---
name: "Anthony Fingleton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-fingleton"
fi1m_id: "anthony-fingleton"
imdb_id: "nm0277759"
tmdb_id: 64947
wikidata_id: "Q7822336"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T21:56:00.980375+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anthony Fingleton

## Identity

Anthony Fingleton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthony-fingleton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthony-fingleton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0277759
- **TMDB ID:** 64947
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7822336
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fingleton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7822336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64947

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fingleton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7822336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64947

## Biography

Anthony Fingleton is an Australian screenwriter and producer. A former competitive swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he attended Harvard University on a swimming scholarship before remaining in the United States and entering the film industry.

Fingleton wrote the screenplay for the comedy *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), on which he also served as executive producer. He co-authored the autobiography *Swimming Upstream*, which he adapted into the screenplay for the 2003 biographical film of the same name, again acting as executive producer. He received a story credit and executive producer credit on the action film *The Hurricane Heist* (2018).

Fingleton has also written for the stage, including the play *Over My Dead Body*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, thecrimson.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Fi1m 48, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hurricane Heist* (2018), Story, Executive Producer
- *Swimming Upstream* (2003), Book, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)
- *Blood Bath* (1975), Producer

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