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Loved him in the “Three Musketeers.”
I remember him in Merlin and the Christmas Carol.
One could tell from his acting style that he spent a lot of time on the stage.
Finlay played so many different roles while most Americans who know who he was know him only from the Musketeers movies. Here’s Frank Finlay as Hitler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tmufo02wA0
Had him confused with Albert Finney for a second.
It’s hard to believe there was a time when I was 13 that I was excited about new movies.
This was one of them.
It had Raquel Welch and Faye Dunaway. And Charlton Heston.
It never quite made it as a classic.
Lester was always in a bit over his head in all his films.
Football killed him?
I had no idea he was that old. He was great in the Musketeer movies.
Great actor! Cast as Iago to Olivier’s Othello (some say) because Olivier didn’t want competition from an actor of greater stature. Finley went on to wow the audience.
Saw him in Plunder at the National in 1974-75; he was hilarious - and later in Philamena which also starred Joan Plowright. Still my favorite performance was as Von Helsing in the BBC version of Dracula.
RIP!
RIP.