Peter Finch
Age: 60 | From: South Kensington, London, England
Person Details
Birthday: 1916-09-27 16:19:07
Death: 1977-01-14 16:19:07
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: South Kensington, London, England
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Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Network
(1976) Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
(1965) Capt. Harris
The Nun's Story
(1959) Dr. Fortunati
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956) Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
First Men in the Moon
(1964) Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Far from the Madding Crowd
(1967) William Boldwood
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
(1952) Sheriff of Nottingham
Raid on Entebbe
(1976) Yitzhak RabinActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oscar Wilde (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Howard Beale | ||
| 1974 | Azzolino | |
| 1973 | Erich Krogh | |
| Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson | ||
| Richard Conway | ||
| 1972 | Harry Field | |
| 1971 | Dr. Daniel Hirsh | |
| 1969 | Sean Howard | |
| Umberto Nobile | ||
| 1968 | Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | William Boldwood | |
| 1966 | British agent (uncredited) | |
| Paul | ||
| Aaron Stein | ||
| 1965 | Capt. Harris | |
| 1964 | Jake Armitage | |
| Bailiff's Man (uncredited) | ||
| Eugene Gaillard | ||
| 1963 | Murray Logan | |
| 1962 | Stephen Dane | |
| 1961 | Colonel Henry Derode | |
| Johnnie Byrne | ||
| 1960 | Oscar Wilde | |
| Alan Breck Stewart | ||
| 1959 | Dr. Fortunati | |
| Jan Smit | ||
| 1957 | Alec Windom | |
| Macauley | ||
| Captain Starlight | ||
| 1956 | Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee" | |
| Joe Harman | ||
| 1955 | David Hewer | |
| Simon Foster | ||
| Comte De Ville | ||
| Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky" | ||
| 1954 | Charlie | |
| Gustave Flambeau | ||
| John Wiley | ||
| 1953 | Father Rank | |
| Richard D'Oyly Carte | ||
| 1952 | Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| 1950 | Polish officer | |
| Australian in Hospital | ||
| 1949 | Humffray | |
| Philip Mason | ||
| 1946 | Paul Graham | |
| N/A | ||
| 1944 | Narrator | |
| Peter Linton | ||
| 1943 | Reynolds Junior | |
| 1941 | N/A | |
| 1939 | Arthur Jacobs | |
| 1938 | Bill Ryan | |
| 1935 | Prince Charming | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
