Frank Finlay

Francis Frank Finlay, CBE was an English stage, film and television actor. He was Oscarnominated for his supporting role in Oliviers 1965 film of Othello and got his first leading role on television in 1971 as Casanova, which led to appearances on The Morecambe and Wise Show. He also appeared in the controversial drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire.

Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of Margaret and Josiah Finlay, a butcher. He was educated at St Gregory the Great School but left at the age ofto train as a butcher himself at the family firm, gaining a City and Guilds Diploma in the trade.

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