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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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  4. 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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  6. Feb 8, 2019 · LONDON — Albert Finney, the British stage and film actor who defined an era’s rage and frustration in dramas of blue-collar realism and social revolt and went on to find stardom in Hollywood,...

  7. 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.

  8. Feb 7, 2019 · A 1955 graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Finney began in English theater at a time when young working-class actors were seething with rage at the social structure and the broken ...