Background
Finlay, Frank was born on August 6, 1926 in Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Son of Josiah Finlay.
Finlay, Frank was born on August 6, 1926 in Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Son of Josiah Finlay.
Saint Gregory the Great, Farnworth, Royal Academy, of Dramatic Art, London.
Belgrade, Epitaph for George Dillon 1958, Sugar in the Morning, Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance, Chicken Soup with Barley, Roots, I"m Talking About Jerusalem, The Happy Haven, Platonov, Chips with Everything 1958-1962 (all at Royal Court), Saint Joan, The Workhouse Donkey, Hobson’s Choice 1963, Othello, The Dutch Courtesan 1964, The Crucible, Much Ado About Nothing, Mother Courage 1965, Juno and the Paycock, The Storm 1966 (all at National Theatre), After Haggerty (Aldwych, Criterion), Son of Manitoba (Leicester Theatre, Round House) 1970, Saturday Sunday Monday, The Party 1973, Plunder, Watch lieutenant Come Down, Weapons of Happiness 1976, Amadeus 1982 (all at National Theatre), Kings and Clowns (Phoenix), Filumena (Lyric) 1978, The Girl in Melanie Klein 1980, The Cherry Orchard 1983, Mutiny (Piccadilly) 1985, Beyond Reasonable Doubt 1987, Black Angels 1990, A Slight Hangover 1991. Film appearances include: The Longest Day, Private Potter, The Informers, A Life for Ruth, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Hot Enough for June, The Comedy Manitoba, The Sandwich Manitoba, A Study in Terror, Othello, The Jokers, I’ll Never Forget What"s "Is Name, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Deadly Bees. Robbery, Inspector Clouseau, Twisted Nerve, Cromwell, The Molly Maguires, Assault, Victory for Danny Jones, Gumshoe, Shaft in Africa, Van Der Walk and the Girl, Van Der Walk and the Rich, Van Der Walk and the Dead, The Three Musketeers, The Ring of Darkness, The Wild Geese, The Thief of Baghdad, Sherlock Holmes—Murder by Decree, Enigma, Return of the Soldier, The Ploughman"s Lunch, A Christmas Carol, The Key, Life Force, Sakharov, The Return of the Musketeers, King of the Wind, Cthulhu Mansion. television appearances include: Julius Caesar, Les Miserables, This Happy Breed, The Lie, Casanova, The Death of Adolf Hitler, Don Quixote, Voltaire, Merchant of Venice, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, 84 Charing Cross Road, Saturday Sunday Monday, Count Dracula, The Last Campaign, Napoleon in Betzi, Dear Brutus, Tales of the Unexpected, Tales from 1001 Nights, Aspects of Love—Mona, In the Secret State, Verdict on Erebus, Mountain of Diamonds.Inspector Clouseau, Twisted Nerve, Cromwell, The Molly Maguires, Assault, Victory for Danny Jones, Gumshoe, Shaft in Africa, Van Der Walk and the Girl, Van Der Walk and the Rich, Van Der Walk and the Dead, The Three Musketeers, The Ring of Darkness, The Wild Geese, The Thief of Baghdad, Sherlock Holmes—Murder by Decree, Enigma, Return of the Soldier, The Ploughman"s Lunch, A Christmas Carol, The Key, Life Force, Sakharov, The Return of the Musketeers, King of the Wind, Cthulhu Mansion.
Member Garrick Club.
Married Doreen Shepherd, 1954. 2 sons, 1 daughter.