Career
He voiced the villainous character Warren T. Rat in the 1986 Don Bluth film An American Tail. A friend of director/actor John Cassavetes, Finnegan appeared in five of his films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Big Trouble (1986), which also starred Columbo star Peter Falk. He also portrayed Judge Edward A. Haggerty in Oliver Stone"s John F Kennedy (1991).
One of 11 children born to Irish immigrant parents, Finnegan served in the United States Navy during World World War World War II He became friends with Cassavetes and Falk at the Actors Studio in his native New York City.
They helped Finnegan in the early 1950s, when he moved to Los Los Angeles Finnegan died on July 29, 2012 at his home in Palm Desert, California from complications of pneumonia, aged 85.