Peter Finch

Peter Finch

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.

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Acting

2001

1980

1976

Raid on Entebbe

Yitzhak Rabin

1976

Network

Howard Beale

1974

1973

England Made Me

Erich Krogh

1973

Bequest to the Nation

Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

1973

Lost Horizon

Richard Conway

1972

1971

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Dr. Daniel Hirsh

1969

1969

The Red Tent

Umberto Nobile

1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

1968

1967

1967

1967

1966

Murderers' Row

British agent (uncredited)

1966

Judith

Aaron Stein

1965

1964

The Pumpkin Eater

Jake Armitage

1964

First Men in the Moon

Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

1964

Girl with Green Eyes

Eugene Gaillard

1963

1962

I Thank a Fool

Stephen Dane

1961

The Sins of Rachel Cade

Colonel Henry Derode

1961

No Love for Johnnie

Johnnie Byrne

1960

1960

Kidnapped

Alan Breck Stewart

1959

The Nun's Story

Dr. Fortunati

1957

Windom's Way

Alec Windom

1957

The Shiralee

Macauley

1957

Robbery Under Arms

Captain Starlight

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

1956

1955

Simon and Laura

Simon Foster

1955

The Dark Avenger

Comte De Ville

1955

Passage Home

Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"

1954

1954

Father Brown

Gustave Flambeau

1954

Elephant Walk

John Wiley

1953

1952

1950

The Wooden Horse

Australian in Hospital

1949

1946

Indonesia Calling

Self - Narrator (voice)

1944

1944

The Rats of Tobruk

Peter Linton

Infos

Full Name
Peter Finch
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
9/27/1916
Date of Death
1/14/1977
Also Known As

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch