Albert Finney, British actor, dies aged 82
Source: BBC
Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney has died aged 82 after a short illness.
He was a five-time Oscar nominee who began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his mark in film.
His big film break came as "angry young man" Arthur Seaton in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
He went on to star in Tom Jones, as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, Erin Brockovich and Skyfall.
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Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Cross gently, Mr Finney.
Byronic
(504 posts)He was also superb in the musical Scrooge, and as an excellent Winston Churchill in The Gathering Storm.
He will be greatly missed.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I remember watching it as a kid and wondering who the guy was that played young Scrooge, because he really looked like a younger Albert Finney!
Hell of a talented man. Sorry to hear about his passing.
murielm99
(30,785 posts)I saw it in the theater when it was new.
I totally forgot about his great role in it.
ProfessorPlum
(11,284 posts)and I never fail to be moved by his performance. Outstanding.
nycbos
(6,044 posts)He gave an amazing performance as Churchill in "The Gathering Storm"
edhopper
(33,667 posts)so many amazing performances.
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)Tom Jones and Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn. One of my favorite actors.
nocoincidences
(2,237 posts)but I do have a special love of Two for the Road. He and Audrey Hepburn were so funny and touching in that movie!
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)I've watched that movie more times than I can count. The chemistry between them was amazing. I am rather in awe of a lot of British actors. Their training is so much more diverse than in the U.S. and they seem to move effortlessly from period pieces to contemporary comedy. I can watch a mediocre movie with a brilliant actor just to savor the performance.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)DURHAM D
(32,618 posts)with Audrey Hepburn
DFW
(54,506 posts)I didn't think anyone remembered that one. I LOVED that film!
nocoincidences
(2,237 posts)by Henry Mancini?
I loved everything about that movie!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Considered a sex symbol in his young days, he was an excellent actor, in the British tradition of centuries of top level acting.
llmart
(15,569 posts)A friend's mother took her daughter and a couple of us to the movie not knowing what it was about. I think this was about 1964 maybe? Anyway, the mother was pretty embarrassed about what she took us to see.
Paladin
(28,287 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)Finney is simply a special, spectacular actor, as Dingell was a special, spectacular politician and person.
malachi
(732 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)He was the best Daddy Warbucks.....RIP....
jalan48
(13,916 posts)Paladin
(28,287 posts)I tuned in just in time to see the legendary chicken-and-oysters meal---the most joyously lewd feast ever captured in cinematic history.
A fine send-off for Finney, a great acting talent.
jalan48
(13,916 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Observe two geniuses at work.
HelenWheels
(2,284 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)murielm99
(30,785 posts)He was good in Erin Brockovich, too.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)ananda
(28,914 posts)I will miss him.
RIP
trof
(54,256 posts)It's the most sensuous piece of film I've ever laid eyes on.
So long Albert.
We'll miss ya'.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,804 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)keopeli
(3,529 posts)Matilda
(6,384 posts)To his credit, he consistently refused any Imperial honours.
He used to say it was too ridiculous, as his father had been a master builder.
Working-class and proud of it to the end.
ashling
(25,771 posts)He just changed into a big fish and swam away.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,614 posts)that's when I first noticed what a great actor he was... .
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Network!
rdmtimp
(1,594 posts)Peter Finch starred in Network.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)IcyPeas
(21,955 posts)considered one of the best films by British Film Institute. From the Kitchen Sink genre... working class people's lives in 60s England.
The entire movie is on YouTube: (difficulty level: Nottingham accents )
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,672 posts)now. I have never seen it on TV. He was a naturally gifted actor. He left us his gift through his films.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,256 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)There are a few actors that I feel that way about. It doesnt even matter if the movies arent that good because their acting is always good.
Thank you Mr. Finney!
Hangdog Slim
(81 posts)I believe Albert Finney was the greatest actor of his generation. There were a lot of very talented young British actors that came of age after the Second World War and in my view he was the best. His performance in John Houston's Under the Volcano is my favorite.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,256 posts)early in their careers. He bankrolled Leigh's first film " Bleak Moments" and starred in Frears' first film "Gumshoe". Finney also cast an unknown actress in the only film he ever directed, "Charlie Bubbles". The young actress was Liza Minnelli. Finney was really an actor's actor.
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Probably a good time for a "Miller's Crossing" rewatch.