Curiosidades

Brian De Palma was the filmographer at his wedding in 1974.

Best known by many cult fans for his lead role as struggling songwriter Winslow Leach in the rock opera O Fantasma do Paraíso (1974).

He taught in the Theatre Department of Sarah Lawrence College, which was headed by director Wilford Leach.

He named his son after writer Dashiell Hammett.

He was the same age with Brian De Palma and Paul Williams when they made O Fantasma do Paraíso (1974).

Attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, which was where he met Brian De Palma.

Father of Dashiell Finley.

Has English and Irish ancestry.

One of his colleagues at Sarah Lawrence College was future filmmaker Brian De Palma, whom he worked with on several student films.

He was born exactly one day after his O Fantasma do Paraíso (1974) co-star Paul Williams.

Attended and graduated from Columbia University in 1963.

Parents were William Franklin Finley II and Dorothy Wainwright.

Brother-in-law of Stanley Weiser.