Peter Finch
Acting
Born: 1916-09-28 in South Kensington, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Network
Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
Captain Harris
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network)
Lost Horizon
Richard Conway
The Red Tent
Umberto Nobile
The Nun's Story
Dr. Fortunati
Indonesia Calling
Self - Narrator (voice)
Elephant Walk
John Wiley
Far from the Madding Crowd
William Boldwood
First Men in the Moon
Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Murderers' Row
British agent (uncredited)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Sheriff of Nottingham
The Shiralee
Macauley
The Dark Avenger
Comte De Ville
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Dr. Daniel Hirsh
The Pumpkin Eater
Jake Armitage
Train of Events
Philip Mason
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Oscar
Raid on Entebbe
Yitzhak Rabin
Kidnapped
Alan Breck Stewart
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wooden Horse
Australian in Hospital
A Town Like Alice
Joe Harman
Jungle Patrol
Narrator
10:30 P.M. Summer
Paul
Windom's Way
Alec Windom
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Passage Home
Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
Judith
Aaron Stein
The Riddle of Robin Hood
Himself
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony
Operation Amsterdam
Jan Smit
Girl with Green Eyes
Eugene Gaillard
Father Brown
Gustave Flambeau
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
Arthur Jacobs