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Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Actor · Born 1916-09-28 · South Kensington, London, England, UK

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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 & TV Shows

  1. Network (1976) — Howard Beale
  2. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) — Captain Harris
  3. The Nun's Story (1959) — Dr. Fortunati
  4. First Men in the Moon (1964) — Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
  5. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — Dr. Daniel Hirsh
  6. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) — William Boldwood
  7. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) — Sheriff of Nottingham
  8. The Battle of the River Plate (1956) — Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
  9. The Red Tent (1969) — Umberto Nobile
  10. Raid on Entebbe (1976) — Yitzhak Rabin
  11. The Pumpkin Eater (1964) — Jake Armitage
  12. Murderers' Row (1966) — British agent (uncredited)
  13. Elephant Walk (1954) — John Wiley
  14. Lost Horizon (1973) — Richard Conway
  15. A Town Like Alice (1956) — Joe Harman
  16. Girl with Green Eyes (1964) — Eugene Gaillard
  17. The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) — Oscar
  18. Kidnapped (1960) — Alan Breck Stewart
  19. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) — Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
  20. Father Brown (1954) — Gustave Flambeau
  21. 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) — Paul
  22. Breakdown: 1975 (2025) — Self (archive footage- Howard Beale Network)
  23. The Wooden Horse (1950) — Australian in Hospital
  24. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  25. The Shiralee (1957) — Macauley
  26. Operation Amsterdam (1959) — Jan Smit
  27. Simon and Laura (1955) — Simon Foster
  28. The Miniver Story (1950) — Polish officer
  29. Eureka Stockade (1949) — Humffray
  30. Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) — Self (archive footage)
  31. Train of Events (1949) — Philip Mason
  32. In the Cool of the Day (1963) — Murray Logan
  33. The Abdication (1974) — Azzolino
  34. The Dark Avenger (1955) — Comte De Ville
  35. The Heart of the Matter (1953) — Father Rank
  36. Windom's Way (1957) — Alec Windom
  37. Judith (1966) — Aaron Stein
  38. No Love for Johnnie (1961) — Johnnie Byrne
  39. Robbery Under Arms (1957) — Captain Starlight
  40. Indonesia Calling (1946) — Self - Narrator (voice)