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Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson , who had previously directed him in theatre.
Albert Finney. Actor: Murder on the Orient Express. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Finney understudied ...
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Jun 20, 2024 · Albert Finney, English actor of stage and screen noted for his versatility. Among his most notable films were Billy Liar (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Dresser (1983), Under the Volcano (1984), Erin Brockovich (2000), and Big Fish (2003).
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Albert Finney. Actor: Murder on the Orient Express. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates.
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Albert Finney. Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was a British actor. [1] His career lasted 60 years. Finney was mostly known for his role in Tom Jones, for his role as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express and for his role as Edward Bloom in Big Fish. He won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Emmy Award ...
Feb 13, 2019 · Albert Finney was a private man. He volunteered relatively little information about himself over the course of his career. He was not much smitten with Hollywood, never tempted to attend an awards ceremony, even when nominated. There exists no autobiography, and few interviews with press. He withdrew from cinema at intervals to take up work on the stage. As Sidney Lumet observed in his memoir ...
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Feb 8, 2019 · Obituary: Albert Finney. 8 February 2019. PA. Albert Finney, who has died at the age of 82, came to prominence in the era of the "Angry Young Men". It was a period that transformed the face of ...
