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Frank Finlay dies at 89 (British Oscar-nominated actor)
Pakistan Today ^ | January 31, 2016 | Agencies

Posted on 01/31/2016 9:05:34 AM PST by EveningStar

...In a wide-ranging career across stage and screen, Finlay starred as Porthos in the Three Musketeer films of the 1970s, alongside Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Michael York, and opposite Susan Penhaligon in the taboo-challenging television series Bouquet Of Barbed Wire. He also took the lead role in Dennis Potter's serial, Casanova, and starred in Shaft In Africa, the follow-up to the famous black private detective film starring Richard Roundtree. It was in a supporting role to Laurence Olivier in Othello back in 1965, for which he was nominated for an Oscar in 1965...

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: actor; cinema; film; fourmusketeers; frankfinlay; michaelyork; movies; obituaries; obituary; oliverreed; porthos; richardchamberlain; susanpenhaligon; threemusketeers
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There he went.
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