus: The Aftermath ★ 8.0 Erebus: The Aftermath 1987 Casanova ★ 4.1 Casanova 1987 Lovejoy ★ 7.4 Lovejoy 1986 Nineteen Nineteen ★ 4.5 Nineteen Nineteen 1985 Lifeforce ★ 6.2 Lifeforce 1985 In the Secret State ★ 7.0 In the Secret State 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 The Making Of Lifeforce The Making Of Lifeforce 1985 Arch of Triumph ★ 5.2 Arch of Triumph 1984 Royal Variety Performance 1984 Royal Variety Performance 1984 1984 A Christmas Carol ★ 7.5 A Christmas Carol 1984 Sakharov ★ 7.5 Sakharov 1984 Sherlock Holmes ★ 8.2 Sherlock Holmes 1984 The Key ★ 6.0 The Key 1983 Blackadder ★ 8.0 Blackadder 1983 The Ploughman's Lunch ★ 5.1 The Ploughman's Lunch 1983 The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War 1983 The Return of the Soldier ★ 6.3 The Return of the Soldier 1983 Enigma ★ 5.6 Enigma 1982 Mona Mona 1982 All for Love ★ 7.0 All for Love 1982 Wogan ★ 5.3 Wogan 1982 Tales from the Thousand and One Nights Tales from the Thousand and One Nights 1981 Dear Brutus Dear Brutus 1981 Ring of Darkness ★ 4.9 Ring of Darkness 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ★ 6.8 Tales of the Unexpected 1979 Murder by Decree ★ 6.3 Murder by Decree 1979 Betzi ★ 8.0 Betzi 1978 The Wild Geese ★ 6.8 The Wild Geese 1978 The Thief of Baghdad ★ 5.5 The Thief of Baghdad 1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday ★ 7.0 Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1978 Count Dracula ★ 7.0 Count Dracula 1977 Count Dracula ★ 9.0 Count Dracula 1977 Another Bouquet ★ 6.0 Another Bouquet 1977 Laurence Olivier Presents ★ 7.0 Laurence Olivier Presents 1976 Bouquet of Barbed Wire ★ 8.3 Bouquet of Barbed Wire 1976 84 Charing Cross Road ★ 7.0 84 Charing Cross Road 1975 Van der Valk and the Scapegoat ★ 10.0 Van der Valk and the Scapegoat 1975 Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter ★ 10.0 Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter 1974 The Four Musketeers ★ 6.5 The Four Musketeers 1974