Name
William Finley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-09-20
Deathday
2012-04-14 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
William Finley (September 20, 1940 – April 14, 2012) was an American actor who has appeared in the films Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters, and The Wedding Party. He had a long-running friendship and collaboration with director Brian De Palma, beginning with the student films Woton's Wake (1962) and Murder à la Mod (1968). Most recently, he contributed a small but effective cameo in De Palma's 2006 release The Black Dahlia. Under the name W. Franklin Finley, he wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film The First Time. He was also the co-author of the 1985 book Racewalking.
Finley graduated from Columbia University in 1963. He resided in New York City with his wife and son.
Known For
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After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds ...
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In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissi...
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Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into ...
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A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those w...
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A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the...
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- 1976 Eaten Alive as Roy
- 1982 Silent Rage as Dr. Paul Vaughn
- 1974 Phantom of the Paradise as Winslow Leach / The Phantom
- 1981 The Funhouse as Marco the Magnificent
- 1968 Murder à la Mod as Otto
- Soon Zelenka as Zelenka
- 1969 The Wedding Party as Alistair
- 1993 Night Terrors as Dr. Matteson
- 1970 Dionysus in '69 as Self/Dionysus
- 1979 Wise Blood as Man (uncredited)
- 1963 Woton's Wake as Woton
- 2006 The Black Dahlia as George Tilden
- 1973 Sisters as Emil Breton
- 1975 Last Hours Before Morning as Elmo
- 1980 Simon as Fichandler
- 2011 The Weird World Of Weird: Volume 2 as Woton’s Wake
- 2006 Sick Girl as Husband
- 1978 The Fury as Raymond Dunwoodie
- 2003 Brian De Palma : Les Années 60
- 1985 Double Negative as Milt
- 1980 Dressed to Kill as Bobbi (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006 Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' as Himself
- 2004 The Autopsy as Self
- Soon Meatcleaver Sharkfuck as Robert Johnson
- 1976 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Elvin McCabe
