Peter Finch
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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.
Known for
Credits
Network (1976)
as Howard Beale
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nun's Story (1959)
as Dr. Fortunati
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
as Captain Harris
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
as William Boldwood
Indonesia Calling (1946)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
First Men in the Moon (1964)
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Jake Armitage
The Red Tent (1969)
as Umberto Nobile
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
as Yitzhak Rabin
Train of Events (1949)
as Philip Mason
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
as Colonel Henry Derode
Lost Horizon (1973)
as Richard Conway
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
as Himself
Elephant Walk (1954)
as John Wiley
Kidnapped (1960)
as Alan Breck Stewart
Murderers' Row (1966)
as British agent (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
as Father Rank
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
as Paul
The Wooden Horse (1950)
as Australian in Hospital
The Dark Avenger (1955)
as Comte De Ville
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
as Eugene Gaillard
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
as Oscar
A Town Like Alice (1956)
as Joe Harman
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Miniver Story (1950)
as Polish officer
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Eureka Stockade (1949)
as Humffray
A Son Is Born (1946)
as Paul Graham
Antony and Cleopatra (1962)
as Antony
The Abdication (1974)
as Azzolino
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Murray Logan
The Riddle of Robin Hood (1952)
as Himself
Simon and Laura (1955)
as Simon Foster
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Johnnie Byrne
Judith (1966)
as Aaron Stein
Father Brown (1954)
as Gustave Flambeau
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
as Jan Smit
England Made Me (1973)
as Erich Krogh
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939)
as Arthur Jacobs
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Jungle Patrol (1944)
as Narrator
Robbery Under Arms (1957)
as Captain Starlight
The Power and the Glory (1941)
as Frank Miller
The Shiralee (1957)
as Macauley
Josephine and Men (1955)
as David Hewer
The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
as Peter Linton
I Thank a Fool (1962)
as Stephen Dane
The Making of 'Network' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Something to Hide (1972)
as Harry Field
Passage Home (1955)
as Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
as Charlie
Windom's Way (1957)
as Alec Windom
The Magic Shoes (1935)
as Prince Charming
The Greatest Mother of 'em All (1969)
as Sean Howard
These Stars Are Mine (1943)
as Reynolds Junior
Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
as Bill Ryan