Peter Finch
ActingAlso Known As
Frederick George Peter Ingle 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.
Movies
(61 total)
Network
as Howard Beale
The Flight of the Phoenix
as Captain Harris
The Nun's Story
as Dr. Fortunati
First Men in the Moon
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Far from the Madding Crowd
as William Boldwood
The Red Tent
as Umberto Nobile
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Raid on Entebbe
as Yitzhak Rabin
The Pumpkin Eater
as Jake Armitage
Murderers' Row
as British agent (uncredited)
Lost Horizon
as Richard Conway
Elephant Walk
as John Wiley
A Town Like Alice
as Joe Harman
Girl with Green Eyes
as Eugene Gaillard
Father Brown
as Gustave Flambeau
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Oscar
10:30 P.M. Summer
as Paul
Kidnapped
as Alan Breck Stewart
TV Shows
(2 total)
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest