What is Frank Finlay?
{{Infobox person | image = Chiave3.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Frank Finlay as the Witchsmeller Pursuivant in The Black Adder | birth_name = Francis Finlay | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Farnworth]], [[Lancashire]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|30|1926|8|6|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Weybridge]], [[Surrey]], England | occupation = [[Actor]] | website = http://www.frankfinlay.net/ | spouse = Doreen Shepherd (1954-2005) (her death) (3 children) | children = 3 | yearsactive = 1958–2009 }} '''Francis Finlay''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (6 August 1926 &ndash; 30 January 2016) was an [[English people|English]] stage, movie and television actor. Finlay was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his role as [[Iago]] in the [[Othello (1965 movie)|1965 movie version]] of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Othello]]''. He was also known for his role as [[Jacob Marley]] in the 1984 movie ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 movie)|A Christmas Carol]]''. He won a [[BAFTA Award]] in 1974. Finlay died on 30 January 2016 at his home in [[Weybridge]], [[Surrey]]. He died from [[heart failure]] after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]]. He was aged 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-finlay-dead-british-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-opposite-olivier-dies-aged-89-a6844566.html|title=Frank Finlay dead: British Oscar-nominated actor who played opposite Olivier dies aged 89|publisher=Independent.co.uk|access-date=31 January 2016|date=30 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35455932|title=Actor Frank Finlay dies aged 89|publisher=[[BBC News]].com|access-date=31 January 2016|date=30 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|277975|Frank Finlay}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Finlay, Frank}} [[Category:BAFTA Award winning actors]] [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]]