Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

27/09/1916

Day of Death

14/01/1977
(61) years old

Place of Birth

South Kensington, London, England, UK

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 fr... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2006

The Making of 'Network'

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywo...

as Self (archive footage)

1980

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky...

as Self (archive footage)

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

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 Capt. 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

Operation Amsterdam

as Jan Smit

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

Make Me an Offer!

as Charlie

1954

Father Brown

as Gustave Flambeau

1954

Elephant Walk

as John Wiley

1953

The Heart of the Matter

as Father Rank

1953

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

as Richard D'Oyly Carte

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

A Son Is Born

as Paul Graham

1944

Jungle Patrol

as Narrator

1944

The Rats of Tobruk

as Peter Linton

1943

These Stars Are Mine

as Reynolds Junior

1939

Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

as Arthur Jacobs

1935

The Magic Shoes

as Prince Charming