Frank Finlay: movies and TV shows
Frank Finlay has 150 credits in the archive: 93 films and 57 TV series, from 1950 to 2018. Highest rated: Count Dracula (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2018 · busiest year: 1965 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 88 |
| 2008 | Merlin | Anhora | TV | 7.8 | 81 |
| 2008 | Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons | Alexander 'Alex' Combe | TV | 7.5 | 81 |
| 2007 | The Waiting Room | Roger | Film | 5.4 | 80 |
| 2006 | Johnny and the Bomb | Tom Maxwell | TV | 6.7 | 79 |
| 2004 | Life Begins | Eric Thornhill | TV | 8.0 | 77 |
| 2004 | Lighthouse Hill | Alfred | Film | 9.5 | 77 |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Asquith | TV | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2003 | The Statement | Commissaire Vionnet | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 2003 | Eroica | Josef Haydn | Film | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Father | Film | 8.4 | 75 |
| 2001 | The Martins | Mr Heath | Film | 5.4 | 74 |
| 2001 | Station Jim | Riorden Snr | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Admiral Wagner | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2000 | The Sins | Uncle Irwin Green | TV | 5.3 | 73 |
| 2000 | For My Baby | Rudi Wittfogel | Film | 3.8 | 73 |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | General Bulstrode | TV | 6.9 | 72 |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Father | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 1998 | How Do You Want Me? | TV | 7.8 | 71 | |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | Hudson Junior | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1997 | The Grand | Edward Lawrence | TV | 5.1 | 70 |
| 1997 | Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) | Mike's Dad | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1997 | Limited Edition | John Rathbone | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1995 | A Mind to Murder | Professor Etherege | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1995 | Virgin Mary | Monsignor | Film | 4.4 | 68 |
| 1994 | The Voyeur | Nino Rolfe | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1994 | Charlemagne, le prince à cheval | Alcuin | TV | 8.8 | 67 |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Coram / Sergius | TV | 8.7 | 67 |
| 1994 | Sparrow | Father Nunzio | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1993 | An Exchange of Fire | Pavel Rhele | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Howard Franklin | TV | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1992 | Stalin | Sergei | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 1992 | Cthulhu Mansion | Chandu | Film | 4.6 | 65 |
| 1992 | The Other Side | Arthur Conan Doyle | Film | — | 65 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Arnold Tennison | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 1991 | The Burning Shore | Garrick | TV | — | 64 |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Garrick | TV | — | 64 |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds | Garrick | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Edward Coke | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Porthos | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1987 | Casanova | Razetta | Film | 4.1 | 60 |
| 1987 | Erebus: The Aftermath | Justice Peter Mahon | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Harold Plumb | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Frank Strange | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1985 | Lifeforce | Dr. Hans Fallada | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1985 | Nineteen Nineteen | Sigmund Freud (voice) | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1985 | In the Secret State | Frank Strange | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1985 | The Making Of Lifeforce | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Professor Coram / Sergius | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Jacob Marley | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1984 | Arch of Triumph | Col. Boris Morosov | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Kravtsov | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1984 | Royal Variety Performance 1984 | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1983 | Blackadder | The Witchsmeller Pursuivant | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1983 | The Key | Nino Rolfe | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1983 | The Spanish Civil War | Self - Narrator | TV | — | 56 |
| 1983 | The Spanish Civil War | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1983 | The Ploughman's Lunch | Matthew Fox | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | William Grey | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1982 | Enigma | Canarsky | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1982 | All for Love | Captain Manson | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1982 | Mona | Captain Manson | Film | — | 55 |
| 1981 | Dear Brutus | Dearth | Film | — | 54 |
| 1981 | Tales from the Thousand and One Nights | Shahriar | Film | — | 54 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Arthur Pearson | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Inspector Lestrade | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1979 | Ring of Darkness | Paul | Film | 4.9 | 52 |
| 1978 | The Wild Geese | Fr. Geoghagen | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1978 | Betzi | Napoleon | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1978 | The Thief of Baghdad | Abu Bakar | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1978 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Peppino | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1977 | Count Dracula | Professor Van Helsing | TV | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1977 | Another Bouquet | TV | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1977 | Count Dracula | Abraham van Helsing | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Peppino | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1976 | Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Peter Manson | TV | 8.3 | 49 |
| 1975 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Frank Doel | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1975 | Van der Valk and the Scapegoat | Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Porthos | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1974 | Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter | Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Porthos / O'Reilly | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1973 | Shaft in Africa | Vincent Amafi | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1973 | The Death of Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1973 | The Adventures Of Don Quixote | Sancho Panza | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1973 | Van der Valk and the Rich | Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1972 | Danny Jones | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | Marty Gold | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1972 | Neither the Sea Nor the Sand | George Dabernon | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1971 | Casanova | Giovanni Jacopo Casanova | TV | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1971 | Assault | Det. Chief Supt. Velyan | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | William Ginley | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 43 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Dearth | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Molly Maguires | Davies | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | John Carter | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Body | Narrator | Film | 4.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Lie | Andrew Firth | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Wilfred Tilley | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Adolf Hitler | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1969 | Julius Caesar | Brutus | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1969 | This Happy Breed | Frank Gibbons | Film | — | 42 |
| 1969 | Blood of the Lamb | Albert | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1969 | The Piano Tuner | Wilfred Tilley | Film | — | 42 |
| 1968 | Inspector Clouseau | Supt. Weaver | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | Igor Bounin | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1968 | Twisted Nerve | Henry Durnley | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1967 | Robbery | Robinson | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1967 | Much Ado About Nothing | Dogberry | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Chaplain | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1967 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | TV | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Jokers | Harrassed Man | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Spare Tyres | Council foreman | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Marcus Brutus | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1966 | The Deadly Bees | H.W. Manfred | Film | 4.4 | 39 |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Second Fish Porter | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Marcus Brutus | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Shylock | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Sancho Panza | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Voltaire | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | The Man | TV | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror | Inspector Lestrade | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1965 | Othello | Iago | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1965 | Olivier Talks About Othello | (archive footage) | Film | — | 38 |
| 1965 | The Wild Affair | Drunk | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Dr Dee | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Albert | TV | 5.2 | 37 |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man | Prout | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June | British Embassy Porter | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1963 | Doctor in Distress | Corsetiere | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1963 | The Informers | Leon Sale | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 35 | |
| 1962 | Studio 4 | Fernand Destayac | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Pvt. Coke (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Booking Office Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1962 | Private Potter | Capt. Patterson | Film | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | Life for Ruth | Teddy's Father | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Hard Knock | Franco Angelo | Film | — | 35 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Albert Hope | TV | — | 34 |
| 1961 | The Younger Generation | Ross Mayer | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1961 | The Younger Generation | George Tremaine | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1961 | You Can't Win | George Lander | TV | — | 34 |
| 1960 | Target Luna | Conway Henderson | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Franco Angelo | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Bosun | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Patrick Kelly | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | David Field | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Louis | TV | 3.5 | 23 |