JamesG
04-16-2012, 02:12 PM
RIP William Finley
by Alyse Wax
April 16, 2012
Character actor and Brian de Palma favorite William Finley died this weekend after a long illness. He was 69.
This news came from director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), a long time admirer of Finley's. While cleaning house, he discovered a scrap of paper that had Finley's email address on it, passed to him at a screening by a fan.
Lost for months, Wright emailed Finley before he could lose the address again, and within an hour, received a response from Finley's wife, Susan, who informed Wright that Finley had died just a few hours earlier, at 11:00am on April 14th.
Finley starred in a number of de Palma films including:
Sisters
Dionysus
The Fury
The Black Dahlia
Phantom of the Paradise
He was also a regular with Tobe Hooper starring in:
Eaten Alive
The Funhouse
Night Terrors
http://www.fearnet.com/news/b26040_rip_william_finley.html
by Alyse Wax
April 16, 2012
Character actor and Brian de Palma favorite William Finley died this weekend after a long illness. He was 69.
This news came from director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead), a long time admirer of Finley's. While cleaning house, he discovered a scrap of paper that had Finley's email address on it, passed to him at a screening by a fan.
Lost for months, Wright emailed Finley before he could lose the address again, and within an hour, received a response from Finley's wife, Susan, who informed Wright that Finley had died just a few hours earlier, at 11:00am on April 14th.
Finley starred in a number of de Palma films including:
Sisters
Dionysus
The Fury
The Black Dahlia
Phantom of the Paradise
He was also a regular with Tobe Hooper starring in:
Eaten Alive
The Funhouse
Night Terrors
http://www.fearnet.com/news/b26040_rip_william_finley.html