Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient Express and Under the Volcano film star Albert Finney rejected the chance to become a "sir" in 2000. The Pendleton-born actor has won two BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, an Emmy Award and has been nominated for five Oscars - but knighthood was an accolade he did not want bestowed upon himself. Also turning down a CBE in 1980, Finney blasted the honours system, declaring that it "perpetuated snobbery". Ouch...
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