Acting credits
58
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Finch
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 57Series: 1
TMDB ID: 29903
IMDb ID: nm0002075
Known for: Acting
Born: September 28, 1916
Died: January 14, 1977
Age: 60
Place of birth: South Kensington, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1938 - 2006
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q294454
Also 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Finch.
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
2006 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 • Movie
as Yitzhak Rabin
Raid on Entebbe
1976 • Movie
as Howard Beale
Network
1976 • Movie
as Azzolino
The Abdication
1974 • Movie
as Erich Krogh
England Made Me
1973 • Movie
as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Bequest to the Nation
1973 • Movie
as Richard Conway
Lost Horizon
1973 • Movie
as Harry Field
Something to Hide
1972 • Movie
as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 • Movie
as Sean Howard
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969 • Movie
as Umberto Nobile
The Red Tent
1969 • Movie
as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 • Movie
as William Boldwood
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 • Movie
as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
1967 • Movie
as British agent (uncredited)
Murderers' Row
1966 • Movie
as Paul
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966 • Movie
as Aaron Stein
Judith
1966 • Movie
as Captain Harris
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 • Movie
as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
First Men in the Moon
1964 • Movie
as Jake Armitage
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 • Movie
as Eugene Gaillard
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 • Movie
as Murray Logan
In the Cool of the Day
1963 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Finch.
