Count Dracula
10:10 pm - 11:50 pm, Wednesday, February 4 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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About this Broadcast
Season 1, Episode 2
Part two of two. Adaptation of Bram Stoker's horror novel, starring Louis Jourdan and Frank Finlay. Professor Van Helsing leads the hunt for the vampire
subtitles
Historical/Period Drama
Horror
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Louis Jourdan
(Actor)
.. Count Dracula
Frank Finlay
(Actor)
.. Professor Abraham Van Helsing
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Did You Know..
Louis Jourdan
(Actor)
.. Count Dracula
Frank Finlay
(Actor)
.. Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Born:
August 06, 1926
in
Farnworth, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Bouquet of Barbed Wire.
Early-life:
Francis Finlay was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, on August 6, 1926. He left school at the age of 14 and took several odd jobs to make ends meet. During this time, he began appearing with amateur theatre groups and realised his future lay on the stage. After landing his first professional role in Scotland in 1951, he won a scholarship to London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before featuring in rep in Guildford.
Career:
A late starter, Finlay didn't appear in the West End until he was 31. After making a series of acclaimed performances in various plays, he was invited to join Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company. He starred opposite the legendary actor in Othello, and then reprised the role on the big screen in 1965, bagging an Oscar nomination in the process. Other major projects included Dennis Potter's version of Casanova, The Three Musketeers, and controversial TV drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire. He also featured in Common as Muck, Longitude, The Sins, Station Jim, Johnny and the Bomb, The Pianist and Life Begins. He died on January 30, 2016, from heart failure after a long illness. He was 89.
Quote:
"I try to be fussy in the theatre. In films no English actor can command what he wants unless he is Michael Caine."
Trivia:
Finlay won a Bafta for his performance opposite Rex Harrison in the 1973 TV movie The Adventures of Don Quixote. He won another Bafta in the same year for playing Voltaire in the BBC drama Candide.
