Frank Finlay

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Francis "Frank" Finlay, CBE (b. 6 August 1926, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British stage, film and television actor of English, Irish and Scottish descent.<p>Finlay began his stage career in rep before graduating from RADA. There followed several appearances at the Royal Court Theatre, notably in the Arnold Wesker trilogy. He is particularly associated with the National Theatre, especially during the Olivier years and its predecessor, the Chichester Festival Theatre, where he played a wide variety of roles ranging from the First Gravedigger in Hamlet to Saint Joan, Hobson's Choice, Much Ado About Nothing, The Dutch Courtesan, The Crucible, Mother Courage, Juno and the Paycock and culminating in his controversial Iago to Lord Olivier's title character in the film Othello.<p>Finlay's original stage performance of Iago as an NCO left critics unmoved, but later received high praise when the play was filmed and earned him an Academy Award nomination.<p>He was also seen on ...