Having shot to fame as the star of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Finney received five Oscar nominations, but never won, and refused a knighthood. John Cleese (@JohnCleese) Albert Finney is gone... But more than our greatest actor...What the Germans call "Ein Mensch"Rufus Sewell (@FredrikSewell) Very sad to hear about Albert Finney. RIP Albert Finney https://t.co/FuSu6948tSedgarwright (@edgarwright) "Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not." Finney then became the face of British cinema’s international explosion after being cast in the title role of Tom Jones, directed by The Entertainer’s Tony Richardson.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2019 13:58 UTC