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Francis Finlay, CBE (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). [ 1 ] His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova . [ 1 ]
Frank Finlay. Actor: Lifeforce. One of Britain's finest products of the stage, film and TV, actor Frank Finlay, he with the dark and handsomely serious-to-mordant looks, was born on August 6, 1926, in Farnworth, England, the son of Josiah, a butcher, and Margaret Finlay.
Feb 7, 2016 · Frank Finlay, an Academy Award-nominated English actor known for his screen appearances as Iago in “Othello” and Porthos in “The Three Musketeers,” died on Jan. 30 at his home in...
Jan 31, 2016 · British actor Frank Finlay, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work in “Othello” and starred in the “Three Musketeers” films of the ’70s, died Saturday, according to a message on his ...
Feb 1, 2016 · LONDON (AP) — British actor Frank Finlay, who was Academy Award-nominated for his work alongside Laurence Olivier in “Othello,” has died aged 89. Finlay’s family said he died of heart failure Saturday at his home in Weybridge, southern England. In a statement, they called him “a wonderful father, loving grandfather and a damn fine actor.”
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.
Feb 1, 2016 · Veteran screen star Frank Finlay has been remembered as a "damn fine actor" by his family after his death aged 89. The actor died from heart failure after a short illness at his home in Weybridge, Surrey, on Saturday.
Feb 6, 2016 · Frank Finlay, who has died aged 89, was an English actor who was routinely praised by critics for his resonant voice, physical grace and brooding, soulful mien.
Possessed of a steely gaze and almost vulpine features, Frank Finlay was a powerful, occasionally intimidating presence on stage or screen. In a varied career spanning five decades he proved extremely adaptable, essaying dashing swashbucklers, forbidding patriarchs and bizarre eccentrics with equal aplomb.
Feb 1, 2016 · Frank Finlay, born August 6 1926, died January 30 2016. Former butcher’s boy who became an Oscar-nominated actor and a household name as Casanova.