William Finley
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.
The Black Dahlia
as George TildenIn 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism,...
Movie pageDressed to Kill
as Bobbi (voice) (uncredited)After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds...
Movie pageWise Blood
as Man (uncredited)A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the...
Movie pagePhantom of the Paradise
as Winslow / The PhantomAn evil record tycoon is haunted and taunted by the disfigured composer Winslow Leach, whom he...
Movie pageThe Fury
as Raymond DunwoodieWhen a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father...
Movie pageSisters
as Emil BretonInquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model...
Movie pageEaten Alive
as RoyA psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills...
Movie pageThe Funhouse
as Marco the MagnificentRebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town....
Movie pageSilent Rage
as Dr. Paul VaughnA mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by...
Movie pageTerror in the Aisles
as The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all...
Movie pageSick Girl
as HusbandA shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in...
Movie pageNight Terrors
as Dr. MattesonA young woman travels to Alexandria to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a...
Movie pageSimon
as FichandlerA group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash...
Movie pageThe Wedding Party
as AlistairYoung Charlie begins to develop a case of cold feet as his upcoming wedding looms nearer....
Movie pageParadise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
as HimselfA 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer...
Movie pageMurder à la Mod
as OttoNaive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise...
Movie pageLast Hours Before Morning
as ElmoAn ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a...
Movie pageDouble Negative
as MiltHorror film director must plot to steal the negative of his film in order to save it from being...
Movie pageDionysus in '69
as Self/DionysusFilmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is...
Movie pageThe Autopsy
as SelfA documentary about the making of Brian De Palma's 1973 film "Sisters" including interviews with...
Movie pageMary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as Dr. Elvin McCabeIn the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of...
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