| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Considered for De Flores in Doctor Who: Silver Nemsis. |
| 2 | Inteviewed for Khan in Octopussy. |
| 3 | He has two roles in common with Peter Cushing, Nigel Davenport and David Warner: (1) Cushing played Professor Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958), The Brides of Dracula (1960), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Davenport played him in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974), Finlay played him in Count Dracula (1977) and Warner played him in Penny Dreadful (2014) and (2) Davenport played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Edwardians: Conan Doyle (1972), Cushing played him in The Great Houdini (1976), Finlay played him in The Other Side (1992) and Warner played him in Houdini (1998). |
| 4 | He played Inspector Lestrade in A Study in Terror (1965) and Murder by Decree (1979) and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Other Side (1992). |
| 5 | He was a front runner for the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) before Charles Gray was cast. |
| 6 | Before being cast as Hans Fallanda in Lifeforce (1985), Finlay was considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Bukovsky and Sir Percy Heseltine. |
| 7 | He has two roles in common with Gérard Depardieu: (1) Finlay played Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (1967) while Depardieu played him in Les Misérables (2000) and (2) Finlay played Porthos in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989) while Depardieu played him in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). |
| 8 | Father of Stephen Finlay, Cathy Finlay and Daniel Finlay. |
| 9 | Member of Garrick club for many years. |
| 10 | A devout Catholic, he belongs to the British Catholic Stage Guild. |
| 11 | An Associate Member of RADA. |
| 12 | He graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London, England. |
| 13 | He played Inspector Lestrade in two unrelated films which featured Sherlock Holmes attempting to solve the Jack the Ripper murders: A Study in Terror (1965) and Murder by Decree (1979). Both films featured Anthony Quayle in a supporting role. |
| 14 | The 9th edition of Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion erroneously credits him as having died in 1986. |
| 15 | Did not serve in World War II. |
| 16 | He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1984 New Year's Honours List for his services to drama and was presented with his award by Queen Elizabeth II in February 1984 investiture ceremony. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Four Seasons | 2008-2009 | TV Mini-Series | Alexander 'Alex' Combe |
| Merlin | 2008 | TV Series | Anhora |
| The Waiting Room | 2007/I | | Roger |
| Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Arnold Tennison |
| Life Begins | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Eric Thornhill |
| Johnny and the Bomb | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Tom Maxwell |
| Lighthouse Hill | 2004 | | Alfred |
| The Statement | 2003 | | Commissaire Vionnet |
| Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Arnold Tennison |
| Eroica | 2003 | TV Movie | Josef Haydn |
| The Lost Prince | 2003 | TV Movie | Asquith |
| Silent Cry | 2002 | | Dr. Robert Barrum |
| The Pianist | 2002 | | Father |
| The Martins | 2001 | | Mr. Heath |
| Station Jim | 2001 | TV Movie | Riorden Snr |
| The Sins | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Uncle Irwin Green |
| In the Beginning | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | God (voice, uncredited) |
| Brand Spanking New Show | 2000 | TV Series | |
| Ghosthunter | 2000 | Short | Charlie Fielding |
| Where the Heart Is | 2000 | TV Series | Mr. Turner |
| Longitude | 2000 | TV Movie | Adm. Wagner |
| How Do You Want Me? | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Astley Yardley |
| Dreaming of Joseph Lees | 1999 | | Father |
| The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | General Bulstrode |
| Stiff Upper Lips | 1998 | | Hudson Junior |
| The Grand | 1998 | TV Series | Edward Lawrence |
| So This Is Romance? | 1997 | | Mike's Dad |
| For My Baby | 1997 | | Rudi Wittfogel |
| Common As Muck | 1997 | TV Series | Derek |
| Put K Slave | 1997 | | |
| The Road to Glory | 1997 | | Yudah Lieb Gold |
| Tiré à part | 1996 | | John Rathbone |
| Gospa | 1995 | | Monsignor |
| A Mind to Murder | 1995 | TV Movie | Professor Etherege |
| Heartbeat | 1994 | TV Series | Howard Franklin |
| Lovejoy | 1994 | TV Series | Harold Plumb |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Professor Coram Sergius |
| Charlemagne | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Alcuin de York |
| Storia di una capinera | 1993 | | Father Nunzio |
| An Exchange of Fire | 1993 | TV Series | Pavel Rhele |
| Stalin | 1992 | TV Movie | Sergei |
| The Other Side | 1992 | TV Movie | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| La mansión de los Cthulhu | 1992 | | Chandu |
| Mountain of Diamonds | 1991 | TV Movie | Garrick |
| King of the Wind | 1990 | | Edward Coke |
| The Return of the Musketeers | 1989 | | Porthos |
| Erebus: The Aftermath | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Judge Peter Mahon / Justice Peter Mahon |
| Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies | 1987 | TV Movie | Foulfellow |
| The Two Ronnies | 1987 | TV Series | Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment |
| Casanova | 1987 | TV Movie | Razetta |
| Lifeforce | 1985 | | Dr. Hans Fallada |
| Screen Two | 1985 | TV Series | Frank Strange |
| Nineteen Nineteen | 1985 | | Sigmund Freud (voice) |
| Nine Days in May | 1984 | TV Movie | Narrator |
| Arch of Triumph | 1984 | TV Movie | Boris |
| A Christmas Carol | 1984 | TV Movie | Jacob Marley |
| Sakharov | 1984 | TV Movie | Kravtsov |
| La chiave | 1983 | | Nino Rolfe |
| The Black Adder | 1983 | TV Series | The Witchsmeller Pursuivant |
| The Ploughman's Lunch | 1983 | | Matthew Fox |
| Enigma | 1982 | | Canarsky |
| The Return of the Soldier | 1982 | | William Grey |
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1981 | TV Series | Arthur Pearson |
| Play for Today | 1970-1981 | TV Series | Dearth Frank Doel Andrew Firth |
| Tales from the Thousand and One Nights | 1981 | TV Movie | Shahriar |
| Un'ombra nell'ombra | 1979 | | Paul |
| Murder by Decree | 1979 | | Inspector Lestrade |
| The Thief of Baghdad | 1978 | TV Movie | Abu Bakar |
| Betzi | 1978 | TV Movie | Napoleon |
| The Wild Geese | 1978 | | Father Geoghagen |
| Saturday, Sunday, Monday | 1978 | TV Movie | Peppino |
| Count Dracula | 1977 | TV Movie | Abraham van Helsing |
| Another Bouquet | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Peter Manson |
| Bouquet of Barbed Wire | 1976 | TV Series | Peter Manson |
| Pas de frontières pour l'inspecteur: Le bouc émissaire | 1975 | TV Movie | Van der Valk |
| The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge | 1974 | | Porthos |
| Van der Valk und die Reichen | 1973 | TV Movie | Van der Valk |
| Shaft in Africa | 1973 | | Amafi |
| BBC Play of the Month | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Voltaire Sancho Panza Shylock ... |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Adolf Hitler / Wilfred Tilley |
| The Exorcism of Hugh | 1972 | | George Dabernon |
| Van der Valk und das Mädchen | 1972 | TV Movie | Piet van der Valk |
| Danny Jones | 1972 | | Mr. Jones |
| Sitting Target | 1972 | | Marty Gold |
| Casanova | 1971 | TV Mini-Series | Casanova |
| Gumshoe | 1971 | | William |
| In the Devil's Garden | 1971/I | | Det. Chief Supt. Velyan |
| Cromwell | 1970 | | John Carter |
| The Molly Maguires | 1970 | | Davies |
| This Happy Breed | 1969 | TV Movie | |
| The Wednesday Play | 1969 | TV Series | Albert |
| Armchair Theatre | 1962-1969 | TV Series | David Field / Patrick Kelly / Bosun / ... |
| Twisted Nerve | 1968 | | Henry Durnley |
| The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1968/I | | Igor Bounin |
| Inspector Clouseau | 1968 | | Supt. Weaver |
| The Spare Tyres | 1967 | Short | Council foreman |
| Les Misérables | 1967 | TV Mini-Series | Jean Valjean |
| I'll Never Forget What's'isname | 1967 | | Chaplain |
| Theatre 625 | 1967 | TV Series | Dr. Dee |
| Robbery | 1967 | | Robinson |
| The Jokers | 1967 | | Harrassed man |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1967 | TV Series | The man |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 1967 | TV Movie | Dogberry |
| The Deadly Bees | 1966 | | H.W. Manfred |
| Thirteen Against Fate | 1966 | TV Series | Dr. Hans Kuperus |
| The Sandwich Man | 1966 | | Second Fish Porter |
| Othello | 1965 | | Iago |
| The Wild Affair | 1965 | | Drunk |
| A Study in Terror | 1965 | | Inspector Lestrade |
| The Comedy Man | 1964 | | Prout |
| Agent 8 3/4 | 1964 | | British Embassy Porter (uncredited) |
| Underworld Informers | 1963 | | Leon Sale |
| Drama 61-67 | 1963 | TV Series | Albert Hope |
| Doctor in Distress | 1963 | | Corsetiere |
| Private Potter | 1962 | | Capt. Patterson |
| The Longest Day | 1962 | | Pvt. Coke (uncredited) |
| The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | 1962 | | Booking Office Clerk (uncredited) |
| Walk in the Shadow | 1962 | | Henry - Teddy's father |
| Z Cars | 1962 | TV Series | Harvey |
| Studio 4 | 1962 | TV Series | Fernand Destayac |
| Under Western Eyes | 1962 | TV Movie | Mikulin |
| You Can't Win | 1961 | TV Series | George Lander |
| The Compartment | 1961 | TV Movie | Businessman |
| The Younger Generation | 1961 | TV Series | George Tremaine / Ross Mayer |
| One Way Pendulum | 1961 | TV Movie | Robert Barnes |
| The Bun House Wedding | 1961 | TV Movie | Mr. Montgomery |
| People of Nowhere | 1961 | TV Movie | Stefan |
| The Charlie Drake Show | 1961 | TV Series | |
| The Victim | 1961 | TV Short | Wilfred Taylor |
| Doctor Knock | 1961 | TV Series | Monsieur Mousquet |
| ITV Play of the Week | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Bill Foden / Alfred Wilson / Eric Watts |
| Target Luna | 1960 | TV Series | Mr. Henderson |
| Soldier, Soldier | 1960 | TV Movie | Charlie Scuffham |
| BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1959 | TV Series | Louis |
| Big Guns | 1958 | TV Series | Roscoe |
| Onion Boys | 1958 | TV Series | Mr. Craven, Antique Dealer |
| The Telescope | 1957 | TV Movie | Mr. Pinnock |
| John and Paddy | 1956 | TV Movie | Clerk of the Court |
| The Twopenny Diamond | 1956 | TV Movie | Mr. Pearce |
| The Secrets of the Prairie | 1956 | TV Mini-Series | Clerk of the court |
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