Acting • AGE 89
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 w...


Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
2018

Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
2015

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Alexander 'Alex' Combe
2008

Merlin
Anhora
2008

The Waiting Room
Roger
2007

Johnny and the Bomb
Tom Maxwell
2006

Lighthouse Hill
Alfred
2004

Life Begins
Eric Thornhill
2004

The Statement
Commissaire Vionnet
2003

Eroica
Josef Haydn
2003

The Lost Prince
Asquith
2003

The Pianist
Father
2002

The Martins
Mr Heath
2001

The Sins
Uncle Irwin Green
2000

For My Baby
Rudi Wittfogel
2000

Longitude
Admiral Wagner
2000

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
General Bulstrode
1999

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Father
1999

Stiff Upper Lips
Hudson Junior
1998

How Do You Want Me?
1998

The Grand
Edward Lawrence
1997

Limited Edition
John Rathbone
1997

Virgin Mary
Monsignor
1995

A Mind to Murder
Professor Etherege
1995

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Professor Coram / Sergius
1994

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
Alcuin
1994

Sparrow
Father Nunzio
1994

The Voyeur
Nino Rolfe
1994

Stalin
Sergei
1992

Heartbeat
Howard Franklin
1992

Cthulhu Mansion
Chandu
1992

Mountain of Diamonds
Garrick
1991

Mountain of Diamonds
Garrick
1991

Prime Suspect
Arnold Tennison
1991

The Burning Shore
Garrick
1991

King of the Wind
Edward Coke
1990

The Return of the Musketeers
Porthos
1989

Erebus: The Aftermath
Justice Peter Mahon
1987

Casanova
Razetta
1987

Lovejoy
Harold Plumb
1986

Nineteen Nineteen
Sigmund Freud (voice)
1985

Lifeforce
Dr. Hans Fallada
1985

In the Secret State
Frank Strange
1985

Screen Two
Frank Strange
1985

Arch of Triumph
Col. Boris Morosov
1984

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

A Christmas Carol
Jacob Marley
1984

Sakharov
Kravtsov
1984

Sherlock Holmes
Professor Coram / Sergius
1984

The Key
Nino Rolfe
1983

Blackadder
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
1983

The Ploughman's Lunch
Matthew Fox
1983

The Spanish Civil War
Self - Narrator
1983

The Return of the Soldier
William Grey
1983

Enigma
Canarsky
1982

Mona
Captain Manson
1982

Wogan
Self
1982

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Shahriar
1981

Ring of Darkness
Paul
1979

Tales of the Unexpected
Arthur Pearson
1979

Murder by Decree
Inspector Lestrade
1979

The Wild Geese
Fr. Geoghagen
1978

The Thief of Baghdad
Abu Bakar
1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Peppino
1978

Count Dracula
Abraham van Helsing
1977

Count Dracula
Professor Van Helsing
1977

Another Bouquet
1977

Laurence Olivier Presents
Peppino
1976

Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Peter Manson
1976

84 Charing Cross Road
Frank Doel
1975

Van der Valk and the Scapegoat
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1975

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1974

The Four Musketeers
Porthos
1974

Van der Valk and the Rich
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
1973

The Three Musketeers
Porthos / O'Reilly
1973

Shaft in Africa
Vincent Amafi
1973

The Death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
1973

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
1973

Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
George Dabernon
1972

Sitting Target
Marty Gold
1972

The Merchant of Venice
Shylock
1972

Gumshoe
William Ginley
1971

Casanova
Giovanni Jacopo Casanova
1971

Assault
Det. Chief Supt. Velyan
1971

The Lie
Andrew Firth
1970

Play for Today
1970

The Body
Narrator
1970

Cromwell
John Carter
1970

The Molly Maguires
Davies
1970

Julius Caesar
Brutus
1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Wilfred Tilley
1969

Twisted Nerve
Henry Durnley
1968

The Shoes of the Fisherman
Igor Bounin
1968

Inspector Clouseau
Supt. Weaver
1968

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Chaplain
1967

Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
1967

Robbery
Robinson
1967

The Jokers
Harrassed Man
1967

Much Ado About Nothing
Dogberry
1967

The Deadly Bees
H.W. Manfred
1966

NET Playhouse
Marcus Brutus
1966

The Sandwich Man
Second Fish Porter
1966

Othello
Iago
1965

The Wild Affair
Drunk
1965

BBC Play of the Month
Marcus Brutus
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Man
1965

A Study in Terror
Inspector Lestrade
1965

The Wednesday Play
Albert
1964

The Comedy Man
Prout
1964

Theatre 625
Dr Dee
1964

Hot Enough for June
British Embassy Porter
1964

The Informers
Leon Sale
1963

Doctor in Distress
Corsetiere
1963

The Longest Day
Pvt. Coke (uncredited)
1962

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
1962

Life for Ruth
Teddy's Father
1962

Z-Cars
1962

Private Potter
Capt. Patterson
1962

Armchair Theatre
Franco Angelo
1956

Sunday Night Theatre
Louis
1950