Peter Finch
Known For
Acting
Born
1916-09-27 in South Kensington, London, England, UK
Died
1977-01-14
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 Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Network
as Howard Beale
Film '72
as Self
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Fortunati
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck Stewart
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
The Dark Avenger
as Comte De Ville
The Pumpkin Eater
as Jake Armitage
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Elephant Walk
as John Wiley
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
Indonesia Calling
as Self - Narrator (voice)