William Finley Filmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: William Finely was a versatile character actor who got his start on the stage. After 1964, he began appearing on television and in films such as Murder a la Mod (1968), Eaten Alive (1976) and Simon (1980). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide...Read More

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Night Terrors

Actors: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, William Finley

Synopsis: In this tale of terror, a young woman finds herself forced into becoming an unwilling disciple of a descendant of the Marquis de Sade. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Silent Rage

Actors: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem, William Finley, Brian Libby

Synopsis: The sheriff of a small Texas town is pitted against a genetically engineered super-villain. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1982
The Funhouse

Actors: Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Largo Woodruff, Sylvia Miles

Synopsis: This low-budget horror film about teenagers trapped in a carnival funhouse with a freakish monster is pretty standard stuff. Director Tobe Hooper manages a few shocks and includes some typically peculiar supporting characters, but this film is less entertaining than either of his previous Read More

1981
Simon

Actors: Alan Arkin, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart, William Finley, Jayant

Synopsis: In this far-out comedy that slams it to academia, television, and the military, Simon (Alan Arkin) is a puffed-up professor who is boondoggled by a group of geniuses in a think tank. Becker (Austin Pendleton) leads the wacked-out thinkers as they invent off-the-wall games to keep themselves amused Read More

1980
The Fury

Actors: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Andrew Stevens

Synopsis: Brian De Palma returns to the mind-blowing potential of telekinesis in the follow-up to his 1976 horror hit Carrie. While vacationing with his psychic son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), and close associate Childress (John Cassavetes), government agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) survives a terrorist Read More

1978
Eaten Alive

Actors: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Marilyn Burns, William Finley, Kyle Richards, Robert Englund

Synopsis: Director Tobe Hooper's follow-up to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre presents yet another Southern-fried psycho (this time in Louisiana) in the form of a scripture-mumbling, one-legged cracker named Judd (Neville Brand). The proprietor of a seedy bayou inn, Judd keeps a pet gator in the nearby swamp Read More

1976
Phantom of the Paradise

Actors: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerritt Graham

Synopsis: "He sold his soul for rock-n-roll," read the tagline for Brian De Palma's satirical Phantom of the Opera for the '70s rock scene. After hearing Winslow Leach (William Finley) perform a song from his Faust rock opera, Phil Spector-ish impresario Swan (Paul Williams) decides that Winslow's opera Read More

1974
Sisters

Actors: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson

Synopsis: A reporter gets more than she bargained for when she tries to prove that a murder has occurred in Brian De Palma's disturbing thriller. Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets Phillip (Lisle Wilson) on a "Peeping Tom"-themed game show and, dodging her ex-husband Emil (William Finley), takes him back to her Read More

1973
Dionysus in '69

Actors: William Finley, William Shephard, Judith Allen

Synopsis: This adaptation of "The Bacchae" by Euripides seems to be a collection of black and white home movies using hand held cameras. The filming and editing was done by Brian De Palma, but nothing distinguishes the film from being a filmed stage performance of writhing and groaning amateur actors and Read More

1970
The Wedding Party

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Charles Pfluger, Raymond McNally, Robert De Niro, John Braswell

Synopsis: This dark comedy finds Charlie (Charles Pfulger) traveling to stay at the house of his fiancee's parents two days before his wedding to Josephine (Jill Clayburgh). With his two friends, he discusses Vietnam, the sexual revolution, black power, and compares bachelor life to that of a married man. Read More

1969
Murder à la Mod

Actors: Margo Norton, Andra Akers, Jared Martin, William Finley, Ken Burrows

Synopsis: A man is being blackmailed by his wife, who wants him to get out of the pornography business. His girlfriend steals some jewels from a friend to help the financially strapped man, but she ends up being a murder victim in his studio, and the man must track down the killer to clear his own name. The Read More

1968