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 defi ... nitive 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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Life Begins
as Eric Thornhill
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Feb 16, 2004
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 22, 1967
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
as Peter Manson
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Jan 06, 1976
Sins
as Uncle Irwin Green
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Oct 24, 2000
Casanova
as Casanova
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 16, 1971
Target Luna
as Conway Henderson
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 24, 1960
Prime Suspect
as Arnold Tennison
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 07, 1991
The Burning Shore
as Garrick
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 01, 1991
Erebus: The Aftermath
as Justice Peter Mahon
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 01, 1987
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Alexander 'Alex' Combe
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 25, 2008
Johnny and the Bomb
as Tom Maxwell
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 15, 2006
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as Alcuin
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 28, 1994
Count Dracula
as Professor Van Helsing
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 22, 1977
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as General Bulstrode
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 07, 1999
The Lost Prince
as Asquith
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 19, 2003
Tales of the Unexpected
as Arthur Pearson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 1979
Heartbeat
as Howard Franklin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 10, 1992
Sherlock Holmes
as Professor Coram / Sergius
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 24, 1984
Lovejoy
as Harold Plumb
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1986
Blackadder
as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 15, 1983
BBC Play of the Month
as Marcus Brutus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Studio Four
as Fernand Destayac
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1962
BBC Play of the Month
as Sancho Panza
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Voltaire
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Peppino
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 05, 1976
Merlin
as Anhora
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2008
Play for Today
as Dearth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
How Do You Want Me?
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Feb 24, 1998
Another Bouquet
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Jan 05, 1977
Play for Today
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Z-Cars
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 1962
Wogan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 04, 1982
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