Peter Finch
Acting
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.
Born: September 27, 1916 · South Kensington, London, England, UK
Filmography (43)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
Actor: Self (archive foot…
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Actor: Yitzhak Rabin
Network
1976
Actor: Howard Beale
The Abdication
1974
Actor: Azzolino
England Made Me
1973
Actor: Erich Krogh
Lost Horizon
1973
Actor: Richard Conway
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Actor: Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Red Tent
1969
Actor: Umberto Nobile
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Actor: Lewis Zarken / Lou…
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Actor: Self - Guest
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Actor: William Boldwood
Murderers' Row
1966
Actor: British agent (unc…
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
Actor: Paul
Judith
1966
Actor: Aaron Stein
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
Actor: Captain Harris
First Men in the Moon
1964
Actor: Bailiff's Man (unc…
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
Actor: Jake Armitage
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
Actor: Eugene Gaillard
In the Cool of the Day
1963
Actor: Murray Logan
I Thank a Fool
1962
Actor: Stephen Dane
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
Actor: Colonel Henry Dero…
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Actor: Johnnie Byrne
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
Actor: Oscar
Kidnapped
1960
Actor: Alan Breck Stewart
The Nun's Story
1959
Actor: Dr. Fortunati
Operation Amsterdam
1959
Actor: Jan Smit
Windom's Way
1957
Actor: Alec Windom
The Shiralee
1957
Actor: Macauley
Robbery Under Arms
1957
Actor: Captain Starlight
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
Actor: Captain Langsdorff…
A Town Like Alice
1956
Actor: Joe Harman
Simon and Laura
1955
Actor: Simon Foster
The Dark Avenger
1955
Actor: Comte De Ville
Passage Home
1955
Actor: Kapitän John Rylan…
Father Brown
1954
Actor: Gustave Flambeau
Elephant Walk
1954
Actor: John Wiley
The Heart of the Matter
1953
Actor: Father Rank
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952
Actor: Sheriff of Notting…
The Miniver Story
1950
Actor: Polish officer
The Wooden Horse
1950
Actor: Australian in Hosp…
Eureka Stockade
1949
Actor: Humffray
Train of Events
1949
Actor: Philip Mason
Indonesia Calling
1946
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…