Albert Finney, British actor, dies aged 82

[brooklynite]

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.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Great actor

Cross gently, Mr Finney.

[Byronic]

2. A great actor

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]

8. He was only 33 when he played Scrooge in that movie.

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]

24. I remember that movie!

I saw it in the theater when it was new.

I totally forgot about his great role in it.

[ProfessorPlum]

9. I watch Scrooge every year

and I never fail to be moved by his performance. Outstanding.

[nycbos]

3. Great actor.

He gave an amazing performance as Churchill in "The Gathering Storm"

[edhopper]

4. A great actor

so many amazing performances.

[PatSeg]

5. I mostly remember him for

Tom Jones and Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn. One of my favorite actors.

[nocoincidences]

6. He was always great

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]

10. Oh yes

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]

7. Loved him in both of the "My Uncle Silas" series (and as Scrooge) ❤️

[DURHAM D]

11. My fav - Two for The Road

with Audrey Hepburn

[DFW]

28. Mine, too!!!

I didn't think anyone remembered that one. I LOVED that film!

[nocoincidences]

40. Remember the beautiful soundtrack

by Henry Mancini?

I loved everything about that movie!

[Honeycombe8]

12. Oh, no. I loved Albert Finney. My favorite "Scrooge" movie is the one he was in.

Considered a sex symbol in his young days, he was an excellent actor, in the British tradition of centuries of top level acting.

[llmart]

13. I remember seeing Tom Jones as a teenager...

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]

14. A fine actor. RIP. (nt)

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. Dingell, now Finney. Great people seem to go in threes....who is next?

Finney is simply a special, spectacular actor, as Dingell was a special, spectacular politician and person.

[malachi]

17. Already have 3 - Frank Robinson. Great man.

[NRaleighLiberal]

21. Ah, yes. Thanks for jogging my brain. Greatness indeed

[Heartstrings]

16. My kids were obsessed with the movie "Annie"...

He was the best Daddy Warbucks.....RIP....

[jalan48]

18. He was great as a young man in Tom Jones.

[Paladin]

19. TCM is showing "Tom Jones" this morning.

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]

20. Yes, bawdy and hilarious. Thanks for the info about TCMI -I'll be watching.

[Dave Starsky]

27. For those who aren't familiar...

Observe two geniuses at work.

[HelenWheels]

35. Wonderful and thanks for posting.

[shenmue]

22. Rest in peace

[murielm99]

23. I loved him in Tom Jones.

He was good in Erin Brockovich, too.

[chwaliszewski]

25. Another cult classic film...Looker (1981)

[ananda]

26. He was so great in Karaoke and Cold Lazarus!

I will miss him.

RIP

[trof]

29. I will never, ever forget the oyster eating scene in Tom Jones.

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]

30. ...

[yaesu]

31. Another fine, fine actor, he will be missed. R.I.P. nt

[keopeli]

32. What a great loss! RIP Sir Albert Finney!

[Matilda]

48. Not Sir Albert, just Mr Finney.

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]

33. I don't think he died

He just changed into a big fish and swam away.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. He was great in "Orphans"

that's when I first noticed what a great actor he was...…….

[kwassa]

36. I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!!

Network!

[rdmtimp]

43. You realize that wasn't Albert Finney, right?

Peter Finch starred in Network.

[kwassa]

47. I misremembered!

[IcyPeas]

37. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning...

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]

38. Mr. Finney gave us so many remarkable moments that through celluloid will be with us forever.

[BigmanPigman]

39. I hope they show "Shoot The Moon" with Diane Keaton

now. I have never seen it on TV. He was a naturally gifted actor. He left us his gift through his films.

[TexasBushwhacker]

44. That film was heartbreaking n/t

[lunatica]

41. I would watch movies just knowing he was in them

There are a few actors that I feel that way about. It doesn’t even matter if the movies aren’t that good because their acting is always good.

Thank you Mr. Finney!

[Hangdog Slim]

42. The best of his generation

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]

45. In addition to his acting, he helped Mike Leigh and Stephen Frears

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]

46. He was an artist with a Thompson

Probably a good time for a "Miller's Crossing" rewatch.