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Frank Finlay

Professione
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Nascita
6 agosto 1926 · Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
Morte
30 gennaio 2016

Biografia

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.

Noto per

Locandina di Il pianista
Il pianista
Film · 2002 · ★ 8,4
Locandina di Merlin
Merlin
Serie · 2008 · ★ 7,8
Locandina di Il giorno più lungo
Il giorno più lungo
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Space Vampires
Space Vampires
Film · 1985 · ★ 6,2
Locandina di Blackadder
Blackadder
Serie · 1983 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di La chiave
La chiave
Film · 1983 · ★ 6,0
Locandina di Una favola fantastica
Una favola fantastica
Film · 1984 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di I tre moschettieri
I tre moschettieri
Film · 1973 · ★ 6,7
Locandina di L'uomo che guarda
L'uomo che guarda
Film · 1994 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di I 4 dell'oca selvaggia
I 4 dell'oca selvaggia
Film · 1978 · ★ 6,8
Locandina di Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes
Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes
Serie · 1984 · ★ 8,2
Locandina di Milady - I quattro moschettieri
Milady - I quattro moschettieri
Film · 1974 · ★ 6,5

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