William Finley

ACTOR, SOUNDTRACK, WRITER

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29th May 2022 | FlixCatalog Staff

Marvelously quirky, distinctive and versatile character actor William Franklin Finley was born on September 20, 1940 in New York City. Finley attended Columbia University, where he first met future filmmaker Brian De Palma. The lanky 6'4" Finley first began acting on the New York stage. He made his film debut in De Palma's odd short movie Woton's Wake. Finley went on to play a deliciously rich and colorful array of strikingly idiosyncratic parts for De Palma: a slow-witted stage hand in Murder a la Mod (1968), the disapproving friend of a guy who was about to be married in The Wedding Party (1969), the wicked titular villain in Dionysus in '69 (1970); splendid as Margot Kidder's freaky psychiatrist husband in Die Schwestern des Bösen (1972); excellent and engaging in a rare substantial lead as the meek and nerdy struggling songwriter Winslow Leach in the delightfully outrageous Das Phantom im Paradies (1974), and a seedy psychic in Teufelskreis Alpha (1978).Finley tackled a couple of equally memorable off-center roles in a pair of superior Tobe Hooper fright features: he was Marilyn Burns' deranged husband in Blutrausch (1976) and a pathetic drunken carnival magician in Das Kabinett des Schreckens (1981). Finley was once again fine as a geeky scientist in the exciting Chuck Norris horror/action hybrid Das stumme Ungeheuer (1982). In addition to acting, Finley composed the theme song for Murder a la Mod and co-wrote the script for the offbeat teen coming-of-age comedy The First Time (1983). Finley had a small, yet chilling part as a creepy private investigator in the disappointing Black Dahlia (2006). William Finley died at age 71 on April 14, 2012; he was survived by his wife Susan and son Dashiell. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

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Streaming Availability

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Releases by Year

William Finley on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1972 to 1981. See the full graphs of the number of William Finley movies released per year from 1972 till 1981.

Top Genres

William Finley works mostly in Comedy Genre followed by Drama Genre flixes. 29% of William Finley movies are Comedy Genre movies. See Top Genres that William Finley worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that William Finley has worked on is 6.4.

6.4 / 10

William Finley's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Comedy,Drama,Fantasy
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

7.3/1091 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Horror,Mystery,Thriller
Sisters (1972)

A fledgling Staten Island journalist witnesses a brutal murder in the neighboring apartment of a French-Canadian model, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.

6.9/1093 min

Available in 6 platform(s).