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Frank received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as William Shakespeareβs Iago in Stuart Burgeβs 1965 film of Laurence Olivierβs 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 Dumasβ musketeer Porthos in three movies for director Richard Lester: The Three Musketeers (1974), The Four Musketeers (1975) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). Frankβs many other films include The Longest Day; Tony Richardsonβs The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner; Martin Rittβs The Molly Maguires; Bob Clarkβs Murder by Decree; Alan Bridgesβ The Return of the Soldier (for which he recieved a BAFTA Award nomination); Franco Zeffrelliβs Sparrow; and Eric Stylesβ Dreaming of Joseph Lees; and most recently Roman Polanskiβs multi-award winning The Pianist and Norma Jewisonβs 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 Londonβs 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 Yearβs Honours List, and was presented with his CBE by the Queen in February1984.
