Fog Blog Albert Finney Dies Log:
YESTERDAY THE 82 YEAR OLD ACTOR DIED AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS LEAVING BEHIND AN INCREDIBLE ACTING CAREER, DESPITE NOT ATTENDING THE OSCARS SITING THAT THEY ARE A WASTE OF TIME....HE WAS NOMINATED FOR 5.......Across over a half-century on the big screen, Finney was nominated for no less than five Oscars – four for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor. They were 1964’s Tom Jones, 1975’s Murder on the Orient Express, 1984’s The Dresser, 1985’s Under the Volcano and 2001’s Erin Brockovich. However, he never attended the Academy Awards and once revealed while
speaking with moviehol.net, Finney said: “I’ve been nominated five times, I think, and I've never been... I was in London.“It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink.