Peter Finch
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-09-27 (61 years old)
Deathday
1977-01-14
Place of Birth
South Kensington, London, England, UK
Also known As
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch
Peter Finch
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.
Acting
1966
as Paul
1965
as Capt. Harris
1967
as William Boldwood
1976
as Howard Beale
1969
as Umberto Nobile
1976
as Yitzhak Rabin
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Dr. Fortunati
1952
as Sheriff of Nottingham
1980
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as Alan Breck Stewart
1954
as John Wiley
1971
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
1959
as Jan Smit
1964
as Eugene Gaillard
1956
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
1949
as Humffray
1944
as Peter Linton
1964
as Jake Armitage
1961
as Colonel Henry Derode
1955
as Comte De Ville
1968
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
1956
as Joe Harman
1973
as Richard Conway
1954
as Gustave Flambeau
1962
as Stephen Dane
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1955
as Simon Foster
1953
as Father Rank
1963
as Murray Logan
1961
as Johnnie Byrne
1966
as Aaron Stein
1960
as Oscar
1955
as David Hewer
1957
as Macauley
1954
as Charlie
1950
as Polish officer
1955
as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
1950
as Australian in Hospital
1953
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
1966
as British agent (uncredited)
1957
as Alec Windom
1957
as Captain Starlight
1964
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
1939
as Arthur Jacobs
1973
as Erich Krogh
1973
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
1935
as Prince Charming
1974
as Azzolino
1972
as Harry Field
1946
as Paul Graham
1938
as Bill Ryan
1944
as Narrator
1949
as Philip Mason
1943
as Reynolds Junior
1969
as Sean Howard
1967
as Himself
1952
as Himself
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