Portrait of Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Acting

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. ​

Born: September 27, 1916

Place of Birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK

Filmography

2006
The Making of 'Network'

as Self (archive footage)

2001
1976
Raid on Entebbe

as Yitzhak Rabin

1976
Network

as Howard Beale

1974
The Abdication

as Azzolino

1973
England Made Me

as Erich Krogh

1973
Bequest to the Nation

as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

1973
Lost Horizon

as Richard Conway

1972
Something to Hide

as Harry Field

1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Dr. Daniel Hirsh

1969
The Red Tent

as Umberto Nobile

1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare

as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Far from the Madding Crowd

as William Boldwood

1966
Murderers' Row

as British agent (uncredited)

1966
Judith

as Aaron Stein

1965
The Flight of the Phoenix

as Captain Harris

1964
The Pumpkin Eater

as Jake Armitage

1964
First Men in the Moon

as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

1964
Girl with Green Eyes

as Eugene Gaillard

1963
In the Cool of the Day

as Murray Logan

1962
I Thank a Fool

as Stephen Dane

1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade

as Colonel Henry Derode

1961
No Love for Johnnie

as Johnnie Byrne

1960
Kidnapped

as Alan Breck Stewart

1959
The Nun's Story

as Dr. Fortunati

1959
1957
Windom's Way

as Alec Windom

1957
The Shiralee

as Macauley

1957
Robbery Under Arms

as Captain Starlight

1956
The Battle of the River Plate

as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

1956
A Town Like Alice

as Joe Harman

1955
Josephine and Men

as David Hewer

1955
Simon and Laura

as Simon Foster

1955
The Dark Avenger

as Comte De Ville

1955
Passage Home

as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"

1954
1954
Father Brown

as Gustave Flambeau

1954
Elephant Walk

as John Wiley

1953
1953
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

as Richard D'Oyly Carte

1952
1950
The Miniver Story

as Polish officer

1950
The Wooden Horse

as Australian in Hospital

1949
Eureka Stockade

as Humffray

1949
Train of Events

as Philip Mason

1946
Indonesia Calling

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1944
Jungle Patrol

as Narrator

1944
The Rats of Tobruk

as Peter Linton

1939
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

as Arthur Jacobs

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