# RIP Albert Finney at 82 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177 "2019-02-08T14:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/1 "2019-02-08T14:53:55Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. > **[Albert Finney: British actor dies aged 82](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304)** > > The Oscar-nominated star appeared in Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient Express and many other films. I liked him in Tom Jones and Murder in the Orient Express. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/2 "2019-02-08T14:59:06Z")
He played the lead role of Eddie Ginley in the 1971 movie _Gumshoe_. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/3 "2019-02-08T15:05:55Z")
If you haven’t seen _The Dresser_ starring Finney and Tom Courtenay, you haven’t seen Finney at his best. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/4 "2019-02-08T15:09:25Z")
Mrs. L.A. will be sad to hear this. _Thank You Very Much_, Albert Finney. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/5 "2019-02-08T15:10:06Z")
Most people will know him as “Daddy Warbucks” in the 1980 _Annie_ I would guess. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/6 "2019-02-08T15:19:04Z")
Welcome to Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/7 "2019-02-08T15:20:18Z")
He can no longer trade body blows with any man in this town. But he will always be Leo to me. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/8 "2019-02-08T15:25:02Z")
An award for Most Memorable Dialogue – the very last two words in _Two For The Road_ (with Audrey Hepburn, Henry Mancini music) were: Finney: Bitch! Hepburn: Bastard! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/9 "2019-02-08T16:10:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If you haven’t seen _The Dresser_ starring Finney and Tom Courtenay, you haven’t seen Finney at his best. YES yes yes yes yes. An amazing, powerful film with Finney’s performance going well beyond _tour de force_ to _force of nature_. Absolutely one of the greatest movies and performances I have ever seen; I pulled the DVD off the shelf to watch again tonight as soon as I read the news of his passing. RIP Mr. Finney; you done good. Real good. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Thank You Very Much_, Albert Finney. Indeed: thank you, Mr. Finney; thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/10 "2019-02-08T16:46:21Z")
“Looker,” was a little wet-fart of a movie (early Michael Crichton effort) despite naked Susan Dey, but Finney was a lotta fun in it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/11 "2019-02-08T17:06:01Z")
I think my favorite Finney movie is _Big Fish_. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/12 "2019-02-08T17:22:10Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “Looker,” was a little wet-fart of a movie (early Michael Crichton effort) despite naked Susan Dey, but Finney was a lotta fun in it. Hey! Thats one of my favorite '80s sic fi flicks, actually. It’s one of a very few movies that I’d like someone to remake; the framework is excellent, it just didn’t get skinned quite properly, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/13 "2019-02-08T17:38:46Z")
Obligatory IMDb [link](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062792/). Last roles are from 2012: _Skyfall_ and _The Bourne Legacy_. He was quite selective in his film roles early on, but by the 80s-90s was doing a bunch of stuff. He’ll always be Tom Jones to me. Maybe ones of these days I’ll figure out _Charlie Bubbles_. For one thing: Billie Whitelaw vs. Liza Minnelli? Billie for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/14 "2019-02-08T18:19:38Z")
It’s also worth mentioning Finney’s starring role in the Dennis Potter television double series [Karaoke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series)) / [Cold Lazarus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lazarus). I find Potter’s work a bit too offputting for my taste but Finney was stellar in it. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-albert-finney-at-82/829177/15 "2019-02-08T20:45:24Z")
My Dad got HBO and Cinemax in the early '80s and I watched the shit out of it for the 1 month I had with him in the summer. Every rated R movie I could (not allowed in the other 11 months of the year). And I loved horror movies. So my association with Albert Finney was **Wolfen**.