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Acting

Frank Finlay

Career: Active from 1960 to 2007, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 49
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Pianist
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Frank Finlay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 7
Psychological Thriller 6
Social Commentary 5
Character Study 3
Mystery 3
Intrigue 3
Shakespearean Tragedy 2
Historical Drama 2
Historical Epic 2
Biographical Drama 2
British Crime Film 2
Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Fifty Shades of Erotica

as (archive footage)

2000s

15 titles · average score 64

Merlin

75

TV show · as Anhora

The Waiting Room

59

as Roger

Johnny and the Bomb

43

TV show · as Tom Maxwell

Life Begins

52

TV show · as Eric Thornhill

Lighthouse Hill

as Alfred

Eroica

76

as Josef Haydn

The Lost Prince

74

TV show · as Asquith

The Pianist

88

as Father

The Martins

53

as Mr Heath

The Sins

TV show · as Uncle Irwin Green

For My Baby

as Rudi Wittfogel

Longitude

74

TV show · as Admiral Wagner

1990s

23 titles · average score 64

How Do You Want Me?

77

TV show

Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

55

as Mike's Dad

Limited Edition

68

as John Rathbone

The Miracle of Medjugorje

42

as Monsignor

A Mind to Murder

64

as Professor Etherege

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

77

TV show · as Alcuin

The Voyeur

58

as Nino Rolfe

An Exchange of Fire

TV show · as Pavel Rhele

Cthulhu Mansion

35

as Chandu

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Howard Franklin

Prime Suspect

89

TV show · as Arnold Tennison

King of the Wind

63

as Edward Coke

1980s

20 titles · average score 61

The Return of the Musketeers

56

as Porthos

Erebus: The Aftermath

TV show · as Justice Peter Mahon

Casanova

49

as Razetta

Lifeforce

56

as Dr. Hans Fallada

Nineteen Nineteen

as Sigmund Freud (voice)

In the Secret State

as Frank Strange

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as Professor Coram / Sergius

The Key

46

as Nino Rolfe

The Return of the Soldier

57

as William Grey

Blackadder

80

TV show · as The Witchsmeller Pursuivant

The Ploughman's Lunch

49

as Matthew Fox

Enigma

57

as Canarsky

1970s

32 titles · average score 64

The Thief of Baghdad

52

as Abu Bakar

Count Dracula

81

TV show · as Professor Van Helsing

Count Dracula

75

as Abraham van Helsing

Bouquet of Barbed Wire

78

TV show · as Peter Manson

The Four Musketeers

63

as Porthos

Shaft in Africa

60

as Vincent Amafi

The Three Musketeers

76

as Porthos / O'Reilly

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand

37

as George Dabernon

Gumshoe

74

as William Ginley

Assault

55

as Det. Chief Supt. Velyan

Casanova

TV show · as Giovanni Jacopo Casanova

The Molly Maguires

64

as Davies

1960s

39 titles · average score 60

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

Inspector Clouseau

27

as Supt. Weaver

Twisted Nerve

67

as Henry Durnley

Les Misérables

TV show · as Jean Valjean

Robbery

74

as Robinson

Much Ado About Nothing

as Dogberry

The Deadly Bees

32

as H.W. Manfred

Othello

67

as Iago

A Study in Terror

54

as Inspector Lestrade

Z-Cars

72

TV show

The Longest Day

78

as Pvt. Coke (uncredited)

TV show · as Conway Henderson

1950s

2 titles · average score 59

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Patrick Kelly / Franco Angelo

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Louis