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
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8

Network

(1976) Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
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7

The Flight of the Phoenix

(1965) Capt. Harris
The Nun's Story
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7

The Nun's Story

(1959) Dr. Fortunati
The Battle of the River Plate
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6

The Battle of the River Plate

(1956) Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
First Men in the Moon
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6

First Men in the Moon

(1964) Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Far from the Madding Crowd
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7

Far from the Madding Crowd

(1967) William Boldwood
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
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6

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

(1952) Sheriff of Nottingham
Raid on Entebbe
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6

Raid on Entebbe

(1976) Yitzhak Rabin

Acting

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

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