Actor

Frank Finlay

August 6, 1926 · Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK

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).

Notable work

8.4
The Pianist (2002)
as Father
7.8
Merlin (2008)
as Anhora
7.6
The Longest Day (1962)
as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
6.2
Lifeforce (1985)
as Dr. Hans Fallada
8
Blackadder (1983)
as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
6
The Key (1983)
as Nino Rolfe
7.5
A Christmas Carol (1984)
as Jacob Marley
6.7
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Porthos / O'Reilly

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