About
Frank received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as William Shakespeare’s Iago in Stuart Burge’s 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s staging of Othello. He also won the Best Actor Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. He later essayed the definitive screen portrayal of Alexandre Dumas’ musketeer Porthos in three movies for director Richard Lester: The Three Musketeers (1974), The Four Musketeers (1975) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). Frank’s many other films include The Longest Day; Tony Richardson’s The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner; Martin Ritt’s The Molly Maguires; Bob Clark’s Murder by Decree; Alan Bridges’ The Return of the Soldier (for which he recieved a BAFTA Award nomination); Franco Zeffrelli’s Sparrow; and Eric Styles’ Dreaming of Joseph Lees; and most recently Roman Polanski’s multi-award winning The...
Known for
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1984
Z-CarsSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
MerlinSeries • 2008
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Sunday Night TheatreSeries • 1950
BlackadderSeries • 1983
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
Prime SuspectSeries • 1991
The PianistMovie • 2002
LovejoySeries • 1986
NET PlayhouseSeries • 1966
The Longest DayMovie • 1962
The VoyeurMovie • 1994
The KeyMovie • 1983
The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsSeries • 1999
LifeforceMovie • 1985
The Three MusketeersMovie • 1973