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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-09-27 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

South Kensington, London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

2006

The Making of 'Network' as Self (archive footage)

2001

1980

1976

Network as Howard Beale
Raid on Entebbe as Yitzhak Rabin

1974

The Abdication as Azzolino

1973

Lost Horizon as Richard Conway
England Made Me as Erich Krogh
Bequest to the Nation as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson

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
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Far from the Madding Crowd as William Boldwood

1966

Judith as Aaron Stein
Murderers' Row as British agent (uncredited)

1965

1964

Girl with Green Eyes as Eugene Gaillard
The Pumpkin Eater as Jake Armitage
First Men in the Moon as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)

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
No Love for Johnnie as Johnnie Byrne

1960

Kidnapped as Alan Breck Stewart

1959

The Nun's Story as Dr. Fortunati

1957

The Shiralee as Macauley
Windom's Way as Alec Windom
Robbery Under Arms as Captain Starlight

1956

The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
A Town Like Alice as Joe Harman

1955

The Dark Avenger as Comte De Ville
Simon and Laura as Simon Foster
Josephine and Men as David Hewer
Passage Home as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"

1954

Elephant Walk as John Wiley
Father Brown as Gustave Flambeau

1953

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan as Richard D'Oyly Carte

1952

1950

The Miniver Story as Polish officer
The Wooden Horse as Australian in Hospital

1949

Eureka Stockade as Humffray
Train of Events as Philip Mason

1946

A Son Is Born as Paul Graham

1944

The Rats of Tobruk as Peter Linton
Jungle Patrol as Narrator

1943

These Stars Are Mine as Reynolds Junior

1941

1939

Mr. Chedworth Steps Out as Arthur Jacobs

1938

1935

The Magic Shoes as Prince Charming